Ingredients: |
Ingredients: 2½ lbs boneless pork loin
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
2 tp 3 T of olive oil
1 large onion
4 cloves garlic, minced
½ tsp caraway seeds
2 T flour
½ cup apple cider vinegar
1½ cups apple cider
1 cup chicken broth
½ head red cabbage, cut into 1½" wedges
2 small fennel bulbs, trimmed and cut into ½" thick wedges
1 T butter
3 apples
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Directions: |
Directions:Preheat oven to 350º
Season pork all over with salt and pepper.
Brown pork on all sides in 2 T of oil in a heavy pot. Remove from pot.
Reduce heat and add remaining oil along with onion, garlic, caraway seeds and a splash of water.
Cook stirring until onion is translucent
Add flour and cook 30 seconds
Add vinegar and bring to a boil.
Add cider and broth and return to a boil.
Add cabbage and fennel and 1 apple, return to a boil
Then reduce to a vigorous simmer.
Cover and cook for 7 minutes stirring once.
Add pork, nesting it into the vegetables and transfer to oven.
Cook uncovered for 15 minutes.
Remove pork and add remaining 2 apples, turning vegetables and pushing apples down into liquid.
Return pork to pot and continue cooking until done. approximately 20 -25 minutes
Remove portend let rest 10 minutes before slicing.
Return covered pot to oven and cook until veggies and apple are fork tender, 10 -20 minutes
Place veggies and apples on a platter and slices of pork to plate.
Stir butter into remaining liquid in pot, season with salt and pepper.
Serve pork and veggies with sauce on the side |
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