Slow Cooked Pork, Butternut Squash and Cider

I don’t use my slow cooker NEARLY as much as I would like.  I’m going to try to make something in it once a week from now on! 

For this recipe, it all started with the butternut squash; I’d bought 2 of them, and used 1 in a butternut squash soup from my Good Housekeeping cookbook (which I’ll post about soon!).  I had pork steaks in the freezer, which I’ve always wanted to try slow cooking in cider.  Which leads me to this amazingly tasty creation:

Ingredients:

375g pork escalopes, cut into chunks (I used this)

150g pancetta cubes (I used this)

1 large onion, diced

250g baby button mushrooms (I chopped the bigger ones in half, and left the little ones whole)

4 cloves garlic, crushed

1 butternut squash, peeled and diced (I discarded the seeds)

1 500ml bottle apple cider

2 ham stock cubes in 100ml water

splash of lea n perrins

1tsp mustard powder

1tsp dried parsley

1tsp dried thyme

2 bay leaves

salt & pepper

Directions:

Fry all the vegetables in a little olive oil, for 5 mins.  Add to slow cooker.

Brown the pork and pancetta for 5 mins.  Add to slow cooker.

I put the cider in the saute pan to heat up before adding to the slow cooker.

Add stock, parsley, thyme, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and salt & pepper (phew!) to slow cooker and give a good stir.

Add 2 bay leaves, cover and cook on low for 8 hours.

I served mines with sweet potato mash (with a generous helping of Philadelphia light soft cheese mixed through, yum!)

I would definitely recommend this.  I made this overnight, and I woke up the next morning salivating!

I look forward to my next slow cooker creation.  Enjoy! 🙂

11 Comments

  1. Wendy

    Oh noooo… with all those delicious smells throughout the night, just what were your dreams like? And did you have it for breakfast? 😉
    (I would have!)

  2. kristy

    You sounded exactly like me! hehe… I love cooking with my slowcooker too. I used mostly in making red beans soup, barley soup, sweet wheat soup…. many many more….. Yours definitely fantastic! Great meal for the day too. Thanks for sharing.
    Cheers, Kristy

    1. noblenourishment

      Thanks Kristy 🙂 mmmm barley soup sounds so good, I think I shall squeeze that in whilst it’s still relatively cold outside (who am I kidding, it’ll be cold all year ha).

  3. MaryMoh

    I have a slow cooker but still in the cupboard. Time to take out and use. Your dish looks very delicious. I would love to scoop it over rice and enjoy. Thanks for sharing.

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