Pork roasting joint

Bargain_Rzl

Hi y'all,

Passing Sainsburys at closing time this evening I found a nice piece of pork reduced from £4 to £2, which is now safe in my freezer. First thought was "I'm sure my slow cooker will like it" but upon searching the slow cooker thread, I found that there are no appropriate recipes - they're all for chops, ribs, steaks, diced pieces etc. What I've got is a boneless leg roasting joint of about 1kg.

All ideas gratefully accepted! If I don't get any better suggestions I was thinking of cooking it in cider, possibly with some cloves stuck in the meat. But I'm not very experienced in pork so I'd welcome a few ideas.

Perhaps the results of this enquiry can end up on the recipe index (cheers squeaky )

Thanks!

Pink.

Hi Bargain Rzl,

I love roast pork.

I always insert a few (well a lot really) slivers of garlic into the meat before cooking.

Preheat the oven at its highest setting. Put the meat into the oven at the highest heat (to seal it) for 20 minutes.

Reduce the heat to 180 degrees and continue to roast, allowing 45 minutes per pound. For your 1kg joint that would be just over one and a half hours.

Allow the joint to rest for at least 15 minutes before carving.

Pink

Bargain_Rzl

Hi pink-winged!

Interesting... I'm also a garlic fan. How do you put the garlic in the pork? Do you score the meat?

Pink.

First slice the garlic, then use a sharp knife and stab (sorry can't think of a better word at this time of night) the meat with it..........twist the knife so that you have a hole. Push the garlic in as far as you can.

It sounds messy and it is a bit, but it's well worth it for the flavour.:)

Pink

AussieLass

I cooked a nice piece of pork in my Slow Cooker on Wednesday. I just added a little water on the bottom and placed it in. Cooked it on slow for about 6 - 7 hours. Took it out and de-fatted it. I hate any fat on meat. Patted it with paper towels and served it with gravy & roast veggies. It is so lovely and moist. I've done it a few times now in the SC & it's so lovely this way. And I'm not a big fan of pork.

mah_jong

I have a pork and pineapple curryslow cooker recipe that I thought I had posted.... if not I'll do that soon.

Its delish and I use a pork cheapo roast for it. Easy peasy too !!

Bargain_Rzl

mah_jong wrote:

I have a pork and pineapple curryslow cooker recipe that I thought I had posted.... if not I'll do that soon.

Its delish and I use a pork cheapo roast for it. Easy peasy too !!

Mah_jong you are my saviour! :A

Besides the pork, I also have a pineapple which I bought reduced to 20p on Wednesday and really needs eating up :j Picked it up off the reduced fruit display at Tescos and wandered round the rest of the aisles singing the Pineapple Song from the stage show of "Cabaret" - it's a good thing it was closing time and nobody was there as I would have been carried away by the men in white coats by now :rotfl:

If it's not too much trouble would you mind posting the recipe today? Pretty please!!

starlite_2

for those without a slowcooker..the best tip I have some across is to soak pork in a mild saline solution overnight before cooking...it makes it so much more tender!

arkonite_babe

Hi Bargain Rzl
THIS this is what I do with belly pork, it's a cheaper cut of meat and so delicious. Belly pork would be too fatty for the slow cooker, so not exactly what you are looking for, but perhaps an alternative for another time?

Found lots of Slow cooker pork recipes for you!

mah_jong

Pork and pineapple curry

1kg pork cut into cubes
flour
salt
cooking oil
large onion chopped
curry powder 1 tbsp
paprika 1 tbsp
chicken stock half a pint
2 dried red chillies
mango chutney 1 tbsp
worcester sauce 1 tsp
tin pineapple cubes 1lb can
2 bay leave

Recipes says cover pork with flour and brown meat in heated oil, lift out add onions and spices,fry 2 mins add meat then add every thing (pineapple cubes and juice from can )bring to boil and cook for a few mins and transfer to slo cooker. High 3 to 4 hours , take out bay leaves.

last time I made it I shoved it all into the SC with out browning heating etc and it was still delish ! I did it on auto all day. I didn't have mango chutney so used marmalade once! Och you know us OS Money savers.....

Sorry didn't get it to you as soon as I would have liked ...try it sometime!!

black-saturn

I'm eating roast pork done on the slow cooker as we speak. I put it in at about 7.15am this morning and it's now 12.30pm. I pour either cider or apple juice over it and add a chopped onion, peas, carrots and potatos. I'm not one for herbs and spices but I suppose you could add those too.