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Spinach and Bacon-Stuffed Pork Loin Roast with White Wine and Rosemary Cream Sauce

From the Kitchen of: Helen
Source: LCBO Food and Drink Magazine

Impress your guests with this attractive spiral-stuffed roast.

Roast
6	slices	side bacon or pancetta, chopped
2	shallots	finely chopped
2	cloves	garlic, minced
1/4	C	dry white wine
1	pkg.	spinach, trimmed
1	C	fresh bread crumbs
3 to 4	lb.	pork loin roast, boneless
1/2	tsp.	salt
1/4	tsp.	freshly ground black pepper

Preheat oven to 325F.
In a large frying pan over medium high heat, fry bacon until crisp. Drain off fat. Reduce heat to medium and add shallots and garlic. Saute for 1 minute or until translucent. Add wine and spinach and saute just until wilted. Transfer to bowl and let cool completely. Stir in bread crumbs.
Meanwhile, place pork on board with fat-side up. Starting at right side and knife parallel with board, cut pork in half, almost but not all the way to left side, to butterfly. Open up loin so it lies nearly flat in one layer. Pat flat. Starting in the centre of opened loin and knife parallel with board, cut in half on the left side to butterfly again, almost but not all the way to the eand. Butterfly again on the right hand side. Lay open. It will unfold like a fold-out section in a magazine, with four segments. Lightly pound with a meat mallet to make even thickness. Sprinkle both sides of pork with salt and pepper.
Spread cooled spinach mixture evenly over cut side of pork, leaving about 1 inch at one short side bare. Starting opposite bare edge, tightly roll up jelly-roll style and tie with kitchen string. Heat clean frying pan over high heat until hot. Add roast, fat-side down, then sear on all sides. Place in roasting pan; set frying pan aside. Roast the pork uncovered for 50 minutes or until meat thermometer reads 155F to 160F and a hint of pink remains in pork. Place on cutting board and tent with foil. Let stand for 10 minutes before slicing.

White Wine and Rosemary Cream Sauce
2	shallots	finely chopped
1	tsp.	finely minced fresh rosemary
1/2	C	dry white wine
1	C	whipping cream
salt		to taste
pepper	freshly ground	to taste

Heat reserved frying pan over medium heat. Add any juices from roasting pan and bring to a boil. Add shallots and rosemary and saute for 2 minutes or until soft. Add wine and bring to a boil, stirring. Boil until wine is reduced by half. Add cream and boil until slightly reduced and thickened. Season with salt and pepper. Serve slices of roast drizzled with sauce.