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Hasselback Pork Loin with Pumpkin Alfredo Sauce
Hasselback Pork Loin with Pumpkin Alfredo Sauce is a super easy one pan recipe that is perfect for the Fall holidays. It’s a perfect change of pace for Thanksgiving or any Sunday dinner! This recipe is super easy to put together making it perfect for any night of the week and it tastes AMAZING! Let me show you how it’s done.
First
Slice the pork loin into eight 1/2 inch slices, leaving 1/2 inch at the bottom unsliced. Use a wooden spoon as a guide to keep from cutting the pork all the way through. Season the pork loin with salt, pepper, paprika, and sage
Next
Slice the mozzarella cheese, as many slices as you need to fill the cuts you made in the pork loin. Stick the mozzarella cheese slices and a handful of spinach leaves into each cut of the pork loin
Make the sauce
Use a large pan that can go on the stove top as well as into the oven. Saute the garlic until it becomes fragrant but not browned, about 30 seconds. Turn off the heat and stir in the pumpkin puree, chicken broth, and cream. Place the pork loin into the cream sauce and bake
Finish
Stir in the grated Parmesan cheese and your Hasselback Pork Loin with Pumpkin Alfredo Sauce is done! Serve with your favorite pasta and enjoy.
Hasselback Pork Loin with Pumpkin Alfredo Sauce
Ingredients
- one 3-4 pound pork loin
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon sage
- one 16 ounce block mozzarella cheese
- 12 ounces spinach leaves
- 1 tablespoon canola or grapeseed oil
- 2 cloves of garlic
- one 14 ounce can pumpkin puree
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Slice the pork loin into 1/2 slices, leaving 1/2 inch at the bottom unsliced. Season the pork with salt, pepper, and sage.
- Slice the mozzarella cheese and place the slices into the cuts in the pork loin
- Toss the spinach leaves with 1 teaspoon of oil to keep it from drying out
- Stuff a handful of spinach leaves into the slices
- Pour 1 tablespoon of oil In a large pan saute sliced garlic for 30 seconds, turn off the heat Mix in pumpkin puree, cream, and chicken broth
- Place the pork loin into the pan of sauce and bake in the oven for 40 minutes.
- Remove the pork from the oven and stir the Parmesan cheese into the sauce
Hasselback Pork Loin with Pumpkin Alfredo Sauce
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