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While growing up in Colombia, my family would gather at Mamita’s house every Christmas Eve for our traditional Noche Buena meal. There were many different dishes on the table, but the star of the dinner was always a wonderful pork dish! It could have been pork loin, pernil, lechona or cañon, but without fail, we could always count on an awesome pork dish, which was my Mamita's favorite type of meat.
Stuffed Pork Loin
Ingredients
- 1 cup diced ham
- 1 large carrot peeled and diced
- 1 roasted red bell pepper diced
- 1 small onion diced
- 2 scallions diced
- 3 garlic cloves
- ¾ cup of bread crumbs
- 1 beaten egg
- 1 3 to 4 pounds pork loin roast
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- To make the filling: place the ham, carrots, roasted red peppers, onions, scallions and garlic in a food processor. Transfer to a mixing bowl , add the egg and bread crumbs.
- Place pork, fat side down, on work surface with 1 short end facing you. Using sharp knife and starting ½ inch above underside of roast, cut ½ inch in along right side. Continue cutting ½ inch above underside, unrolling roast.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Position an oven rack in the middle of the oven.
- Once your pork roast is in a flat piece, use a meat mallet to pound the pork so that most of the meat is in one even layer. Spread the filling over the pork.
- Roll up pork, arrange seam side down on work surface. Tie the pork with kitchen string. Transfer the pork to a caldero or roasting pan.
- Rub the pork all over with the olive oil and then season with salt and pepper.
- Roast pork at 400 degrees F until an instant-read thermometer inserted into center of loin registers 140-160 for about 1 hour and 30 minutes. Let the pork rest for at least 25 minutes before slicing.
This stuffed pork loin recipe is one of the dishes we had on our table during the holidays in Colombia. It’s made with a large pork loin roast, which is stuffed with a mixture of chopped ham, garlic, onion, carrots, roasted red pepper, cumin, bread crumbs, scallions and egg. You can even prepare the pork ahead of time, only needing to cook it before your guests arrive.
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Buen provecho!
Lkkalj
I love ❤️ prime rib roast
Edye
I like flan!
Liz
We do typical ham dinner. Brown sugar glazed with pineapple and cherries. Sides: white rice, potatoe salad ( boiled potatoes, green peas, mayo and lime Juice) deviled eggs and fried plantains.
Dessserts: apple pie, rice pudding, natilla with raspberry sauce... Uhmmm i am getting hungry!!! Lol
Jennifer Morales
Natilla, natilla, natilla!!
David
My favorite, at least for dessert, is leche flan.
PAMELA
My favorites have always been natilla y buñuelos. Oh! Also lechón, my family would gather at abuelitas house and my uncles would kill the hog and the aunties would prepare the whole thing, even making homemade morcilla... Ahh memories!
Katrina
We remember tamales with fondness, because our friends from Huila included me in the preparation. It took most of the day for us to buy, peel, cut, and cook the ingredients, then to carefully wrap each with a banana leaf. They steamed while we went to church and were ready for us when we returned. If you didn't have time to make your own, there vendors with steaming pots on many street corners on holidays.
Angela C.
Mi favorito son los buñuelos y las hojaldras!
Maria
Mi favorito es tamales colombianos... Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo.
Cindy McL
My family doesn't have a traditional Christmas Eve dish, generally it's a time to just hang out, play games at the kitchen table (card games, or board games), and catch up. We gorge on Christmas cookies and savory snacks like cheese and crackers. It's not a formal meal, but it's still fun 🙂