Glazed Stuffed Pork Roll
Special Ingredient Game/Foodify Challenge #2: Glazed Stuffed Pork Roll
Remember my fun foodie bloggers’ event for the holiday season? Fast forward a few weeks, and we’ve come up with yet another challenge. This time, each participant had to pick 5 ingredients (anything we fancied) and choose one more from the Food Network’s 50-Secret-Ingredients list—a list compiled by chefs who claim these ingredients are their secret touch to make their dishes pop. To spare you the rest of the details, we had to make a recipe with only 6 total ingredients, sweet or savory, main or side, dip, finger food, cocktail, or other drink. I chose balsamic vinegar from the list along with honey, apples, Greek “graviera” cheese, bacon, and pork loin to make a Glazed Stuffed Pork Roll.

This pork roll is not to be confused with the famous Prepared Ham developed by John Taylor of Trenton in 1856 in New Jersey. It is more similar to the Italian porchetta, the savory, fatty, and moist boneless pork roast of the Italian culinary tradition. [The Porchetta is considered a food of cultural relevance and a declared PAT (Prodotto Agroalimentare Tradizionale) by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry. The pork carcass is deboned and skewered, then roasted over wood for at least eight hours, with its fat and skin still on. Although many versions do not involve stuffing, in some regions, the porchetta is stuffed with liver and wild fennel. It is usually heavily salted and can be stuffed with garlic, rosemary, fennel, or other herbs, often wild.]


Glazed Stuffed Pork Roll
Equipment
- kitchen/butcher's twine
Ingredients
- 2 lbs pork loin boneless, butterflied/flattened
- 6 – 8 slices bacon
- 6 – 8 slices graviera* cheese
- 2 apples
- 2 tbsp thyme honey
- 2 tsp balsamic vinegar
Instructions
- Season the pork with salt & pepper (keep a light hand as the bacon and cheese are really salty).
- Top with the slices of bacon and cheese, spreading them evenly, leaving an 1-inch margin around the perimeter.
- Starting with the short side, roll up tightly and secure with kitchen twine.
- Heat a large saute pan over medium heat (you don't need to add any oil or butter) and brown the roll on all sides.
- Place in a casserole pot that has a lid. Core and slice the apples, and arrange slices around the roll.
- Mix honey and vinegar well together and spread the glaze all over the meat.
- Cover the casserole and bake at 390 ºF for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- Remove the roll from the oven, take the lid off the casserole and allow the roll to rest for a full 10 minutes before slicing and serving, apples on the side.
Notes




Χοιρινό ρολό με μήλα στη γάστρα
Equipment
- σπάγγος μαγειρικής
Ingredients
- 1 κιλό χοιρινό μπούτι για ρολό*
- 6 – 8 φέτες μπέικον
- 6 – 8 φέτες γραβιέρα (όποια σας αρέσει)
- 2 μήλα
- 2 γεμάτες κουταλιές της σούπας μέλι
- 2 κουταλάκια του γλυκού βαλσαμικό ξύδι
Instructions
- Απλώνετε το κρέας για το ρολό και αλατοπιπερώνετε ελαφρά και από τις δυο πλευρές.
- Τοποθετείτε ομοιόμορφα στο εσωτερικό τις φέτες μπέικον και από πάνω τη γραβιέρα.
- Τυλίγετε το ρόλο και το δένετε με σπάγγο μαγειρικής.
- Ροδίζετε το ρολό απ' όλες τις μεριές σε ένα αντικολλητικό τηγάνι χωρίς καμία λιπαρή ουσία.
- Το μεταφέρετε σε μια γάστρα. Κόβετε τα μήλα σε φέτες και τα μοιράζετε γύρω από το κρέας.
- Αναμειγνύετε καλά το μέλι με το ξύδι και γλασάρετε πολύ καλά το ρολό σε ολόκληρη την επιφάνειά του.
- Σκεπάζετε τη γάστρα και ψήνετε σε προθερμασμένο φούρνο στους 200 °C για μία ώρα.
- Όταν το βγάλετε από τον φούρνο, ξεσκεπάζετε τη γάστρα και το αφήνετε «να σταθεί» για τουλάχιστον 10 λεπτά πριν το κόψετε.







Oh, Athena, I think Grandpa will love this …YUMMY 🙂 Pawkisses 🙂 <3
Well then, do tell Granny to give it a try! 😉
Looks absolutely delicious!
Thank you Angela 😉
Wow, that looks delicious! I’d be knocking on your door for dinner if we lived just a little closer.
I’d be happy to have you! 🙂 🙂 🙂