Summer Savory Perfumed Roast Pork Loin
- 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
- 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.
center, olive oil, summer, bacon, cortland apples, garlic, shallots, salt, red wine, white wine, maple syrup, butter
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/summer-savory-perfumed-roast-pork-loin-441276 (may not work)