View more "Main Dishes" recipes

Crispy pork with cheese and a fruit salsa

Dairy Farmers of Canada
  • Email
  • Print
  • Course Main Dishes
  • Prep. Time 25 mins
  • Cooking Time 15 mins
  • Refrigeration Time 30 mins
  • Yields 4 servings

Preparation

What You Need


Salsa:
1 1/3 cups (330 ml) fresh fruit, chopped - your choice of peaches, mangoes, grapes, kiwis, pears, pineapple etc.
1/4 cup (60 ml) green onion, chopped
1/4 cup (60 ml) red pepper, chopped
1 tbsp (15 ml) fresh parsley, finely chopped
1 tsp (5 ml) sugar
Salt
Freshly ground pepper to taste
5 oz (150 g) strong Canadian Cheddar with port, cut into 4 large sticks
4 large pork cutlets or
butterflied pork chops, flattened
1/3 cup (80 ml) flour
1 egg, beaten
1 cup (250 ml) breadcrumbs
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Oil for frying

Instructions

Prepare salsa at least 30 minutes before serving by mixing together all the ingredients. Keep in fridge until you are ready to serve.

Preheat oven to 375 ° F (190° C).

Place a stick of cheese on the thinnest edge of each pork cutlet. Roll up meat to completely enclose cheese.

Place flour in a deep dish, beaten egg in a second dish and mix the breadcrumbs with the salt and pepper in a third.

Bread the pork rolls by dipping them first in flour (shaking off any excess), then egg and lastly breadcrumbs. Repeat the egg and breadcrumb steps.

Heat the oil over a medium high heat. and brown the pork on all sides. Continue cooking in the oven for 10 to 12 minutes.

Heat the salsa for 1 minute in microwave. Serve the crispy pork with the warm fruit salsa.


Tips

Try this recipe with Canadian Havarti with herbs.

View the comments for this recipe and share one of your own!
  • Shirley Szabo

    May 9th, 2010

    need the calorie count for these recipes , would be great information for when some one is calorie counting.

    Thanks

Add a comment

* required field

  • eZHumanCAPTCHA
Stay Connected

Discover even more articles, contests, and delicious recipes for your whole family.


Loading...