BAKED PORK CHOPS WITH SWISS CHARD

Thank you to CSA member Jennifer for sharing this recipe with us.  She is not on Facebook and wanted me to post this for her.  She said "I made this for dinner tonight and it was excellent- used the CSA Swiss chard and the good pork chops from Bishop's".

Ingredients:
For 4 servings:

• 4 pork chops
• 1 bunch Swiss chard, washed and cut crosswise into 1 inch pieces

For 2 servings:

• 2 pork chops
• 1/2 bunch swiss chard, washed and cut crosswise into 1 inch pieces

Remaining ingredients:

• reduce cheese by half (optional)
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• ½ teaspoon salt
• fresh-ground black pepper
• 4 pasture-raised pork chops, 1 inch thick cut.
• 1 ½ tablespoons fresh grated Parmesan
• ½ cup grated fontina cheese

Directions:

Heat the oven to 400F degrees and oil a baking dish. In a medium bowl, toss the Swiss chard with 1 tablespoon of the oil, half of the salt, and black pepper pepper. Put the chard in the baking dish.

Heat a sauté pan to high heat. Rub the pork chops with 1 tablespoon of the oil, the remaining salt, and fresh ground black pepper. Sear the pork chops about two minutes per side until golden.

Put the pork chops on top of the Swiss chard. Drizzle the remaining tablespoon oil over the chard, around the pork chops. Sprinkle the Parmesan and fontina over the chard, around but not on top of the chops. Bake until the chops are just done, about 10 – 12 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Recipe from:  Early Morning Farm