Stuffed baked pork chops
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ¼ | cup | Golden raisins, roughly |
| Chopped | ||
| ½ | teaspoon | Grated lemon peel |
| 2 | tablespoons | Lemon juice |
| ½ | cup | Finely diced peeled apple or |
| Pear | ||
| Salt and pepper | ||
| 4 | Very thick loin pork chops | |
| Flour for dusting chops | ||
| Vegetable oil for skillet | ||
Directions
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
Combine the raisins, grated lemon peel, lemon juice and apple and season with salt and pepper. Make a pocket in the side of each pork chop and stuff some of the mixture inside.. Close each chop with toothpicks. Season with salt and lightly dust with flour.
Heat the oil in an iron skillet. Add the chops and brown them brief on each side. Season with fresh pepper. Cover skillet with foil and bake for 30 to
40 minutes.
Yield: 4 servings
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