Roast Pork with Apples

By Hklbrries

From "Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker," by Ruth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann

Ingredients

• 1 (3- to 4-pound) pork loin roast, boned and tied, trimmed of fat and blotted dry
• Salt
• Black pepper, freshly ground
• 6 to 7 tart cooking apples, peeled, cored and quartered
• 1/4 cup apple juice, fruity wine or champagne
• 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp ground ginger

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat broiler. Season the pork roast with salt and pepper and place on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Brown on all sides under the broiler (or in a skillet over high heat) to remove excess fat; drain well.

Coat a medium to large slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray. Put the apple quarters in the cooker and set the roast on top of them. Combine the apple juice, brown sugar and ginger in a small bowl and spoon over the roast, rubbing it all over.

Cover and cook on HIGH for 1 hour. Reduce the setting to LOW and cook until fork tender, about 7 - 8 hours.

Transfer the pork to a warm platter and let rest 10 minutes. Slice and serve warm. Serve apples alongside.