Bacon Wrapped Pork Loin
Bacon Wrapped Pork Loin
Ingredients
- 1½ kg pork loin
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 6 cloves garlic crushed
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- ½ tsp marjoram
- 16 slices bacon 6 thick-cut and the rest longer and thinner
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 190C.
- Lightly grease a baking dish with some olive oil.
- Place the pork loin on a cutting board so the longer sides are on your left and right. Using a large, sharp knife, measure about 1/3 of the thickness of the loin and slice from right to left, cutting almost all of the way through the meat – leaving only a hinge so that the meat will stay together, you should be able to open it like a book.1½ kg pork loin
- Pull open the pork loin, now the 1/3 thick part is on your left, and the right side is thicker. Starting from the center slice down the length, 1/3 thick from left to right, so you can flip open the other side.
- To achieve even thickness lightly pound the pork with a mallet.
- Add olive oil and distribute it evenly all over the surface,2 tbsp olive oil
- Season the butterflied pork with salt, freshly ground pepper and marjoram.1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1/2 tsp marjoram
- Add minced garlic and use your hands to distribute it all over the surface.6 cloves garlic
- Arrange 6 pieces of thick-cut bacon slices onto the pork.16 slices bacon
- Roll it tightly into a log.
- Use the remaining bacon to wrap it around the pork, each slice slightly onto the other.16 slices bacon
- Use kitchen twine to tie it together if needed.
- Place into the prepared baking sheet and bake for 60-70 minutes or until it has reached an internal temperature of 70C.
- While baking bastes the top with the juices from the baking dish, to make sure the bacon cooks nicely.
- Grill at the end for a few minutes, careful not to burn it.
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