Pork with Apples, Bacon, and Sauerkraut

Name: Pork with Apples, Bacon, and Sauerkraut
Prep time: 3 h 50 min
Cook time: 3 h 50 min
Total time: 3 h 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 firm apples (such as Gala), divided; 118 milliliters apricot preserves; 2 bay leaves; 340 grams stout or porter beer; 1 kilograms boneless pork loin; 59 milliliters chicken broth; 2 Tbsps Dijon mustard; 1 Tbsp chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 473 milliliters finely shredded green cabbage; 1 teaspoons kosher salt; 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 2 smalls onions, quartered (root end intact); 170 grams thinly sliced pancetta or bacon; 340 grams package frozen pearl onions (about 2 cups); 1 teaspoons freshly ground pepper; 473 milliliters jarred sauerkraut, rinsed; 8 servings Kitchen string; 3 fresh thyme sprigs

Pork with Apples, Bacon, and Sauerkraut is a gluten free and dairy free main course. This recipe makes 8 servings with 455 calories, 44g of protein, and 19g of fat each. This recipe covers 30% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up chicken broth, apricot preserves, kitchen string, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the onions you could follow this main course with the Candy Corn Cupcakes as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 3 hours and 50 minutes.

Instructions

Trim fat and silver skin from pork.

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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.

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Salt And Pepper

Pancetta

Pork

Wrap

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Kitchen Twine

Cook pork in hot oil in a large skillet over medium heat, turning occasionally, 15 minutes or until deep golden brown.

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Pork

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Remove from skillet, reserving drippings in skillet.

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Frying Pan

Place quartered onion and next 4 ingredients in a 6-qt. slow cooker; top with pork.

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Onion

Pork

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Slow Cooker

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.

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Mustard

Beer

Pork

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Frying Pan

Peel 2 apples, and cut into large wedges.

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Apple

Add apple 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 150 and apples are tender.

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Sauerkraut