Slow Cooked Pork With Apricots And Prunes

Slow Cooker Cranberry-Apricot Pork Roast

Sweet T has a delicious pork roast to share with us tonight! If only I had apricots on hand, I'd make this tomorrow!!!

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I made this recipe for my husband & my parents one weekend a couple of months ago, & they've all been raving about it since! It's got just the right combo of sweet with a little hint of spice. In fact, it was even requested by my husband for our special "Valentine's dinner date"!

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Browned pork roast sets on top of diced potatoes.

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Mix up the apricots and cranberries with the spices.

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Pour "the relish" over top of the pork roast.Â Slow cook away…

Slow Cooker Cranberry-Apricot Pork Roast

Approx. 2.5 lb. lean Pork Roast
5 small potatoes, cubed
1 small onion, diced
1 can, whole-berry cranberry sauce
1 can apricot halves, in juice, drained
1/2 cup chopped dried apricots
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
1 tsp. dry ground mustard
2 tsp. turbinado (or regular) sugar

Lightly brown the pork roast on the stove top, just a minute or so on each side.
Spray the inside of the slow cooker with non-stick spray. Place the cubed potatoes in the bottom.
Place the browned roast in the slow cooker, on top of the cubed potatoes.
Put the cranberry sauce, the canned & dried apricots, & the diced onion in a large bowl, & use a potato masher to blend them together into what will end up looking sort-of like a "relish".
In a small bowl to the side, combine the sugar & other seasonings. I like to do this separately, because the ground mustard has a tendency to clump. Once these are mixed thoroughly, sprinkle them over your mashed-up "relish", & use the potato masher again to make sure it's well distributed.
Pour the mixture over the roast & potatoes, & cover. Cook on "low" setting for 5-6 hours, or until the roast has cooked through. Cooking time may vary, depending on your slow cooker.

My name is Sweet T, of Sweet T Studio, & I love to make things. What kind of things? Well, whatever looks beautiful, tastes good, or puts smiles on faces. I'm an interior designer by day & a blogger by night. Usually I write about Design, Travel, & Crafts – but since I love to eat, dislike spending money, & have a skinny husband who eats whatever he wants, my other hobby is trying new frugal & non-fattening recipes. Please come visit me at Sweet T Studio for more recipes like this, & loads of other great information!