Sometimes, you head off to the supermarket with almost no clue as to what you are going to get. Other times, you have a very definite idea, and have these things called "lists". Typically for me, it is somewhere in between. I leave the house with a sort of idea in my head, but too often get sidetracked and very often forget the very thing I was supposed to get in the first place.
Saturday was a good example. I decided to make a breaded pork chop, in which the pork is beaten flat, dredged, egged and rolled in seasoned breadcrumbs and shallow fried. I ended up making a pork chop parmigiana.
It turned out to be a very tasty and inexpensive dish, except for the buffalo mozzarella which I splurged on, buying the fresh one instead of the hard rubbery version.
I first made a simple, quick sauce. Sauteed onion and celery in a pan with olive oil, then added a big spoonful of tomato paste, deglazed with white wine, then a large tin of crushed tomatoes. Seasoning was pepper and oregano, and at the last minute a dash of vinegar.
While that was going on, fried the pork chops from which I had removed the bones and fat and pounded to about 1/4 inch thick. Salt and peppered the chops, dredge in flour then egg, then coat with breadcrumbs and pepper, oregano, garlic powder, onion powder.
The finished chops go flat into an oven-proof dish, sliced mozzarella on top of each one, then coated with the sauce. I covered the dish with foil then popped into a hot oven for 20 minutes, taking off the foil for the last five or so and sprinkled with grated parmesan.
There was some sauce left over so I made some pasta and tossed it in the sauce, then added some parmesan. A side salad of diced tomatoes, celery, apple, cucumber, lettuce and feta cheese (basically just stuff I had at hand) with a squeeze of lemon and drizzle of olive oil.
The pasta
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Nice, baby!! btw, what's the cost? =)
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