SUMMER SAVORY PERFUMED ROAST PORK LOIN

Summer Savory Perfumed Roast Pork Loin image

Provided by Chef mariajane

Categories Pork

Time 35m

Yield 6-8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

2 -3 lbs center cut pork loin
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons summer savory
15 slices double-smoked bacon
3 cortland apples, peeled, cored and cut into wedges
6 garlic cloves, chopped
3 shallots, roughly chopped
salt and pepper
1/2 cup red wine
1/2 cup white wine
3 ounces pure maple syrup
4 ounces hard butter, cubed

Steps:

Preheat a stainless steel pan over medium heat.
Rub pork loin with olive oil and summer savory, ensuring it sticks, then wrap the loin with bacon.
Over medium heat, sear pork loin with bacon until bacon has bronzed; add apple, garlic and shallots. Season lightly wiht salt and pepper, blend together in pan and place pan in 325F oven for 30-35 minutes.
Set pork on cooling rack. Over medium high heat, bring juices in pan to a rolling simmer. Add wines to deglaze, and reduce liquid to a concentrate flavor. When it's reduced by 1/2, add maple syrup, and keep reducing.
When it starts to have a nice glaze or sheen to it, take it off the heat and let sit for 2 minutes. Add in cold butter whle swirling the pan in a circular motion on the stovetop.
Season with salt and pepper if needed and set aside.
Slice the pork. Place on a serving platter and pour sauce over liberally.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 819.4, Fat 64.4, SaturatedFat 25.9, Cholesterol 169.9, Sodium 649.5, Carbohydrate 14.6, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 8.8, Protein 37.4