Description
Easy. Fancy. Easy. Delicious. And fun!
(bet you thought I was going to say “easy” again, right?)
Ingredients
Pork tenderloin
Bleu cheese crumbles (or gorgonzola)
Bacon
Instructions
With a sharp knife, slice the tenderloin horizontally (with blade parallel to cutting board). Don’t cut all the way through to the back side, but cut to the ends. Open the pork up so it lays flat. At that back “seam”, gently slice again so you can unroll the tenderloin. Sprinkle with cheese crumbles and press them into the pork. Roll the meat up again.
Wrap the tenderloin with strips of bacon, squeezing gently so that everything holds together. Place in foil-lined pan and bake for 15 minutes per pound. Then check with a meat thermometer — about 145 degrees is what you want. Remove from oven and allow to sit at least 5 minutes before slicing.
Notes
Thick-cut bacon doesn’t have time to get crispy while holding all that pork together. Use regular bacon for best results.
Since the oven is going to be on, why not bake or roast potatoes at the same time? And extra points for roasting several heads of garlic. Look at you being efficient!
