Braised Pork Apple and Ginger

From Cookies Crumbles Recipes

Ingredients

1 kg pork shoulder (cut into large dice with fat removed)

1/2 fennel bulb diced

3 sticks celery diced

2 tablespoons plain flour

1 cup ginger beer

1.5 cups chicken stock

2 green apples peeled, cored and diced

salt to taste

pepper to taste

2 Bay leaves

oil for frying

Method

1. Heat the slow cooker on high
2. Heat some oil in a sauce pan and cook the pork to seal the meat
3. Remove and set aside
4. Add the celery and fennel and cook for 2 minutes
5. Return the pork to the pan and add the flour. stir well
6. Add the green apple, ginger beer, chicken stock, bay leaf and salt and pepper
7. Bring to the boil on the stove and transfer to the preheated slow cooker
8. Cook on high of about 30 minutes
9. reduce the cooker to low and cook for at least another 2 hours.

I would serve this with some steamed new potatoes and green vegetables on a cold night.