Crock Pot Normandy Pork With Apples, Shallots & Cider Recipe

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Crock Pot Normandy Pork With Apples, Shallots & Cider
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Ingredients
14
Count
Nutrition
441
Calories
Total time
405
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Trim the pork of any thick fat. Cut into large cubes of about 4 square or even bigger - it shrinks with cooking & works better with larger pieces of meat.
  2. Peel the shallots and set to one side.
  3. Halve & core the apples and set to one side with the shallots.
  4. Turn the crockpot onto High. Mix the cider, cider apple vinegar, creme fraiche, salt & pepper, thyme & thickened chicken stock together in a large pouring jug & pour into the crockpot.(If using fresh thyme - leave to last.) Add the cored and halved apples and replace the lid whilst you brown the pork & shallots.
  5. Heat up half the butter & half of the olive oil in a large skillet or wok-type pan, one with fairly high sides.
  6. As soon as it is smoking but not burning, brown the shallots in batches - you want a deep caramelised colour & the shallots just softened on the outside. When all the shallots have been done, put them all back into the pan - turn up the heat & add the balsamic vinegar and stir briskly making sure all the shallots are well coated.
  7. Add the shallots & Balsamic vinegar mixture to the crockpot.
  8. Heat up the remaining butter and oil, adding more if necessary & start to brown the pork pieces, again do not overcrowd the pan - they need to be well coloured & seared to seal in the juices. As the pork pieces are browned, add them to the crockpot.
  9. When all the pork is browned & added to the crockpot, give all the ingredients a good mix around in the crockpot with a wooden spoon. If using fresh thyme, pick about 4 large sprigs and place on top of the Normandy Pork - the leaves fall off during cooking & leave the bare branches for throwing away!
  10. Cook on high for between 6 - 10 hours.
  11. Just before serving, pour in Calvados and mix through. Serve each person with 2 -3 pieces of pork, a cooked apple half & 1 or 2 shallots; add a dollop of creme fraiche on the side & garnish with Thyme & a fresh Apple sliver if desired. Decant the excess sauce into a gravy boat for extra saucy bits!
  12. Great with spiced red cabbage, fluffy mashed potatoes or pommes Dauphinoise.
  13. To cook in an conventional oven, follow recipe as above, but cook in a La Creuset type oven proof dish; pre-heat oven to 175 C or 350 F and cook slowly for about 6 hours, checking after 4 hours. It will cook quite happily for up to 8 hours if this helps in your time management, you may have to turn the oven down to about 125 C, 250 F after 4 hours for a long slow 8 hour cooking time.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 441.35 Kcal (1848 kJ)
Calories from fat 199.41 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 22.16g 34%
Cholesterol 111.44mg 37%
Sodium 139.36mg 6%
Potassium 833.49mg 18%
Total Carbs 29.92g 10%
Sugars 18.12g 72%
Dietary Fiber 3.94g 16%
Protein 31.36g 63%
Vitamin C 12mg 20%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 3%
Iron 2.2mg 12%
Calcium 72.1mg 7%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 121.51 Kcal (509 kJ)
Calories from fat 54.9 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6.1g 34%
Cholesterol 30.68mg 37%
Sodium 38.37mg 6%
Potassium 229.47mg 18%
Total Carbs 8.24g 10%
Sugars 4.99g 72%
Dietary Fiber 1.08g 16%
Protein 8.63g 63%
Vitamin C 3.3mg 20%
Iron 0.6mg 12%
Calcium 19.9mg 7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 9.9
    Points
  • 11
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

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