Ingredients
- 1/2 pound mild Italian sausage (or 2 links, casings removed)
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 1 tart apple, peeled and diced
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 pieces white bread
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh sage
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 (3-pound) boneless pork loin
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup white wine
Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
In a large saute pan over medium heat, saute the sausage until no longer pink. Remove the sausage (leave in the fat), and set aside. To the pan, add the onion, celery, and apple and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook until the apple is no longer crisp, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook an additional couple of minutes. Remove from the heat, stir the sausage back in and set aside.
In a food processor, pulse the bread with the sage, rosemary, and thyme into coarse crumbs.
Heat the butter in a medium saute pan and cook the crumbs over medium-high heat until coated with butter and lightly toasted, about 3 minutes (be careful not to burn). Mix the breadcrumbs into the sausage mixture.
Prepare the roast as if making a jellyroll. Place the roast with the short side toward you, and fat facing down toward the counter or cutting board. Use a sharp knife to slice the roast open at about 1/2-inch from the bottom of the roast (parallel to the cutting board), being careful not to cut all the way through. Continue cutting, unrolling the roast as you work until you have a large, thin piece of meat. Place the rolled out piece of meat between 2 sheets of waxed or parchment paper, and lightly pound with meat mallet to increase the meat surface area by 10 to 20 percent. Be careful not to pound through the meat. Salt and pepper the pork and top with the filling, spreading evenly across the pork, leaving a 1-inch margin around the perimeter.
Starting with the short side, roll up tightly jellyroll style, and secure the roast with kitchen twine.
Heat a large saute pan over medium heat and add oil. Add the roast and brown on all sides. Place in a roasting pan fitted with a rack and add the wine in the bottom of the pan (to keep the juices from burning), and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until the internal temperature hits 145 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer. Remove the roast from the oven and allow to rest for a full 10 minutes before slicing and serving.
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By rahalt
on May 16, 2013
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Outstanding, had to adjust the quantities up a little and increase the cook time. Family thought it was out of this world for a tuesday night dinner. Prep was very easy, used an ovenproof skillet for the whole thing and the sauce came out fantastic. Highly recomend, it's easier than it looks
By YaYa's Cooking
Longview, TX
on January 02, 2013
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I made this for Christmas Dinner...it was a winner! I made two roasts, which was way too much for my family, so I wrapped up the second roast and shared it with friends as left-overs. WOW again! This was even better as a left-over meal! WINNER!
By asdfwet
on December 23, 2012
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My husband liked it, but it wasn't a real wow though. Dipping the pork in the juices did taste pretty good, but all in all, its just pork. Filleting it was too much work and I couldn't get it thin enough, and the sausage was overkill in the stuffing. I would try to leave it out so you can taste the stuffing. I would probably not make this again, and opt for a simple center cut pork tenderloin instead.
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