Welcome to 2014! Now that it’s the start of a new year, it’s time to get back on the “eating less crap” bandwagon again. Jene and I have both been very guilty of eating a lot of junk food and sweets since Thanksgiving. Carbs carbs and more carbs! With this in mind I decided I’d better get back to cooking.
I had a rather large piece of pork shoulder in the freezer that I pulled out to thaw. It was too big to fit all of it into the slow cooker so I cut it in half and made soup with one half and put the other half in the slow cooker.
I did my usual seasoning of salt, pepper, garlic and onion. Then as I was laying in bed with Mew on my stomach, I got the idea to make up some sauce and put it in with the pork. Apparently Mew’s purring was very inspirational, the dirty look I got when I moved her was less so 😉
Tomato Sauce (rough measurements)
2 14.5 ounce cans of tomato sauce
1/3 cup honey and/or molasses
1/4 cup prepared yellow mustard
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup worchestershire sauce
1 TB dried ground mustard
1 TB mixture of cumin and coriander (2 parts coriander to 1 part cumin. this is something I had on hand that I had ground myself. if using preground spices, use 2 teaspoons instead)
salt and pepper to taste
Add all the ingredients to a pot and stir over medium low heat for a few minutes to let the honey and/or molasses melt and everything is well blended. Pour over the pork in the slow cooker.
Cook on low heat 6-8 hours or until the pork falls apart.
After removing the pork, pour the sauce into a sauce pan and simmer over low heat to reduce and thicken up.
Really easy and really tasty. 😀
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