Pork Chops with Italian Sausage, Mushrooms and Tomatoes

Preheat oven to 190 C / Gas mark 5.

Sprinkle salt and pepper over pork chops. In a large frying pan, brown well in olive oil. Remove chops from pan and set aside. Pour off and discard all but 1 tablespoon of pan juices.

Remove casing from sausage and crumble or dice the meat into the same pan. Mix in onions and mushrooms. Cook, stirring until onions and sausage brown slightly. Mix in garlic. Place pork chops in casserole dish, spooning sausage mixture over them. Pour in wine and passata. Sprinkle with seasoning.

Cover with aluminium foil and bake for 45 minutes.