I'm always saying it, but we use our slow cooker lots. I've decided to share our favourite recipes. The ones we've made over and over and still love having. The first is this pork and cider stew I found online and adapted to our tastes. The addition of cider makes a really delicious gravy and your house smells great all day as it cooks.
It's a simple recipe which can be adapted to whatever vegetables you have to use. In addition to the ones I've used you could add butternut squash, swede, mushrooms, turnip, celeriac etc
Ingredients:
500g pork shoulder
1-2 cups cider
1 onion
2-3 parsnips
2-3 carrots
1-2 sweet potatoes
250g potatoes
2 tablespoons mustard
1 chicken stock cube
salt, peeper and some mixed herbs
Put the pork in first then chop the vegetables up. I like to use new potatoes and leave the skins on but any potato peeled and chopped is fine.
When all the vegetables are in the slow cooker I usually mix the other ingredients in a jug. The cider, chicken stock, mustard and about 200ml of boiling water mixed together is then poured over the vegetables. Put the lid on and cook on HIGH for 6-8 hours.
When there's an hour to go I stir in a tablespoon of gravy granules and add some dumplings to the slow cooker.
The dumplings will puff up and cook from the steam inside.
Such a simple food but it tastes great. Perfect for these cold wintery nights. The cheapest pork shoulder means that's it's quite a frugal dish too and the slow cooking leaves the pork tender enough to fall apart on your fork. We always enjoy it and if you give it a try, hopefully you will too!
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