Prosciutto Wrapped Tenderloin

Prosciutto Wrapped Tenderloin

This wrapped tenderloin is so juicy it will melt in your mouth. The picture above is of Jared's work of art! :)

This is Erin's job of wrapping the next night when she made this for dinner. Erin used bacon on this night to be a little more cost effective. This can feed about 8 people of 4 really hungry people. 

Pre-heat oven to 350

Ingredients:

1 tenderloin (about 5 lbs)

6 garlic cloves crushed and peeled

8 sage leaves

mix together what ever seasoning you'd like to rub it down. Remember a little rub goes a long way.

(I suggest black pepper, kosher salt, thyme, & rosemary) 

     Get your tenderloin and apply your rub to it on both sides. After you have rubbed the tenderloin down to your liking place the fatty side down in a baking dish. (any kind will work just make sure you coat it) Now sprinkle your garlic on top. After you cover with garlic place your sage leaves on top of the garlic. (the best way to get the full flavor from any fresh herb is rub it between your fingers. This will release the oils and make an amazing taste.) Now here comes the fun part: Take your bacon or prosciutto and wrap it around the tenderloin. I know your thinking how in the world will the topping stay on top of the tenderloin but I promise it will. (One trick I learned is find the middle of your bacon or prosciutto and place it on the middle of the tenderloin on top then wrap it around each side.) The last step you will do is add about 2 inches of water to the bottom of the pan. (If you want a good flavor add half a stick of butter cut in slices around the bottom of the pan with the water. The other thing you could do instead of water and butter is a good white wine.)

    

     Now your ready to cover with aluminum foil or lid if you have one for your cooking dish. (I wish I had a dutch oven because I think that would work amazing with this dish.) You will bake for 20-30 mins per pound. For a 4.5 lbs tenderloin I baked it for 1 hour and 10 minutes.  (If you have a meat thermometer then the internal temp needs to be 165. If you do not have a thermometer then you can cut the middle and make sure there is no pink.)

       Let this little beauty rest for 10 mins still covered. After it's done resting you are ready to slice and plate it up to be served.  

    

       Jared and Erin would pair this dish with asparagus and mashed garlic potato with a shredded cheddar cheese topping. For the drink a red wine or cranberry juice works nicely.

Below are the pics of Erin's version of this.  

Cordon Blu

This is by far the easiest most yummiest chicken in the world!

What makes a Cordon Blu?

A Cordon Blu is stuffed chicken with swiss and ham

This recipe came from Jared. I learned only from the best!

You start by pounding our your boneless chicken breast. Then you add the Swiss cheese and what ever cut of ham you want to use.

Roll the chicken and place on a coated cookie sheet.

Bake at 375 for 35 mins.

This is the yummy end result! So so good!

                Tortelli of Potato and Chives All' Arrabbiata 

by Mario Batali

http://abc.go.com/shows/the-chew/recipes/tortelli-of-potato-and-chives-all-arrabbiata-mario-batali

Jared and I just had a blast making this dish! If you don't like to have spicy Italian food then you can leave the red pepper flakes out of the sauce. 

Below is some pick of us cooking this dish. (Ok ok I'm taking the pics and Jared is the model in them.)

 When Jared and I cooked this.

 The pics from this point on are when I cooked this dish the very 1st time with out Jared. 

 Is that homemade pasta dough? Why yes it is. 

 Mango Salsa 

 16oz. diced fresh pineapple

 2 red mango's peeled & diced

2 green mango's peeled & diced

1 cucumber peeled & diced

2 limes cut in half & squeezed 

 1 med. red onion diced

2 steams of cilantro diced ( this is optional) 

2 jalapenos diced take seeds out

 Finished salsa!

This will make about 32 oz of salsa. The longer you let it sit in the fridge the better it becomes. I would suggest let it set for 24 hours. If any is left after a week I would throw it out. This is a very fresh tasting salsa. 

Erin- I personally love this on top of chicken. I like to use a normal tortilla chip with it.

Jared-Thinks this would pair nicely with a dessert chip. Get a flour tortilla, brush with lite butter, add cinnamon and sugar, and bake at 375 in the oven for 15-20 mins. 

 My sister's funny she sent me!

I just wanted to let everyone know that my partner in crime and I have decided to start with we are going to up date our blog every Saturday or Sunday. We thought the weekend would be a good start. Have a great week and hope everyone is enjoying this awesome weather.

Cheer's E.J. :)

Erin's homemade cinnamon rolls!