Richards Italian Stuffed Pork Chops Food

RICHARD'S ITALIAN STUFFED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Preheat to 350°F.
• Rinse pork chops.
• Pat dry and place on cutting board and set aside.
• Cut casing off sausage.
• In a bowl, mix bread crumbs, chopped ham, mozzarella and sausage into a big meatball.
• Cut meatball in half.
• Place one half on two of the pork chops.
• Place other two pork chops on top like a sandwich.
• Tie together very tight and push stuffing inside the chops.
• In a skillet on med high add oil and allow to heat up.
• Pat chops dry and place in skillet, careful not to let the strings stick.
• Brown on both sides then set inside a roasting pan.
• In the pork chop skillet add chicken broth, onions, butter and sherry stir for 6-8 minutes.
• Pour over stuffed chops cover and bake for 1 hour.
• Remove string before serving and drizzle with pan sauce.

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.

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.