Slow-cooked apple and cider pork

Recipes / Meat

Apple and pork complement each other so well. Try this recipe in the slow cooker to get the meat extra moist.

Recipe «Slow-cooked apple and cider pork» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 3:20 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1 tbsp olive oil, 1.5kg piece pork neck, 12 eschalots, peeled, 2 small fennel bulbs, thinly sliced, 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced , 355ml bottle apple cider, 1 cup Massel chicken style liquid stock, 3 large pink lady apples, cored, cut into thick wedges , 2 tsp fresh thyme leaves, Steamed or mashed potato, to serve.

Ingredients:

  • 1 tbsp olive oil 
  • 1.5kg piece pork neck 
  • 12 eschalots, peeled 
  • 2 small fennel bulbs, thinly sliced 
  • 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced 
  • 355ml bottle apple cider 
  • 1 cup Massel chicken style liquid stock 
  • 3 large pink lady apples, cored, cut into thick wedges 
  • 2 tsp fresh thyme leaves 
  • Steamed or mashed potato, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 150C/130C fan-forced.
  2. Heat oil in a large, heavy-based, flame-proof casserole dish over medium-high heat. Add pork. Cook for 8 minutes each side or until browned. Remove from heat.
  3. Add eschalots, fennel and garlic. Pour over cider and stock. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and bake for 2 1/2 hours. Remove from oven, add apple and continue to bake for 1/2 hour or until apple is tender. Stand for 10 minutes.
  4. Slice pork. Sprinkle with thyme. Serve with steamed or mashed potato.