stuffed pork tenderloin

Got a good recipe out of Cook's Illustrated for stuffed pork tenderloin. they had 3 different recipes for the stuffing, so I kinda just did a fusion thing.

I butterflied the tenderloin, then using a meat whacker, pounded to about 1/4- 3/8" thick. I sauteed some baby bella mushrooms and layered those onto the meat along with some chopped sun-dried tomatoes, cubed pecorino-romano cheese, minced garlic and some Kalamata olives, topped off with some baby spinach. I then rolled and tied it and then sprinkled outside with a combo of salt/pepper and brown sugar to help it brown up nice.

Cooked on the gasser on high heat side then moved to low heat. Came out pretty darn good. Served with a side of Acina de Pepe pasta with sauteed garlic, some red pepper flakes and more kalamata olives mixed in

well dag gone it...what if i like pounding my meat??

ha-ben-arrow said:

Looks awesome. My wife uses acine de pepe for Pastine (chicken soup ) and pasta salad. I will have to try using it as a side dish. What all did you do to it?

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I just cooked 8 oz.'s of the pasta per directions on box. Meanwhile, finely chopped 2 cloves of garlic. melt 2 tablespoons butter and 1 tablespoon olive oil in fry pan. let foam subside. add garlic and 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes or to taste. Saute for 2 mins or so until golden. Throw in 1/2 cup or so of quartered Kalamata olives and then toss it with the pasta. Serve at room temp.