Cheesy French Pork with Juicy Tomatoes

Even over the years, this dish does not lose its popularity. Pieces of meat with juicy vegetables under a cheese crust — what else do you need for a festive feast or a simple lunch with the family? And most importantly, you can cook a lot of this meat at once and solve the problem with lunch or dinner the next day.
cook time: 50 min
Hazel Farrow
Cheesy French Pork with Juicy Tomatoes

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

225
Calories
19g
Fat
1g
Carbs
11g
Protein

Ingredients (5 portions)

Basic:

Tomatoes 300 g
Salt to taste
Ground black pepper to taste
Hard cheese 80 g
Vegetable oil 1 tbsp
Pork 500 g
Mayonnaise 2 tbsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
Prepare all the ingredients needed for the dish. You can use the pork as a whole piece (for example, ham, tenderloin or neck — depending on how fatty pieces you need) and cut it into the desired slices during the process. Or buy ready-made pork cutlets/entrecotes. You will need 5 slices. They also usually use onions, cut into half rings, for meat in French. Iʼm not adding it, but you can add it.

Step 2

Step 2
Wash the meat, dry it and cut it into slices about 5-7 mm thick. Beat each slice with a hammer until it is about the size of your palm. There is no need to beat it too hard — so that the meat retains its integrity and does not have through holes through which mayonnaise can leak.

Step 3

Step 3
Salt and pepper the meat.

Step 4

Step 4
Wash the tomatoes, cut them in half and cut into not very thick semicircles. For the recipe, it is advisable to choose strong, fleshy and not very watery tomatoes.

Step 5

Step 5
Grate the cheese (such as “Russian”, “Poshekhonsky”) on a coarse grater.

Step 6

Step 6
Place the pork slices in a greased baking dish or on a baking sheet lined with parchment. I advise you to use oiled parchment (mustard color) — the meat will not stick to it. I ran out of parchment and had to use regular one. Lubricate the top of the pork first with vegetable oil and then with mayonnaise. If you cook with onions, then cut them into half rings and place them on mayonnaise.

Step 7

Step 7
Next, distribute the semicircles of tomatoes, laying them overlapping each other, like tiles.

Step 8

Step 8
Sprinkle everything with grated cheese. Place the French-style meat in an oven preheated to 180°C on a medium level for about 40 minutes. The exact time depends on the features of your oven. The cheese on top should be browned.

Step 9

Step 9
The degree of browning depends on your preference. I like it until crispy, so I left the meat in the cooling oven for another 10 minutes. Bon appetit!

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