PORK SHANK SLOW COOKER RECIPES

Steps:

• Peel and dice your potatoes, carrots, swede, and parsnip. Peel, remove the core and then dice your apples.
• Load fruit and veggies into the slow cooker, add seasonings and mix with your hands. Add some chunks of butter.
• Pour in apple juice over the fruit and veggies.
• Add your pork leg joint on top either with or without the crackling.
• Then slow cook for 4 hours on high or 7 hours on low. When the pork leg is done, remove from the slow cooker and put to one side to rest.
• Next load half of your stock, a handful of your fruit and veggies and place in the blender. Blend until smooth and this is your gravy.
• Slice your pork leg and serve with your potatoes and vegetables and your gravy.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan over a moderate heat and brown the lamb shanks all over. Remove from the pan and set aside. 

  Add the onions to the pan and fry for 3-4 minutes until starting to soften. Add the garlic, coriander, cardamom, chilli flakes, cinnamon stick and cloves and continue to fry for another 2 minutes. 

  Put the meat in the slow cooker and add the onion and spices. Add the saffron water, bay leaf, tomatoes, chicken stock and pomegranate molasses. Cover and cook on low for 7 hours. Stir through the fresh parsley and season with black pepper. Scatter over the pomegranate seeds to serve.