Mama Made Italian Roast Pork!

And again it's football season, so on Sundays it's easy eating in this house.  But, it has to be good food of course, no take out, no pre-packged stuff, just easy tasty guy food.  Italian Roast Pork sandwiches are front and center today with multi colored roasted Parmesan potato edges.  It's a SCORE!, for me because the pork goes into the crock pot to cook all day, all I have to do is cut potatoes and season them and off to the oven they go, then it's TOUCHDOWN TIME!

Recipe below.

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I cut the pork in half so it would fit in the smaller of the two crock pots that I have.

 A few simple ingredients make amazing roast pork, like some garlic.  It's Italian, ya gotta have garlic!

 I love the fragrance of fresh rosemary.....

 and flat leaf parsley.

 Sprinkle all the ingredients over the top of the pork tenderloin.....

 ......cover the crock pot, set on high, and let it do all the work!  The house smells amazing while it's cooking. When it's done shred with two forks.

Lightly toast kaiser rolls, top with cheese and pork.

 As a side dish I served roasted multi colored Parmesan potato wedges.

Cut into quarters, spread out on a baking sheet with 2 tablespoons of olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper roast at 400 degrees.

 In the last 5 minutes of roasting, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and bake until cheese melts.

Serve along side your pulled pork sandwich.

Italian Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 pork tenderloin

1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper

5 cloves garlic, minced

2 long sprigs of fresh rosemary, minced

5 sprigs of fresh Italian flat leaf parsley, chopped

2 tablespoons water

Directions

Pour the olive oil into the bottom of a crock pot.  Cut the pork tender loin in half and place in the crock pot.  Sprinkle the salt, pepper, minced garlic, minced rosemary and chopped parsley over the pork. Add the water, cover and set on high.  Cook for 6 hours, add a little water if needed during cooking time so it doesn't dry out.  When it's done, shred with two forks and serve on toasted kaiser rolls with provolone cheese and/or broccoli rabe sauteed in garlic.