Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Breaded Pork Chops



First of all a heads up, this post has no picture of the final product because my family pounced on the pork chops before I thought to take one. Yeah, they came out that good. Hope you guys can forgive me. :)
This recipe is one I'd been looking at for a while in Valldejuli's cookbook, Cocina Criolla. This was a fun experiment for me because it's the first time I ever use cracker meal in a recipe, though not the first time I've seen it used. It's also the first time I use the oven to cook breaded meat. I must say it was a resounding success!
I served the pork chops with white rice on the side and everyone loved them. I will definitely be making these again.

BTW: Boneless pork chops work great with this recipe too!

Ingredientes:
A-    Pork Chops:  

2 pounds of pork chops (the leaner the better)
Basic Seasoning
    B-    Soak:  

    2 eggs
    ¼ teaspoon of salt
      C-    Dredge 

      1 cup of breadcrumbs or cracker meal




      Procedure:




         
      Wash drain and dry the pork chops.




      Season the meat with your ground basic seasoning.





      Set your oven to 350º F. Grease a large glass baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.






      Beat the eggs and add the salt. Put the pork chops in the wash followed by the dredge.





      Place them in the baking pan and bake them for an hour.

      Monday, June 15, 2015

      Nutella Frozen Pops


       A while back my brother heard about Nutella frozen pops and he pestered me non-stop for weeks. Texts, Facebook updates the works! Finally I had some time and I figured it was time to go for it. I called my brother over and got to work in the kitchen. I knew going in to this that it'd be good (heck it's Nutella and milk what could go wrong). That said though, I didn't expect it to be this good. Whipping the Nutella in milk fills it with air and the frothiness makes it so light and delicious. Plus it freezes slightly soft (not icy) because of the low water content so it stays on the stick and doesn't give you brain freeze.

      For this summer heat there's nothing better! This is gonna be a nutella weekend!



      Ingredients:

      1 1/2 cups of milk
      1/2 cup nutella



      Procedure:





      Pour the milk into the blender.




      Add the Nutella.




      Mix all the ingredients on the blender.




      Mix well.




      Pour the mixture in the frozen pops molds.




      Let it chill for 3 to 4 hours.  Enjoy!