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French pork with potatoes and cheese in the oven

French-Style Pork with Potatoes and Cheese

Delicious, simple, quick, and inexpensive — a hearty dinner for any occasion. This French-style pork baked with potatoes and cheese is a main course and a side dish all in one. It comes together from everyday, easy-to-find ingredients and is perfect for a family lunch or dinner.

Anna

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French pork with potatoes and cheese in the oven

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Pork

500

Potatoes

Soft cheese

150

Onion

Mayonnaise

150

Salt

Pepper

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 22 % 7 g

Fats 47 % 15 g

Carbohydrates 31 % 10 g

180 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Step 1:

How do you make French-style pork baked with potatoes and cheese? Gather your ingredients. The pork should be fresh — I'm using neck. If you're working with frozen meat, thaw it first. I use a semi-soft cheese. Salt and pepper to taste. Get a baking dish ready for the oven.
Step 2:

Rinse the pork under cold running water and pat it dry with paper towels. Cut it into pieces about ⅜–½ inch (1–1.5 cm) thick. Pound each piece on both sides with a meat mallet. Put the meat in a bowl, add the salt, pepper, and mayonnaise, and mix. Let it sit for a few minutes while you prep the vegetables. If you like, you can add minced garlic to the meat as well.
Step 3:

Wash and peel the potatoes. Slice them thin and toss with salt. Line your baking dish or sheet pan with parchment paper (or skip the paper and grease it with vegetable oil instead). Spread the sliced potatoes over the bottom of the dish in an even layer.
Step 4:

Peel the onions and slice them into rings or half-rings. Scatter the onion evenly over the potatoes.
Step 5:

Lay the prepared meat over the onion, covering the whole surface. From here you can either cover the dish with foil or leave it uncovered and put it straight in the oven. If you go uncovered, keep in mind the meat will shrink a little as it bakes. Put the dish in an oven preheated to 400°F (200°C) for 1 hour.
Step 6:

After an hour, take the dish out and sprinkle the top with grated cheese. Return it to the oven until a golden, bubbly cheese crust forms.

This dish turns out delicious and juicy, and it takes no special culinary skill. Still, a couple of details are worth noting. First, the thickness of the meat and potato slices — the thicker you cut them, the longer they take to cook. Second, before you add the cheese, you can bake the meat and potatoes either covered with foil or uncovered. I made both versions to compare: covered with foil, the meat held its shape better and browned and shrank less than when left uncovered.
Turn the oven on ahead of time (10–20 minutes before you start cooking) so it reaches temperature.
Keep in mind that every oven is different. Your temperature and cooking time may vary from what's given in the recipe. To get any baked dish right, get to know how your own oven behaves.
It's better to make your own mayonnaise — it's tastier and healthier. You can also use sour cream or plain yogurt in place of mayonnaise, on their own or blended with mayonnaise in any ratio you like, which lightens the dish.
Besides pork, you can use any other meat here. Just remember that the cooking time, flavor, and calorie count will change: beef takes longer than pork, while chicken or turkey breast takes less.