Pork Roast with Apples and Onions
 
 
Ingredients
  • 3 Tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 Pork Loin or Shoulder Roast, (also called Pork Butt)
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • 4 cups apple juice
  • 1 cup beef stock
  • 3 whole apples, cored and cut into wedges
  • 3 whole medium onions, sliced
  • 1 whole bay leaf
  • ½ teaspoon thyme
  • ½ teaspoon rosemary
  • 5 Tablespoons cornstarch
  • 5 Tablespoons cold liquid, (can use water, juice or broth)
  • ½ teaspoon ground marjoram
Instructions
  1. To make the pork roast, heat olive oil in a large pot over high heat.
  2. Salt and pepper pork roast, then sear on all sides to give it some color.
  3. Reduce heat to low.
  4. Add apple juice, apple slices, onions, and bay leaf.
  5. Cover and simmer for 3 hours. (Or you may place in a 300 degree oven if you prefer.)
  6. When the roast is done, remove the roast, apples, and onions to a platter.
  7. Mix cornstarch and cold water, stirring to remove all lumps.
  8. Raise heat to medium-high, add cornstarch mixture (or slurry), and boil liquid, reducing it until thick and rich.
  9. Add additional cornstarch and liquid if you'd like it thicker or just add add liquid to thin it a little if it's too thick for you.
  10. Add marjoram and serve.
Recipe by Cheery Kitchen at https://cheerykitchen.com/pork-roast-with-apples-and-onions/