Italian Pulled Pork [slo-cooker]

By NiteSki

Ingredients

• For the Sandwich:
• 1 Smithfield Boneless Pork Shoulder Roast
• 1 tbsp salt
• Black pepper
• 2 tbsp olive oil, separated
• 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 onion, diced
• 28 oz/800g crushed canned tomatoes
• 3 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 cup of wine (red or white whatever your prefer)
• 2 good handfuls fresh basil, torn
• 1 good handful fresh parsley, chopped
• Extra salt and pepper, to taste
• Italian bread
• mozzarella cheese

Details

Servings 6
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 495mins
Adapted from errenskitchen.com

Preparation

Step 1

Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan, add the onion and cook for 4-5 minutes, or until softened.

Add the garlic and cook another minute
Dilute the tomato paste in the wine. Increase the heat, stir in the diluted tomato paste and continue to cook until the volume of the liquid is reduced by one-third.

Add the pork to the slow cooker (whole with the netting removed) Once the diluted wine has reduced, Add the tomatoes, basil, and parsley to the wine mixture. Season with salt and black pepper and stir well.
Bring to the boil, then cover the pork with the sauce by ladling it into the slow cooker.

Cook on low for 8 hours.
Remove the pork to a cutting board and using two forks pull the pork apart.

To make the sandwich

Pile Italian bread high with the pulled pork.

Cover with a little of the sauce and then with shredded mozzarella cheese
and place under the broiler until the cheese has melted.