Roast pork with mushrooms

Roast is a meat dish loved by many. There are a lot of recipes for roast, it is also prepared in different ways. Recently, roast cooked in pots has been gaining popularity, and in the old-fashioned way it was cooked in the oven. We'll cook the roast in a slow cooker. The classic recipe has been upgraded, you can add your favorite ingredients to it to taste.

How to make pork roast with mushrooms?

1. So, first of all, prepare all the ingredients. Peel the new potatoes, you can just scrape with a metal scraper. Wash thoroughly, cut each potato in half. Wash the pork, cut into large pieces. Wash the champignons, leave the small mushrooms intact, and cut the larger specimens in half. Peel the onion and garlic from the husk, cut into small cubes. Everything is ready.

2. And now pour olive oil into the bowl of the slow cooker, select the "Frying" program. When the oil warms up, put the pork in it, fry for 7-10 minutes, stir in the process. Each piece should be well browned on all sides.

3. Add the onion and garlic to the meat, continue frying for a couple more minutes, then add the mushrooms, pour the wine and fry until the moisture evaporates completely. Then add potatoes and tomato paste here, pour chicken broth, change the program to "Stewing", set the cooking time to 40 minutes. 5 minutes before cooking, add salt to taste, add thyme.

4. In parallel with extinguishing, take care of the beans. This is optional, optional. With beans, the dish is even tastier and more interesting. So, wash the beans, cut off the tails, put them in boiling salted water, cook for 4-5 minutes. If the beans were frozen, it will take 7 minutes. Flip it into a colander, let the liquid drain.

Serve the roast on the table, complementing it with a small portion of string beans, sprinkle with a mixture of peppers.

Bon appetit!

Keep in mind that the cooking time and mode are indicated approximately in the recipe. All slow cookers work differently and even the same models of the same manufacturer may have their own characteristics. Before you start cooking a new dish for you in a slow cooker, carefully study the instructions for it, and then in practice try to cook dishes that are familiar to you first, and then new ones, choosing the mode and time individually for your own technique. 

Instead of champignons, you can take dried mushrooms (they will need 5-6 times less than fresh ones). Do not forget to rinse them and then soak them before cooking (for about 2-3 hours).

Any oils are useful only until a certain temperature is reached - the point of smoking, at which the oil begins to burn and toxic substances, including carcinogens, are formed in it. How to determine the roasting temperature and choose the best oil for frying, and which is better not to use at all, read here .