pork loin stuffed with apricot/spinach/walnuts

Name: Pork loin stuffed with apricot/spinach/walnuts
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 tablespoon(s) olive oil, extra virgin; 2 tablespoon(s) vegetable oil; 2&1/2-3 pound(s) pork loin, center cut, boneless, butterflied; 2 cup(s) onions - chopped; 6 ounce(s) dried apricots - chopped; 4 clove(s) garlic - chopped; 1 & 1/2 teaspoon(s) pumpkin pie spice; 5 ounce(s) fresh baby spinach; 1 cup(s) chopped walnuts; 1 cup(s) chicken stock; 16 ounce(s) apricot preserves

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Cathy Salinger

Staten Island, NY

Updated on Oct 28, 2014

Make sure you butterfly the meat in three , then pound it flat and make sure it's dry before you stuff it. You can add salt and pepper to the stuffing after you finish sautéing It because if you add salt before it will make the spinach sweat, and you don't want the mixture watery.

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Pork Loin stuffed with apricots, spinach, walnuts with an apricot glaze

prep time 1 Hr 30 Min

cook time 1 Hr

method Blend

yield 6-8

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil, extra virgin
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2&1/2-3 pound pork loin, center cut, boneless, butterflied
2 cups onions - chopped
6 ounces dried apricots - chopped
4 cloves garlic - chopped
1 & 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
5 ounces fresh baby spinach
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup chicken stock
16 ounces apricot preserves

How To Make pork loin stuffed with apricot/spinach/walnuts

Step 1

Sauté onions with olive oil in large frying pan until golden, almost carmelized.

Step 2

Add chopped apricots and garlic and continue sauté
Step 3

add pumpkin pie spice and blend in.
Step 4

Add spinach and sauté until wilted.
Step 5

Add walnuts and set aside to cool. N
Step 6

Stuff the pork loin with the cooled stuffing and roll closed not too tightly and tie with cooking twine.
Step 7

Brown in vegetable oil on all sides in frying pan.
Step 8

Finish in oven at 375 degrees, until internal temperature reads 145-160 degrees.
Step 9

In the meantime place the stock with the preserves in a pot and cook till it thickens some.
Step 10

When pork is done take out of oven and cover with foil and let rest at least 20-30 minutes.
Step 11

Cut twine off and slice the meat. Drizzle with apricot glaze.
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