Author Angela Litzinger at test.angelaskitchen.com
Ingredients
2poundspork roast
1medium onionthinly sliced
1large cooking applecored and cut in 1/2" wedges slices
1cupunsweetened applesauce
2tablespoonsmaple syrup or honey
1tablespoonbalsamic vinegar
1tablespoonground cinnamon
½tablespoonground ginger
½teaspoonrubbed or ground sage
½teaspooncrushed red pepper flakes
salt and ground black pepperto taste
Instructions
Cut evenly spaced slits in pork roast, about half-way through, about 1 1/2 to 2 inches apart. Place sliced apples into the slits in the roast.
Season with salt and pepper into roast and place in slow cooker. Tuck onions and remaining apples around roast. Stir together applesauce, maple syrup or honey, vinegar, cinnamon, ginger, sage and red pepper flakes and pour over the pork roast in the slow cooker.
Cover slow cooker. Set on low and leave to cook for 6 to 8 hours. I do not recommend cooking on high heat.
To Freeze: Cut evenly spaced slits in pork roast, about half-way through, about 1 1/2 to 2 inches apart. Place sliced apples into the slits in the roast.
Season with salt and pepper into roast and place in a gallon-sized freezer bag with remaining apples and onions. Remove as much air as possible and seal. In a quart-sized freezer bag, stir together applesauce, maple syrup or honey, vinegar, cinnamon, ginger, sage and red pepper flakes. Remove as much air as possible and seal. Place both bags into another gallon sized freezer bag. Remove as much air as possible, seal, label and freeze.
To serve: Thaw. Place pork, apples and onions into slow cooker. Pour contents of smaller bag over roast. Cover slow cooker. Set on low and leave to cook for 6 to 8 hours. I do not recommend cooking on high heat.