Pork Chops with Cashel Blue, Apple and Parma Ham

When I'm lacking inspiration for what to cook I always head to Jamie Oliver's website for new ways to cook "boring" things like pork chops, it really has so many great new ideas. I have always used Parma or Serrano ham to wrap stuffed chicken breast, but never really thought about it wrapping pork chops with anything. This recipe is also good because although all the ingredients feel and taste rather indulgent, a bit of a luxury, you only need a little of each so it doesn't work out too expensive at all.

Ingredients

1 pork chop per person
Three thin slices of apple per pork chop (one small red apple should do most amounts)
About 100g of blue cheese crumbled (Jamie originally uses Stilton but I love Cashel Blue-Andrew sells both)
Two slices of Parma ham (or other good quality prosciutto) per pork chop
One sprig of rosemary per pork chop

First preheat your oven to 200C. Then brown off your pork chops in a pan on a high heat. Cook until golden brown on each side. Leave to one side to cool.

Lay out two slices of Parma ham so that they are slightly overlapping each other and place a pork chop on top in the middle.

Add three slices of apple and a about a tablespoon of blue cheese on top.

Then fold the slices of Parma ham over the top and keep in place by piercing a sprig of rosemary through the parcel. Place in a baking tray and repeat for all other pork chops.

Bake in the oven for ten minutes and serve with anything you like really! As you can see I was too hungry to take any pictures of the finished meal, but I went with green beans and blitzed mash potato. However it would also be great with rice, roast potatoes, or just vegetables.