How to Cook Maiale Alla Montanara

Serves: 4

Preparation time: 5 mins

Cooking time: 30 mins

Ingredients needed to make Maiale Alla Montanara:

• 4 large pork chops
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 5 oz round shiitake mushrooms, sliced
• 3 ½ oz oyster mushrooms, sliced
• 3 ½ o fresh porcini mushrooms, sliced
• 10 ½ oz taleggio cheese
• 20 thin asparagus spears
• 4 tbsp double cream
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 10 tbsp olive

Cooking instructions for Maiale Alla Montanara:

• Place the pork chops in a bowl and drizzle the olive oil over them.
• Sprinkle a pinch of salt and ground black pepper generously over them and flip them several times to coat well with the oil as well as to season uniformly.
• Transfer the pork chops onto a hot griddle pan and cook each side for a couple of minutes, until it is seared evenly and browns nicely.
• Dip the asparagus into rest of the olive oil, used for coating the meat, and rub a dash each of seasonings over them.
• Arrange them onto the hot griddle pan and sear for 5 minute, turning them over once while cooking.
• Drizzle 4 tbsp of the same olive oil into a skillet and throw in the chopped onion.
• Sauté them for a while, stirring regularly, until they caramelize and stir in the mushrooms.
• Sprinkle the seasonings over them and stir fry for about 3 minutes or until soften slightly.
• Whisk in the cream and bring it down to a simmer.
• Continue to simmer for a couple of minutes and remove from heat.
• Transfer the pork chops onto a baking tray and smother them with 2 tbsp of the creamed mushrooms.
• Arrange a couple of taleggio cheese slices on top and drizzle more olive oil over them.
• Cook in the oven at grill mode for a couple of minutes or until the cheese just melts.
• Place 5 asparagus spears onto each serving plate, side by side, and top each serving up with a pork chop.
• Serve warm.

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Last Updated on May 7, 2013 by