Slow-cooked celeriac with pork & orange

Slow-cooked celeriac with pork & orange

A big-flavoured, slow-cook dish where the meat just falls apart. Cooks in a single pot

Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 2½-3 hrs, including 2 hours in the oven

Freezable

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to fan 120C/conventional 140C/gas 1. Cut each leek into about five pieces, chop the carrots into pieces the same size as the leeks. Heat a large, lidded, flameproof casserole dish on the hob until it's very hot. Add 2 tbsp of the olive oil, then carefully tip the pork into the casserole and leave it for a couple of minutes to brown. Stir once, then leave for another couple of minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the meat to a plate. Pour the rest of the oil into the dish, tip in the leeks, carrots and celeriac and fry for 3-4 minutes, stirring, until they start to brown. Add the garlic and fry for a minute more.
  2. Stir the pork and any juices into the vegetables, then pour in the wine, stock, orange juice and soy sauce. Throw in the rosemary and orange zest, season with salt and pepper, give it a stir, then bring everything to the boil.
  3. Cover the dish, transfer it to the oven and cook for 2 hours, stirring after an hour. Cook until the pork is very tender and the leeks fall apart when prodded with a spoon. (It can now be left to cool and then frozen for up to 1 month.) Leave to stand for at least 10 minutes, then spoon into bowls. Serve with crusty bread to soak up all those juices.

306 kcalories, protein 34.0g, carbohydrate 9.0g, fat 13.0 g, saturated fat 3.0g, fibre 7.0g, salt 1.6 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2004.

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  • 09 December 2007

    Paul commented on this recipe

    Tried this a number of times. Very good, very wintery. Serve with mash and a decent pint of bitter.

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  • 09 December 2007

    Paul rated this recipe

    4 stars

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  • 13 February 2008

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Really disappointing, not nearly enough depth of flavour

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  • 30 October 2008

    catepices rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I've already made twice. The combination of flavours works really well and although it's a bit long to prepare, the result is really worth the trouble. It freezes really well too.

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  • 18 January 2009

    miss.moss rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very good with the additional of a bit of paprika. Made with less pork (525 gr), & 1 medium celeriac, and reduced the orange, but left all other proportions & cooking times the same. Was yummy!

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  • 23 October 2009

    Rachel f rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I too reduced the amounts of orange and wine. I used pork steaks as I was only cooking for two. It was a lovely mid-week meal.

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  • 04 December 2009

    Kassia rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I don't think most of the comments do justice to this recipe. I made it for dinner for friends for the first time, and it is absolutely wonderful! I bought a small shoulder of pork for about £3.50 and it was more meat than the recipe states but I put it in anyway. I also added quite a bit more white wine during cooking, as the juice reduced more than I wanted, but apart from that kept the recipe as is. It's amazing that the zest and juice from a single orange could infuse that much flavour but it does. And it tasted infinitely better than it smells whist cooking (don't know why but it smelt a bit funny for a while). A perfect, easy one-pot supper to cook all through the winter and great for Christmassy entertaining, due to the orange flavour, if you fancy a change.

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  • 16 April 2010

    teapot rated this recipe

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  • 22 August 2010

    RosieJ rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Nice and easy. It made a tasty change and the family really enjoyed it.

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  • 07 October 2010

    samjlynch rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made this in the slow cooker but wasn't enough liquid for me so added half a pint of pork gravy to the mix. Still kept the flavour of the orange and rosemary. Will definitely be giving this another go.

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  • 01 October 2011

    evelyn-r rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Not keen on this. Mine was too runny and didn't look very attractive. It tasted a lot better than it looked, however, which saved it from a lower rating. I served it with pasta for a family dinner, but it would work better as something to have waiting in the oven if you were expecting to come in late on a cold winter night wanting something to eat our of a bowl sitting round the fire. I admit that is more in keeping with the picture and the "serve with crusty bread" idea, so perhaps my expectations were out of line.

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  • 10 October 2011

    Pookie commented on this recipe

    Couldn't get celeriac so used a head of celery instead. This dish is delicious! The meat was very tender and the sauce had a lovely flavour.

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  • 23 October 2011

    PoshPaws rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I made this at the beginning of the week. I liked it, but my husband and son didn't - largely because the flavour of orange overtook everything. I didn't object to that, but then we're all different. I cooked mine in the slow cooker, which worked fine. See http://jennyeatwellsrhubarbginger.blogspot.com/2011/10/slow-cooked-pork-with-celeriac-and.html for slow cooker version.

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 2½-3 hrs, including 2 hours in the oven

Freezable

Ingredients

  • 3 leeks , trimmed and washed
  • 2 carrots , peeled
  • 3.0 tbsp olive oil
  • 900.0g boneless pork , cut into large stewing pieces (shoulder is an ideal cut to use)
  • 2 small or 1 large celeriac (about 1kg/2lb 4oz), peeled and diced into large chunks
  • 2 garlic cloves , chopped
  • 200.0ml dry white wine
  • 200.0ml chicken stock
  • juice and zest of 1 orange (remove the orange zest with a potato peeler)
  • 2.0 tsp soy sauce
  • large sprig of rosemary
  • crusty bread , to serve
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306 kcalories, protein 34.0g, carbohydrate 9.0g, fat 13.0 g, saturated fat 3.0g, fibre 7.0g, salt 1.6 g

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