This delicious pork loin is butterflied (cut in half) and stuffed with blue cheese and dried figs. Bake blue cheese and fig stuffed pork loin uncovered in the oven at 350F for ~50 minutes.
Blue cheese and fig stuffed pork loin is a a beautiful and flavorful dish. It is especially perfect around the holidays.
Slice The Pork Loin Open Like A Book
Butterflying the pork loin is simply cutting it open like a book. You want to leave the end portion uncut so it remains a whole piece.
Stuff the ingredients in the middle and then tie together or close with tooth picks.
Wanna take your game up a notch? Pound the pork loin thin between two pieces of plastic with a meat mallet and then stuff, roll, and tie together.
Blue Cheese Stuffed Pork Loin Tips
Don't have pork loin but have a pork tenderloin? That works too but will cook faster. Cook blue cheese stuffed pork tenderloin for about 25-35 minutes instead.
Bake pork loin with the fat side up. The fat insulates the tender meat and also keeps it moister while cooking.
I like to bake blue cheese stuffed pork loin on an elevated rack to promote circulation, but it is not necessary.
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Blue Cheese And Fig Stuffed Pork Loin
EatSimpleFood.com
This delicious butterflied pork loin is stuffed with blue cheese and dried figs. Bake stuffed pork loin in the oven at 350F for ~50 minutes.
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 lb pork loin, butterflied
- ½ cup dried figs, sliced
- ½ cup blue cheese, crumbled
- salt
- black pepper
- cooking twine
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Butterfly pork loin. This may sound intimidating but it is basically cutting the piece of meat in half lengthwise but leaving the end portion uncut (making it look like an open book).
- Spread it out and lightly salt and pepper the inside and outside of the pork.
- Spread and layer the figs and blue cheese.
- Tie it up anyway you can. Check out Eat Simple Food’s video showing you how to butterfly, stuff, and tie up chicken breast. You can also use toothpicks if that's easier for you.
- Bake uncovered ~ 40-50 minutes or until internal temperature of pork reaches 145F.
- Tent lightly with aluminum foil and rest 10 minutes before slicing (remember to remove the twine!).
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
Notes
- Don't have pork loin but have a pork tenderloin? That works too but will cook faster. Cook blue cheese stuffed pork tenderloin for about 25-35 minutes instead.
- Pound the tenderloin thin between two pieces of plastic with a meat mallet (before stuffing) if you want to take your game up a notch.
- I like to bake pork loin on an elevated rack to promote circulation.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: International
- Diet: Gluten Free
Things In My Kitchen:
- Cooking twine - Tie it up before you cook it. You don't want the ingredients falling out.
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Serving Suggestion
Serve fig and blue cheese stuffed pork loin with a complementary salad, appetizer or side dish to round out your dinner.
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