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Pork and Mushroom Casserole |
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Pork and Mushroom Casserole Recipe |
A very simple dish to prepare which makes great use of the slow cooker.
Simply brown the meat, fry the onions and make the sauce then leave it
all in the slow cooker with a few more ingredients for six to eight
hours. |
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KEY POINTS
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Pre-cooking Time: |
10 minutes |
Cooking Time: |
7 hours (see
notes) |
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How Difficult |
Very easy |
Freeze? |
Yes |
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Servings |
4 |
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INGREDIENTS
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| Ingredients |
Metric |
Imperial |
USA |
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Lean pork (e.g. loin) |
700 grams |
1lb 8oz |
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Closed
cup mushrooms |
225 grams |
8oz |
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Can tomatoes |
550 grams |
1lb 3oz |
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Large red onion |
1 |
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Sweet (bell) pepper |
1 |
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Plain flour |
30 ml |
2 tablespoon |
3 tablespoon |
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Tomato puree (paste) |
30 ml |
2 tablespoon |
3 tablespoon |
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White wine |
300 ml |
½ pint |
1¼ cups |
Vegetable stock (1 cube in
water) |
150 ml |
¼ pint |
∕ cup |
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Sage fresh or died |
1 teaspoon dried / 2 teaspoon fresh |
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Olive oil |
60 ml |
2 tablespoon |
3 tablespoon |
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Salt and pepper |
To taste |
WHAT SPECIAL KITCHEN EQUIPMENT?
Slow cooker
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COOK'S NOTES
The slow cooker should set to low. Cooking time is anywhere between 6 to
8 hours.
PREPARATION
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Peel, top and tail then finely slice the onion. Separate the
onion rings.
Remove stalk, seeds and pith from sweet (bell) pepper. Slice
into thin strips then cut them in half.
Wash and pat dry the mushrooms. Slice them.
Remove excess fat from the pork then cut into cubes. |
METHOD
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Pour half the oil into a pan on a medium heat. Fry the cubes of pork for
around five minutes until they cream coloured all over. Stir and turn the pork
every minute to ensure it is cooked evenly.
Turn the slow cooker onto the Low setting and add the pork cubes and juices to
the slow cooker. |
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Add the remaining oil to the pan and add the onions. Fry them, stirring
frequently, for four minutes. Sprinkle the flour into the pan and stir
it in quickly. Slowly pour in the wine stirring to mix it in. Do the
same with the stock.
Add the mix to the slow cooker along with all the remaining ingredients
and stir them together. Leave to cook for 6 to 8 hours. |
At this stage the mix in the slow cooker will look very thick, even a
bit sticky because of the flour. Don't worry, that's how it should be.
As the ingredients cook they will release fluid to give the correct
consistency to the gravy.
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Serve onto hot plates. We served our Pork and Mushroom Casserole with a mixture
of rice and peas.
This casserole freezes very well and only requires re-heating. |
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