A great meal with minimal ingredients- not to mention the cheesy, porky, pestoy flavor trifecta. I also enjoy taking a mallet to the pork to get rid of any known or unknown tension.

Ingredients:
4 pork steaks, or pork escallop (mine were about 1/2in thick)
3-4 teaspoons basil pesto
2 balls of fresh mozzarella
4 skewers or toothpicks

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400F

Pound pork down to about 1/4inch thickness

Spread a thin layer of pesto over the top of the pork. I used about 1/2 to 1 teaspoon pesto per steak

Cut mozzarella ball in half and place in the center of the steak (on top of the pesto)

Weave pork closed with the skewer and sear on a hot, oven-proof pan

...this is kind of my "to be continued..." portion of the recipe. I tried cooking the meat fully on the stove but ended up with uncooked pork. So next time I'm sticking it in the oven. I'll have to get back to you with timing.

Place pan in the oven and bake until meat is cooked all the way through.

I served this over Lemon Risotto but you could also use orzo or potatoes... or anything else. Mmmmm, enjoy!