97BlackAckCL
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Well, I finally had an excuse to get the smoker going and that excuse was Mother's Day, I made my own version of the stuffed pork tenderloins that [MENTION=54669]cfranck1[/MENTION] posted 2 years ago that I've been wanting to try. I bought a 10 lb pork tenderloin and ended up having to cut it in half to even get it on the smoker. Next time I will probably cut it into thirds, or hopefully have a bigger smoker by then. I then filleted it down the middle in order to smash a bunch of goodness in the middle.
Since I trimmed the fat cap off I added back some fat with some butter, I slit the meat and worked it into the slits (after this pic)
The main star of the show was the homemade apple butter given to me by a friend, but I also cut up some red onion for some flavor depth
I also cut up some granny smith apples to go inside
Like I said, the apple butter was the main star, and I spread that all on the inside, next time I will probably use more but I didn't want to go crazy on a new recipe. I then added some 3/4 cooked applewood smoked bacon, because bacon...
Next I piled on the red onions and apples
Then I got out the butcher's twine and tied these suckers together as tight as I could. Then I sprinkled a simple dry rub over the outside
And then onto the smoker with some hardwood charcoal and applewood chips for flavor, the larger half of the tenderloin was too large and had to be curled to avoid the lid hitting it, next time I will probably cut into thirds to be safe.
Once the internal temp hit 140 deg in the centermost parts of the meat I pulled them, look at that perfection!
The meat was absolutely incredible! Next time I think I will use less butter and more apple butter, but for a first attempt I was blown away and so was my family, they LOVED it! Lots of complex flavors, with sweetness on the inside and a garlic/peppery spice on the outside of the meat, it was really damn good!
I didn't get any pics of the slices, but it had a nice subtle smoke ring all around the edge of the meat. The puppies had a blast and thoroughly enjoyed the meat and the company, the second my family left, they passed out
Also, since I had the smoker going, my gf had told her coworkers about my smoked deviled eggs, so she hard boiled some eggs and asked me to smoke them. I originally was going to smoke them with cherry like the last time I made them, but since I had the smoker going with apple wood I said let's try this. Can't wait to taste these suckers tonight!
Since I trimmed the fat cap off I added back some fat with some butter, I slit the meat and worked it into the slits (after this pic)
The main star of the show was the homemade apple butter given to me by a friend, but I also cut up some red onion for some flavor depth
I also cut up some granny smith apples to go inside
Like I said, the apple butter was the main star, and I spread that all on the inside, next time I will probably use more but I didn't want to go crazy on a new recipe. I then added some 3/4 cooked applewood smoked bacon, because bacon...
Next I piled on the red onions and apples
Then I got out the butcher's twine and tied these suckers together as tight as I could. Then I sprinkled a simple dry rub over the outside
And then onto the smoker with some hardwood charcoal and applewood chips for flavor, the larger half of the tenderloin was too large and had to be curled to avoid the lid hitting it, next time I will probably cut into thirds to be safe.
Once the internal temp hit 140 deg in the centermost parts of the meat I pulled them, look at that perfection!
The meat was absolutely incredible! Next time I think I will use less butter and more apple butter, but for a first attempt I was blown away and so was my family, they LOVED it! Lots of complex flavors, with sweetness on the inside and a garlic/peppery spice on the outside of the meat, it was really damn good!
I didn't get any pics of the slices, but it had a nice subtle smoke ring all around the edge of the meat. The puppies had a blast and thoroughly enjoyed the meat and the company, the second my family left, they passed out
Also, since I had the smoker going, my gf had told her coworkers about my smoked deviled eggs, so she hard boiled some eggs and asked me to smoke them. I originally was going to smoke them with cherry like the last time I made them, but since I had the smoker going with apple wood I said let's try this. Can't wait to taste these suckers tonight!
