Stuffed Porkloin

Submitted by: http://kmcrackan.myopenid.com/

Description:

Wonderful!!  Buy a whole porkloin (or 1/2) when they are on sale...you don't want to start with one that is already marinated.

Servings: 8-10?

Categories: fancy dinner night, pork tenderloin

From the kitchen of:

Katy Nieto...from a friend...who got it from a Paula Dean recipe book...I think :)

Ingredients

1/4 c. butter

1 onion, finely chopped

3 cloves garlic, minced

10 oz spinach, defrosted adn wrung out

12 oz bacon, cooked + crumbled

5 oz parm cheese

1/4 t. salt

1/4 t. red pepper (or cayenne)

Directions

*Get hubby to butterfly pork and pound flat*

Oven temp: 475 then 325

Melt butter.  Saute onion and garlic for 5 min.  Add spinach and cook 3 min.  Stir in rest of ingredients and cook until cheese melts.  Roll filling in pork and tie TIGHT.  Cook at 475 for 20 min.  Reduce temp to 325 and cook 30-40 min. (Internal temp approx 160)

We have baked sweet potato with this and it is SOOO good!