Stuffed with the meat of spicy Italian sausages and slowly roasted on a bed of onions, pears and cider, this slow cooker pork neck is rich, fragrant and absolutely full of flavour.
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Ingredients
Method
Place pork on board; slice through thickest part of pork horizontally, without cutting all the way through. Open pork out to form one large piece; trim pork.
Squeeze filling from sausages into small bowl, mix in egg yolk, nuts and chopped sage; season. Press sausage mixture along one long side of pork; roll pork to enclose filling. Tie pork with kitchen string at 2.5cm (1-inch) intervals.
Heat oil in large frying pan; cook pork until browned all over. Remove from pan. Add onion and garlic to same pan; cook, stirring, until onion softens.
Place pears and onion mixture in 4.5-litre (18-cup) slow cooker; top with pork then add cider and sage leaves. Cook, covered, on low, 6 hours.
Serve sliced pork with pear and onion mixture. Sprinkle with extra sage leaves, if you like.
Where can I buy the sausages?
Italian sausages are coarse pork sausages generally sold in plump links. They are usually flavoured with garlic and fennel seed or anise seed, and come in two styles:Â hot (flavoured with Thai red chilli) and sweet (without the added heat). They are available from speciality butchers and delicatessens.
More slow cooker pork recipes
For more inspiration of how to cook pork in your slow cooker, try the below:
- Slow cooker pickled pork
- Slow cooker pulled pork
- Slow cooker satay pork stew
- Slow cooker peppered pork curry
For another slow cooker pork neck recipe, try this fragrant pork and lemongrass curry.
