Chef John's Baby Porchetta
4.8
Ingredients
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Total
- 110 min
Instructions
- 1 Crush fennel seeds in a mortar with a pestle for 1 minute. Add garlic, sage, black pepper, rosemary, lemon zest, salt, and red pepper flakes; pound into a thick paste, 2 to 3 minutes. Add olive oil; pound until rub is evenly incorporated.
- 2 Place pork tenderloin flat onto your work surface. Cut a slit, horizontally, ¾ of the way through middle of tenderloin, leaving 1 inch uncut on each end, being careful not to cut all the way through to the other side. Spread 1 tablespoon fennel seeds rub inside slit; close up tenderloin. Spread remaining fennel seeds rub evenly over tenderloin. Wrap bacon strips around tenderloin, trying to keep seams on the bottom.
- 3 Wrap tenderloin in plastic wrap; refrigerate for 1 hour.
- 4 Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil.
- 5 Unwrap tenderloin; place in center of the prepared baking sheet.
- 6 Roast in the preheated oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads 134 degrees F (57 degrees C), about 25 minutes. Rest tenderloin until the internal temperature rises to 140 to 145 degrees F (60 to 63 degrees C), about 10 minutes.
By John Mitzewich