Recipe:
Stuffed pork chops
serves:
4
Ingredients:
Olive oil
Garlic, minced
Sun-dried tomatoes, diced
Frozen spinach, drained
Salt
Ground black pepper
Dried thyme
Goat cheese
Cream cheese
Boneless pork chops
Brown chicken stock
Lemon zeste of ½ a lemon
Lemon juice
Dijon mustard
1 tbsp
2 cloves
8 pieces
250g
1 tsp
1 tsp
¼ tsp
50 g
75 g
4
340 ml
2 tbsp
2 tsp
Method:
1. Warm 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a medium frying pan over a medium heat. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
2. Add the sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, salt, pepper and thyme. Cook until combined, about 2 more minutes.
3. Transfer the mixture to a medium bowl. Add the goat cheese and the cream cheese. Stir to combine and set aside.
4. Use a sharp knife to cut a pocket into the thickest portion of the pork chop. Stuff each pocket with 1/4 of the spinach and sun-dried tomato mixture and close the pork around the stuffing. Season the outside of the pork with salt and pepper.
5. In a small bowl combine the chicken broth, lemon zest, lemon juice and mustard.
6. Warm the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large, heavy frying pan over a medium-high heat. When the pan is hot add the pork. Cook until golden and cooked through, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer the pork to a side dish and tent with foil to keep warm.
7. Add the chicken broth mixture to the pan over a medium-high heat. Scrape up the brown bits from the bottom of the pan as the chicken broth simmers.
8. Reduce the broth by half to make a light sauce, about 8 minutes. Spoon some sauce over the pork before serving.