Impress your guests with this Italian stuffed pork tenderloin. Wrapped in prosciutto and stuffed with a simple, flavoursome sundried tomato pesto this easy dinner recipe comes together in minutes.
2tablespoonsoil from the sundried tomato jar (or extra virgin olive oil)
For best results, always weigh ingredients where a weight is provided
Equipment
Blender or food processor. A spice grinder works great too.
baking sheet or roasting pan
Sharp knife
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F / 200°C fan.
Lay 7-8 slices prosciutto, overlapping by about ⅓, on a sheet of baking paper to roughly the length of your pork tenderloin.
Lay the pork onto the prosciutto, perpendicular to the prosciutto. If there is a very thin tip on the pork, fold that over, to even out the thickness overall.
Cut a slit, the length of the tenderloin leaving the ends intact.
To make the pesto, combine the sun dried tomatoes, macadamias, parmesan, garlic, Italian herbs and oil in a small blender or food processor. Blend until you have a slightly chunky pesto. If the nuts don't chop down enough, just turn it all out onto a chopping board and give it a chop with a knife.
Press the mixture into the slit in the pork, making sure it's pressed in fairly firmly and evenly all the way along. Pull the edges together a little, then turn the pork so the opening is sitting down on the front edge of the prosciutto.
Use the baking paper to roll it up then pull it back into the middle of the baking paper. Lift it using the paper onto a baking tray or roasting pan.
Roast 1/2 hour then rest out of the oven and covered in foil, for 10 minutes.
Slice the pork and make sure to drizzle all the pan juices over the top.
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Notes
Pork tenderloin is not the same as pork loin. Pork tenderloin is a long, thin cut of meat that will serve about 4 people. Pork loin is larger and will take much longer to cook.
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