Asparagus Pork Bundles

Wednesday April 20

We had 7 asparagus spears and some extravagantly long-tailed scallions from Findlay Market, but no sole for Bundles Of (Trader Joe's, what are you thinking?). Holt wanted to try Bundles of Pork instead.

Using fantastic knife skills, he butterflied a couple of thick pork tenderloin slices, and whacked them thin between two saran wrap sheets. They ended up looking quite obscene - they're the other pink meat. But we covered that up with a mashup of 20 sage leaves, a little lemon thyme, half a lemon's worth of zest, salt, and black pepper.

He parboiled the asparagus and the long scallion greens, wrapping the pork around the former and binding them with the latter (and a long peel of lemon, to boot). It roasted in the top of the oven at 400 degrees, which was a bit too long, but it actually browned and held together.

Served with asparagus risotto rewarmed on the same pan for 5 minutes, it was pretty tasty.