Pork loin with apple and goat cheese stuffing

scooter

Moderator
Pork loin with apple stuffing and goat cheese, BP's Hall of Fame jalapeno scalloped potatoes and garlic spinach.
Got inspired by RickB to do a stuffed pork loin. Found a nice apple stuffing recipe on epicurious.com.
Dried apples, celery, shallots, garlic, sage, parsley, allspice, breadcrumbs, eggs and chicken broth to bind it. I used BPS Jalapeno Bacon rub instead of salt/pepper.
Butterflied the loin roast and laid it out. Placed the stuffing on top and added goat cheese on top then rolled it up and tied it with twine.
Rubbed the outside with cherry balsamic glaze from the BPS store then a light coating of jalapeno seasoned salt and Money.
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Onto the drum at 275F. Used a chunk of applewood and a handful of cherry pellets for flavor
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Put the scalloped potatoes together and into the MAK at 400F. I didn't notice but I was cooking at over 440F. I over cooked them and broke the cream. They tasted good but looked bad.
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At 110IT time to flip over.
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At 150IT time to pull. The color off the drum is amazing! The crust had an great flavor!
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Plated with the scalloped potatoes and spinach. Made a pork gravy with a packet of Knorr's Pork gravy mix but instead of just adding water, added a mix of water, applejuice and Madera. It worked well and the stuffing was delicious. We'll be doing this one again for family.

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RickB

New member
Looks delicious! And vagely familiar;). How did you like the goat cheese? I thought it really cut through the sweetness of the apples and added alot to the dish. Very well done.
 

scooter

Moderator
the cheese worked perfectly with the apples and also provided the oozing element I like in stuffed meats. I like to see cheese oozing out which increases the photo appeal! :)
 

Pappymn

New member
Oozing cheese should be in a category by itself.....especially with just a suggestion of browning to it.
 
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