Friday, April 20, 2012

Baked pork with pesto, mozzarella and prosciutto

This dish you can either bake in the oven or on the grill (in a baking dish as there will be a lot of liquids).
You can serve it with baked potato boats, rice or as we do most of the time, with a green salad.

Ingredients;


2 pork fillets
Pesto
2 buffalo mozzarella rounds
Basil
Prosciutto (I use Boar's Head Prosciutto but you can of course do it more luxurious and use Prosciutto di Parma!)
Salt/pepper


Trim the fillets and butterfly it. You can take a look at how to do that here (This is a pork loin so it is a little bit thicker than the fillet). Add pieces of mozzarella and spoonfuls of pesto along the middle and top with fresh basil, salt and pepper.


Roll the sides together over the filling and put the prosciutto on top and tuck under to lock the dish. Add to a baking pan for the oven or a grill pan for the grill.
Bake in the oven on 425F for at least 15-20 minutes, until the fillets are cooked all through or on the grill on high heat. The fillets will not become dry due to the filling, at least mine don't!!!






Grrrrrrr!



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