Italian Cheese Stuffed Pork Chops Food

CHEESE-STUFFED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Dissolve 1/4 cup salt and the sugar in 3 cups warm water in a large bowl. Insert a paring knife into the curved side of each pork chop to make a deep pocket, about 2 inches wide. Soak the chops in the brine, about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, finely chop the escarole and garlic. Toss with 2 tablespoons olive oil, and salt and pepper to taste. Remove the chops from the brine and pat dry. Fold each cheese slice and tuck into the pocket of a pork chop, then stuff with the escarole mixture. Brush the pork with olive oil, sprinkle with the sage and season with salt and pepper. Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Sear the pork in batches, turning once, until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a plate. Add the beans and 1/3 cup water to the skillet, scraping up any browned bits; season with salt and pepper. Return the pork to the skillet, cover and cook over medium heat until no longer pink, 5 to 7 more minutes. Serve the pork with the beans.

ITALIAN CHEESE STUFFED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Cut a horizontal pocket in the side of each pork chop (or ask your meat retailer to do this for you). Combine 3/4 cup cheese, croutons and thyme; stuff into pockets and pinch edges together to close pockets. Combine salt, paprika and pepper; sprinkle over chops.
• Heat a 12-inch ovenproof skillet (wrap handle in foil) coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat until hot. Add chops; cook 3 minutes per side or until browned. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup cheese over chops. Transfer skillet to a preheated 375°F oven. Bake until chops are no longer pink in center, 8 to 10 minutes depending on thickness of chops.

STUFFED ITALIAN PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Remove sausage meat from casing.
• Fry meat, garlic, chopped onion in olive oil until meat is cooked and garlic and onion are brown.
• Lower heat on frying pan and add the stewed tomatoes.
• Slowly cook mixture for about 15 minutes, stirring so contents do not stick to pan.
• Empty contents into a separate dish and add bread crumbs, basil and red pepper.
• Stir until mixture is moldable.
• Cut thick pork chops down the side to make a pocket.
• Stuff each pork chop with stuffing mixture until full.
• Use toothpicks to hold chops together.
• In frying pan, add chicken broth, mushrooms and some chopped garlic.
• Cook until garlic is brown.
• Add pork chops.
• Cook pork chops on low heat until meat is white (about one hour).
• Baste chops with juices from pan.
• Serve with mushrooms on top of each pork chop.
• Serves eight.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE STUFFED PORK CHOP

Steps:

• Stuffing: In large a rondeau or heavy bottomed pot over medium-low heat, add butter and olive oil, then sweat onion, celery and garlic until translucent, about 3 minutes. Add sausage, and allow it to cook through, stirring often. Add spinach and toasted croutons. Mix well then add chicken stock, cream and parsley. Cook until thickens. Add cheese and season with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. Allow stuffing to cool.
• Pork Chops: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Make a 1-inch incision with a knife right next to the bone of the pork chop. Work the knife inside the pork chop to make a pocket for the stuffing. With a piping tool or simply with your hands, stuff the pork chop with the stuffing mixture until the pocket is packed well. Season the pork chop with salt and black pepper. Heat a large skillet and add oil. Sear both sides, about 1 minute. Place skillet in oven to roast for about 10 to 12 minutes, turning chops over half way through so as not to burn. Cook pork chop to medium, and the internal temperature registers 165 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer. Anything more than medium may dry out the chop.

ITALIAN-STYLE PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Make horizontal cut in one long side of each chop to make pocket, being careful to not cut all the way through to opposite side of chop. Top each ham slice with 1 cheese slice and 1/4 of the Swiss chard; roll up. Stuff 1 ham roll into pocket of each chop; press cut sides of chops together to seal pockets.
• Sprinkle both sides of chops with basil.
• Heat dressing in large skillet on medium-high heat. Add chops; cook 6 to 7 min. on each side or until done (145°F). Remove from skillet; let stand 3 min. before serving.

ITALIAN CHEESE STUFFED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Cut a horizontal pocket in the side of each pork chop (or ask your meat retailer to do this for you). Combine 3/4 cup cheese, croutons and thyme; stuff into pockets and pinch edges together to close pockets. Combine salt, paprika and pepper; sprinkle over chops.
• Heat a 12-inch ovenproof skillet (wrap handle in foil) coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat until hot. Add chops; cook 3 minutes per side or until browned. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup cheese over chops. Transfer skillet to a preheated 375 degrees F oven. Bake until chops are no longer pink in center, 8 to 10 minutes depending on thickness of chops.

CHEESY ITALIAN PORK CHOPS WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F. Spray 15x10x1-inch pan with cooking spray. Place pork chops in one half of pan.
• In large bowl, mix 3/4 teaspoon of the thyme, the garlic-pepper blend and oil; lightly brush tops and sides of pork with some of the oil mixture. Add potatoes and bell pepper to remaining oil mixture in bowl; toss to coat. Spread vegetables in other half of pan.
• Bake uncovered 30 to 35 minutes or until pork is no longer pink in center. Sprinkle cheese and remaining 1/4 teaspoon thyme over pork; bake 2 to 3 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.

BLUE CHEESE-STUFFED PORK CHOPS FOR TWO

Steps:

• Heat 1 1/2 teaspoons of the oil in medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Cook and stir onion and rosemary 6 minutes or until onion is soft. Remove onion mixture, cool. Stir in cheese.
• With small knife, make horizontal slit in each pork chop to create pocket, being careful not to cut all the way through. Fill with blue cheese mixture. Wrap 2 prosciutto slices around each chop to cover chop and opening of pocket; secure with toothpicks.
• Heat remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons oil in same skillet over medium heat until hot. Cook pork 8 to 10 minutes or until pale pink in center, turning once. Remove toothpicks before serving.
• For Balsamic Greens with Plums: Whisk balsamic vinegar and Dijon mustard in small bowl; whisk in extra-virgin olive oil. Cut the 2 ripe plums into thin wedges; combine with mixed greens. Toss with enough dressing to lightly coat greens; serve with remaining dressing.