Slow-roast pork with apples & peppers

Slow-roast pork with apples & peppers

This is a no-effort dish with only 20 minutes prep - just serve straight from the oven

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 4 hrs - 4 hrs 10 mins

Method

  1. Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Sit the pork on a sheet of foil in a roasting tin. Mix the butter, sugar and mustard with 2 tsp salt, rub all over the top and ends of the joint (or joints), then scrunch up the foil to seal tightly in a parcel.
  2. Mix the onions and apples in a large, shallow roasting tin. Scatter the peppers over the top and poke in some bay leaves. Mix the vinegar, oil, mustard and sugar with 100ml water and drizzle over everything. Roast the pork for 3½ hrs while you cook the peppers on the shelf below for the first 2 hrs. When you remove the apples and peppers after 2 hrs, set aside and put the Salt-baked potatoes (see 'Goes well with', right) into the oven underneath the pork instead.
  3. After 3 hrs, unwrap the foil from the pork. Scrape any mustard mixture stuck to the foil back onto the pork, sit it and any juices back in the tin and increase oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Roast for 30-45 mins more until the skin is brown and crisping. Remove the pork from the oven, cover and rest for 20 mins while you put the peppers back on the top shelf for 20 mins to finish. Serve the pork thickly sliced alongside the apples and peppers, with any tin juices poured over.

Per serving

644 kcalories, protein 51g, carbohydrate 24g, fat 39 g, saturated fat 15g, fibre 4g, sugar 22g, salt 0.82 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2010.

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  • Binder photo peg

    01 August 2010

    peg commented on this recipe

    The apples, peppers recipe is great served with sausages . Just as delicious served cold

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    01 August 2010

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  • 29 August 2010

    suechef rated and commented on this recipe

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    You must try this! Melt in the mouth pork that is just lovely. Easy to prepare; easy to cook and very easy to eat! My son is not a pork lover but will "suffer" it when needed - he absolutely loved this and even asked for us to have it again! It has taken me ages and a lot of different recipes to find something as good as this - go on on, give it a try - you won't regret it.

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  • 20 September 2010

    Four Candles rated and commented on this recipe

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    Best pork I've ever cooked - this is just lovely. Timings didn't quite work for me (hadn't prepped the veg, needed to go out, but pork had to go in) , so I cooked the peppers on the stove top for 40 minutes, and it worked just fine. Have just eaten some leftovers and the pork is still tender and lovely straight out of the fridge.

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  • 01 October 2010

    george rated and commented on this recipe

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    special occasion

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  • 08 October 2010

    justinesmith9 rated and commented on this recipe

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    absolutely superb - did this with tenderloin and used Bramley apples - think this will become a firm family favorite.Even our daughter who claims not to like pork devoured it !!!

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  • 25 October 2010

    mmow commented on this recipe

    Brilliant recipe. So quick to prepare then it cooks on its own. Meat lovely and tender. Everyone liked the apples and peppers too. Will be making it again.

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  • 06 November 2010

    OsloAmy rated and commented on this recipe

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    Delicious moist pork, with very little effort. Miraculously everyone in the family liked it (definitely a family favourite from now on). Used red onions for more taste.

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  • 07 December 2010

    FattyBatty commented on this recipe

    OMG, cannot believe how delicious this was! I'm not a lover of sweet and savoury so my cooking can be a bit boring sometimes. However, I thought I would start making more of an effort as I actually enjoy cooking so I dug out a few recipes and invited family around for Sunday lunch. They absolutely loved the pork and the apple/onions/peppers side dish was lapped up. I even had seconds myself. I also made sticky toffee pudding - OMG heaven!!! I can't believe how easy it is and what simple ingredients it has. Yummie!!!

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  • 11 December 2010

    Foodmonster rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is an absolute winner! My fussy husband couldn't praise it enough and this really says something. I've made loads of pork dishes before, however, this one must be the best. Amazing result for such little effort. I served it with 2 small jacket potatoes (didn't get time to do the egg whites like suggested). This will be one of our regular weekend treats from now on.

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  • 05 January 2011

    justinesmith9 commented on this recipe

    this was delicious - roasted it really slowly and then exposed the joint to try and get the crackling sorted.Managed to get it fairly crackly but would have liked it a bit cracklier.Served this with Pommes Anna and it was totally scrummy - will definitely make it again

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  • 09 February 2011

    Sheilakuo rated and commented on this recipe

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    What more can I say except YUMMMMMMYYYY!! I cooked this dish for a two-people christmas celebration with my bf, so I reduced the amount of apples and peppers and a slightly smaller portion of pork....still turned absolutely wonderful!! Amazing recipe!

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  • 23 March 2011

    Golden Light commented on this recipe

    Sounds very nice will try it thanks.

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  • 29 June 2011

    Pasha commented on this recipe

    The recipe looks fab. I would like to make it for an outdoors event for about 20 people. Can I make this in advance and serve cold ??? Has anybody tried it cold ??? Thanks for any help in this.

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  • 26 July 2011

    drama925 rated and commented on this recipe

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    D - LICIOUS!!

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  • Binder photo Sue

    07 November 2011

    Sue rated and commented on this recipe

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    Fabulous result will do again !!

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  • 08 November 2011

    jenniferkendrick commented on this recipe

    ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS! And I'm no great cook but I managed this and it was fab!

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  • 30 November 2011

    drama925 commented on this recipe

    delicious and easy - I cut down on the sugar as we found it rather sweet.

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  • 30 November 2011

    drama925 commented on this recipe

    delicious and easy - I cut down on the sugar as we found it rather sweet.

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  • 08 December 2011

    Deacon Peter commented on this recipe

    I will be hosting a dinner party next week with the request that whatever I will be cooking it must be pork. I came across this recipe and it sounds good. Will keep you updated how it went.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 4 hrs - 4 hrs 10 mins

Ingredients

  • 2-2.25kg/4lb 8oz-5lb pork shoulder joint (or 2 x 1kg/2lb 4oz joints), scored and tied
  • 50g butter , softened
  • 3 tbsp demerara sugar
  • 3 tbsp wholegrain mustard

FOR THE APPLES & PEPPERS

  • 3 onions, thinly sliced, and 2 small eating apples (we used Braeburns), quartered, cored and thinly sliced
  • 7-8 red, yellow and/or orange peppers , each cut into quarters, cores and seeds discarded
  • few bay leaves
  • 3 tbsp cider vinegar
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tbsp wholegrain mustard
  • 2 tbsp demerara sugar
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Per serving

644 kcalories, protein 51g, carbohydrate 24g, fat 39 g, saturated fat 15g, fibre 4g, sugar 22g, salt 0.82 g

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