Blue Cheese Stuffed Pork Belly Recipes

BLUE CHEESE STUFFED PORK LOIN CHOPS

Steps:

• With a sharp knife, make a horizontal slit in one of the wide sides of each chop but do not cut completely through to any of the other sides.
• Use the knife, your finger, or the handle portion of a wooden spoon to expand the void in the chop as large as possible.
• The goal is to make a pocket for the cheese (picture a coin purse, where only the top is open).
• Use as much of the cheese as is necessary to fill the pocket.
• Secure with toothpicks in such a way that the chops will still lay levelly in a pan.
• Heat olive oil in a saute pan.
• Make several slices through the garlic yet keeping each clove intact.
• Fry in the oil till brown but not burned, then remove from pan.
• Season chops with salt, pepper, and thyme.
• Brown the chops in the oil on each side.
• The cheese will probably begin to melt and leak from the chop, but don't worry about this.
• When chops are well browned, add the wine (as much as necessary to come about halfway up the sides of the chops) to the saute pan, cover and simmer for 5-10 minutes or until they are cooked through.
• Remove them from pan directly to dinner plate.
• Stir the cheese that has leaked out from the chops well into the wine and cooking juices, still over the heat, until you have a well-incorporated sauce.
• This should only take a moment.
• Serve sauce over the chops immediately, and enjoy.

BLUE CHEESE STUFFED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Melt 1 Tbsp butter in cast iron or oven proof heavy skillet.
• Add bread and sauté till golden and crisped (about 10 min) remove and place in medium sized bowl.
• Melt 1 tbsp butter in skillet.
• Add mushrooms, shallot, herbs and garlic. and sauté until soft (about 5 minutes).
• Add 2 tbsp chicken stock. mix in well.
• Allow mixture to cool.
• Mix in cheese when cooled. Adjust seasoning with salt & pepper.
• Cut each chop horizontally in half to bone or almost in half if using boneless chops.
• Divide stuffing mixture evenly in four and insert into pocket closing with tooth picks if necessary.
• Season chops with salt & pepper.
• Add olive oil to skillet and brown chops for 2 minutes on each side.
• Cover with lid or foil and bake until cooked, about 25 minutes.
• Sauce:.
• Remove chops to platter and let rest covered with foil.
• Add wine to skillet and deglaze. Cook till reduced to a tbsp or two.
• Add chicken stock and cook a minute or two.
• Add cream and heat through.
• Add crumbled cheese and heat gently till melted.
• Check for salt & pepper seasoning.
• Pour over mashed potatoes and serve with chops.
• YUMMY.

BLUE CHEESE, BACON AND CHIVE STUFFED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a shallow baking dish.
• In a small bowl, mix together the blue cheese, bacon and chives. Divide into halves, and pack each half into a loose ball. Place each one into a pocket of a butterflied pork chop, close, and secure with toothpicks. Season each chop with garlic salt and pepper. Keep in mind that the blue cheese will be salty. Place in the prepared baking dish.
• Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or it may take longer if your chops are thicker. Cook until the stuffing is hot, and chops are to your desired degree of doneness. Garnish with fresh parsley and serve.

BLUE CHEESE STUFFED PORK BELLY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200°C/Gas 6.
• Score the belly of pork well and rub with olive oil, season with salt and pepper and place on a board, fat-side down.
• Mix the onion, breadcrumbs, sage and cheese together, adding a little hot water to help it bind.
• Spread the cheese mixture over the pork and roll up to enclose the filling. Tie with kitchen string to secure the roll.
• Place in a roasting tin join side up and place in the centre of the oven and roast for 30 minutes.
• Reduce the heat to 170°C/Gas 3 and continue roasting for a further 1½ - 2 hours until the pork is meltingly soft. Remove the string and carve into thick slices to serve.

FIG AND BLUE CHEESE STUFFED PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Butterfly the pork by slicing it in half lengthwise, cutting to, but not through, the other side. Open the halves (like a book), laying pork flat.
• Place pork between 2 sheets of heavy-duty plastic wrap; pound to 1/2-inch thickness using a meat mallet or rolling pin.
• Sprinkle the figs and blue cheese over the pork, leaving about a 1/2-inch margin around the outside edges. Roll up the pork lengthwise, like a jelly-roll. (I tucked in the sides prior to rolling to keep stuffing in, but this is optional.) Secure at 2-inch intervals with twine. Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper, and place on a foil-lined pan coated with cooking spray.
• The original recipe called for baking it at 450°F for 20 minutes, however, I've found the tenderloin to still be raw in some areas, so I've adjusted the pre-jelly cooking time to about 25-30 minutes. Use a thermometer to gauge.
• Remove the pork from the oven and brush with the melted apple jelly. Return the pork to the oven and bake for an additional 5 minutes or until the thermometer reads 160°F (slightly pink). Keep an eye on the pork if cooking for longer than the additional 5 minutes because I've found the apple jelly that melts onto the pan will begin to burn.
• Remove the pork from the oven and let it stand for 10 minutes. Remove the twine and cut the pork into 1 inch slices, or to the thickness of your liking.
• Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 3 1-inch slices).

PORK FILLET STUFFED WITH BLUE CHEESE

Steps:

• Pre heat the oven to 200°C.
• Make a deep cut in the end of the fillet and using the end of a wooden spoon, ease through till you reach the other end.( I use the knife sharpening rod).
• Push the wooden spoon left and right to make the hole wide enough to accomodate the cheese mixture.
• Mix the blue cheese with the honey and chopped sage leafs with a fork , then start pushing into the pork fillet.
• Place a tooth pick on each end to secure the hole.
• Heat olive oil and butter in a frying pan then lightly brown the fillets on all sides.
• Place in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until juices run clear.
• Serve with potatoes, cabbage and apple sauce.

BACON/BLUE CHEESE STUFFED PORK LOIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• To prepare the stuffing, place all ingredients in a bowl and stir until well mixed.
• Butterfly (cut lengthwise almost all the way through) the pork loin. Butterfly again on the left side and on the right side.
• Spread the stuffing evenly over the loin. Roll the loin up like a jelly roll and tie securely at 2-to-3 inch intervals with kitchen twine.
• Place the loin in a shallow roasting pan. Sprinkle with garlic salt and black pepper.
• Roast for 45-60 minutes, or until internal temperature is 150-155°F Let stand for 1 minutes.
• Slice the pork, removing twine as necessary.