Name: Pork tenderloin wrapped in prosciutto
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 500g pork fillet (tenderloin); 1 knob of butter; 2 Tbsp olive oil; 150g mushrooms; ½ onion or 1 shallot; 1 Tbsp grated parmesan; 2 sage leaves; 100g prosciutto (such as Parma ham); 2 apples; Extra sage leaves to garnish; Honey or maple syrup (optional)

Pork tenderloin wrapped in prosciutto

31 Dec 2015

by Dinna

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

40 minutes

Total Time

50 minutes

Background

If you have guests around for a dinner party, I highly recommend the following recipe. The pork tenderloin wrapped in prosciutto is stuffed with mushrooms and baked with apples, resulting in an absolutely delicious and attractive looking dish. You can also serve it cold as party-nibbles - just cut the cooked & cooled pork into thin slices and top with some caramelised apple & the cooking juice.

Ingredients

500g pork fillet (tenderloin)
1 knob of butter
2 Tbsp olive oil
150g mushrooms
½ onion or 1 shallot
1 Tbsp grated parmesan
2 sage leaves
100g prosciutto (such as Parma ham)
2 apples
Extra sage leaves to garnish
Honey or maple syrup (optional)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Finely chop the mushrooms, onion and sage leaves.
Heat the butter and half of the oil in a frying pan. Add the mushroom & onion and cook until soft and the liquid has evaporated.
Turn off the heat. Let it cool. Mix in the parmesan and sage. Season to taste.
Make a pocket in the pork fillet lengthwise from the side - rather like with pita bread - i.e. don't cut all the way through. Open it out and fill it with the stuffing.
Lay the prosciutto slices onto a chopping board, slightly overlapping each other and place the pork fillet on them. Wrap the pork around with the ham completely.
Heat the remaining oil in the frying pan and cook the pork (seam side down) for a couple of minutes, then turn over and cook on each side until the ham is lightly coloured.
In the meantime core the apples and quarter them. Brush them with some honey/maple syrup if you like.
Place the ham in a roasting dish, scatter the apples, drizzle with some oil and grind some fresh peppercorns all over.
Garnish with a couple more sage leaves.
Bake for 30 minutes, then rest for at least 5 minutes before cutting it into slices. Serve it with the cooking juices drizzled over.
Serve with a mash.