Recipe: Stuffed Pork Tenderloin with Stilton Port Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 2-3 lb pork tenderloin
- 3 ½ oz prosciutto de parma
- 3 ½ oz asiago or manchengo cheese
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 3 shallots, finely minced
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
Sauce
- ½ cup red wine
- 2 cups beef or chicken stock
- 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 5 oz English stilton blue cheese, Roquefort or
- Gorgonzola
- 1/3 cup port wine
- 2 tbsp green peppercorns in bring, drained
- Sea salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions
- To prepare the pork:
- Cut the pork loin down the center and butterfly. If the flesh is uneven pound it out until the meat is even.
- Lay the prosciutto and cheese down the middle of the loin.
- Roll the pork up and tie it at intervals so that it will not open during cooking.
- Preheat the oven to 400F.
- Heat a sauté pan to medium high heat, add the oil, shallots and garlic to the pan.
- Sauté for about 3 minutes until soft.
- Add the tenderloin to the pan and sear on all sides.
- Transfer the pork to a baking sheet and roast in the over for 20 minutes.
- While the pork is roasting, prepare the sauce.
Sauce:
- In the same pan as you seared the pork, pour in the wine, scraping up the fried bits from the bottom of the pan.
- Add the stock and bring to a boil. Continue to boil until the liquid is reduced by half.
- Add the balsamic vinegar, continuing to simmer.
- Pour in the heavy cream, keep the heat on medium and continue to cook for a further 5 minutes.
- Add the stilton and port along with the pepper corns.
- Keep the heat on low until the sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
- Season with sea salt and pepper.
Prep Time: 10-15
Cooking Time : 30
Culinary Tradition: American
Recipe Origin: More than just Salt and Pepper, West Vancouver
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