Pork with apples, bacon, and sauerkraut
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- Recipe serves:6 to 8
- Preparation time10 min
- Cooking time180 min
Ingredients
- 1 (3-lb.) boneless pork loin
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 6 ounces thinly sliced pancetta or bacon
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Kitchen string
- 1 (12-oz.) package frozen pearl onions (about 2 cups)
- 2 small onions, quartered (root end intact)
- 3 fresh thyme sprigs
- 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1 (12-oz.) bottle stout or porter beer
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 3 firm apples (such as Gala), divided
- 2 cups jarred sauerkraut, rinsed
- 2 cups finely shredded green cabbage
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 cup apricot preserves
- 1/4 cup chicken broth
- 2 Royco Beef Cubes
Method
- Trim fat and silver skin from pork.
- Sprinkle pork with kosher salt and pepper.
- Wrap top and sides of pork with pancetta.
- Tie with kitchen string, securing at 1-inch intervals.
- Cook pork in hot oil in a large skillet over medium heat, turning occasionally, 15 minutes or until deep golden brown.
- Remove from skillet, reserving drippings in skillet.
- Place quartered onion and next 4 ingredients in a 6-qt. slow cooker; top with pork.
- Add beer to reserved drippings in skillet, and cook over medium heat 8 minutes or until liquid is reduced by half, stirring to loosen brown bits from bottom of skillet.
- Stir in mustard, and pour over pork.
- Cover and cook on HIGH 2 hours.
- Peel 2 apples, and cut into large wedges.
- Add Royco Beef Cubes Beef Cubes, wedges, sauerkraut, and cabbage to slow cooker; cover and cook 1 to 2 more hours or until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest portion of pork registers 150u00b0 and apples are tender.
- Combine preserves and broth in a small saucepan, and cook over medium heat, stirring often, 4 to 5 minutes or until melted and smooth.
- Brush pork with apricot mixture.
- Cut pork into slices, and serve with onion mixture, apple-parsley mixture, and additional Dijon mustard.