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Brown Sugar & Molasses Bacon Wrapped Pork Loin

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Yield 4-6 servings

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  1. Preheat oven to 400 F.
  2. In a mixing bowl combine the brown sugar, smoked paprika, thyme, and black pepper.
  3. Rub the pork loins with the seasoning blend and set them aside.
  4. Lay out one pack of bacon on a cutting board; overlapping one over the other as you lay them out.
  5. Place one of the seasoned pork loins on the edge of the bacon furthest away from you.  Holding the edges of the bacon furthest away from you as well as the pork loin and roll the pork loin back towards you.
  6. Repeat Steps 3 & 4 with the second pork loin.
  7. Heat an oven proof pan (preferably cast iron) over medium high heat.
  8. Once pan is heated add the two bacon wrapped pork loins to pan and sear them on both sides, about 5 minutes each.
  9. Once the bacon has a nice sear place the pan into the oven and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until the internal temperature of the loins is 145 F.
  10. After removing the pan from the oven remove the two loins and set them aside on a cutting board.  Place the pan onto the stove over medium heat and add the molasses to the pan.
  11. Cook the molasses down with the drippings that remain in the pan until you achieve a thick sauce, about 10 minutes.  After the sauce has thickened add the loins back to the pan and coat them in the thickened molasses sauce.
  12. Lastly, ENJOY!

Notes

I highly recommend that you trim the access fat and remove the silver skin from the pork loin.  If you're buying your pork loin from the meat counter a butcher will typically happily do this for you.

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Recipe by Food is Love Made Edible at https://foodislovemadeedible.com/2019/07/19/brown-sugar-molasses-bacon-wrapped-pork-loin/