🐰 Easter Stuffed Pork Loin

sliced stuffed pork loin for Easter in roaster

Yields: 10 servings
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min

Ingredients:
• Boneless pork loin (3-5 pounds)
• 7½ tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
• 1 medium onion (finely diced)
• 1 cup sun dried tomatoes
• 5 ounces frozen chopped spinach (thawed)
• 6 ounces Gruyere cheese (shredded)
• 6 ounces Mozzarella cheese (shredded)
• 1 teaspoon fresh parsley (chopped)
• 1½ pound small potatoes
• 1 pound peeled baby carrots
• 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary
• 2 cups chicken broth

TOOLS NEEDED:

STAINLESS STEEL ROASTER WITH NON-STICK RACK	INDUCTION 21 CERAMIC COATED FRY PAN (12.5 IN.)

You will also need butcher's twine.

1. Preheat oven to 450º F. Be sure you are using a loin and not a pork tenderloin. These two cuts of meat cook differently. Trim off as much of the layer of fat as you can. To butterfly the loin, use a sharp knife to make a horizontal cut about one-third of the way up from the bottom of the loin. (Don't slice all the way through.) Open the two sides.

butterfly loin for easter stuffed pork loin first step

2. Repeat this step, making a horizontal cut half way from the bottom of the thicker half. Lay open, (like a trifold.)

butterfly pork loin for east stuffed pork loin second step

3.Mix together 4 tablespoons olive oil and Italian seasoning in small bowl. Coat the meat well with this mixture. Also, add 1 tablespoons of oil to Fry Pan and brown chopped onions over medium-high heat.

cook onions for stuffed pork loin in 12.5 inch coated ID 21 fry pan

4. Sprinkle the Gruyere cheese onto the right side of the opened pork loin.

add gruyere cheese to one side of the stuffed pork loin

5. Transfer the browned onions next the shredded cheese.

add onions to pork loin for stuffed pork loin in roaster

6. Lastly, add the spinach and tomatoes. Get ready to roll!

adding tomatoes and spinach to pork loin for easter stuffed pork loin

7. Start at the end with the most stuffing and roll from right to left. Use the butcher's twine to tie together by wrapping and tying at 1 inch intervals down the roll.

tie pork loin roll before putting in oven

7. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in fry pan over medium heat. Sear all sides of the loin. Mix 1½ tablespoons olive oil, potatoes, carrots, and rosemary in large bowl. Add to the bottom of the roaster with chicken broth. Place pork loin on the rack.

pork loin potatoes and carrots in stainless steel roaster before oven

8. Bake for 35-40 minutes. Remove from oven, add Mozzarella cheese and parsley. Return to oven and broil for 3 minutes on high. Remove again, allow to cool.