Roasted Pork Loin

Giada De Laurentiis

30 min50 min80 min

ingredients

4 to 6 servings

Roasted Pork Loin ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oilextra virgin olive oil¼ One 1 ½-pound pork tenderloinpork tenderloin1 Kosher salt and freshly ground pepperkosher salt and freshly ground black pepper1 8 ounces assorted mushrooms, such as cremini and button, quarteredassorted mushrooms8 2 cloves garlic, mincedgarlic clove2 1 medium onion, dicedonion1 3 tablespoons all-purpose flourall purpose flour3 One 750-ml bottle dry white wine, such as pinot grigiodry white wine1 6 ounces fontina cheese, cut into twelve 1 ½-by-1-inch slices, each about ¼-inch thickfontina cheese6 3 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsleyflat-leaf parsley3

instructions

Roasted Pork Loin Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Sprinkle the pork on all sides with 2 teaspoons salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Cook the pork, turning occasionally, until browned on all sides, about 8 minutes. Transfer the pork to a 13-by-9-inch glass or ceramic baking dish. Add the mushrooms, garlic, onions, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper to the skillet and cook, stirring frequently, until the onions are soft, about 8 minutes. Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute. Increase the heat to high. Add the wine and scrape up the browned bits from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook for 2 minutes. Pour the wine mixture into the dish with the pork and bake until a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the pork registers 165 degrees F, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer the pork to a cutting board and let rest for 15 minutes. Pour the pan juices into a medium saucepan. Stir in the parsley and keep warm over low heat. Season with salt and pepper. Cut the pork into twelve 1/2-inch-thick slices. Arrange in a single layer in the baking dish and place a piece of cheese on each slice. Bake until the cheese is melted, 3 to 4 minutes. Spoon the wine sauce over the top of the pork and serve. Recipe kindness of Giada DeLaurentiis: www.giadadelaurentiis.com

Roasted Pork Loin

September 18,2012

This last Sunday I made a pork tenderloin roast. I started by trimming the thin sinew from the meat and with a sharp knife it only takes maybe 5 minutes. Make sure you have a sharp knife though. Next it was olive oil and flame on time to brown the meat then off to the baking dish. The veggies get cooked and a full bottle of wine for the sauce. Somebody must be Italian because She calls for whole bottle of Pinot Grigio. I thought, wow, this will be good, better make sure to cook for a bit because our 1 year old will be partaking in this meal with us.  Yes I did the Julia Child thing and had a pinch (2)  for me! I looked for the fontina cheese and found it w/out too much trouble. I did find that provolone cheese is a good substitute if you can't find the fontina cheese. The internet is awesome!

So with all that prep done and in the oven I could park it for a few minutes. OK! I had another glass of Pinot G.

So with the roast made and the homemade (by moi) peach cobbler via Paulla Dean and a nice bottle of Pinot Grigio for my wife, our of age daughter, and me, we ate. It was very delicious. The little sugar baby was eating with both hands and was making the noise for more little bites of the cobbler.

 The pork tenderloin and mushroom/wine sauce was very low fat. I had 3, 1/2" thick slices with the cheese

and wine sauce and was very satisfied. I almost forgot to mention, I made Orzo pasta for a side . My wife spooned on some of the Ponot Grigio sauce on hers but you can add a little chicken broth too, in the pan if you want. Lastly there was fresh broccoli with some lemon juice and blanched almonds.
I hope you try this recipe, its a piece of cake! ) Thank you for following WWC

Enjoy!
Mark





My two lovely daughters



The infamous dinner







The chef adding the onions to make the sauce