Farmhouse pork and apple pie
10 servings
Ingredients
Quantity | Ingredient | |
---|---|---|
1 | pounds | Bacon, cut into 2\" pieces |
3 | mediums | Onions, chopped |
3 | pounds | Boneless pork, cubed |
¾ | cup | All-purpose flour,cooking |
Oil optional | ||
1 | teaspoon | Salt |
¼ | teaspoon | Pepper |
1 | cup | Apple cider |
½ | cup | Water |
4 | mediums | Potatoes,peeled and cubed |
3 | Tart cooking apples, peeled | |
And chopped | ||
½ | cup | Milk |
5 | tablespoons | Butter or margarine, divided |
1 | teaspoon | Rubbed sage |
Additional salt and pepper | ||
½ | teaspoon | Ground nutmeg |
Snipped parsley,optional |
Directions
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Cook bacon in an oven proof 12 in skillet until crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. In drippings, saute onions until tender; remove with a slotted spoon and set aside. Dust pork lightly with flour. Brown a third at a time in drippings, adding oil if needed. Remove from heat and drain. To pork, add bacon, onions,apples,sage,nutmeg,salt and pepper. Stir in cider and water.
Cover and bake at 325 degrees for 2 hours or until pork is tender. In a sauce pan, cook potatoes in boiling water until tender. Drain and mash with milk and 3 tablespoons of butter. Add salt and pepper to taste. Remove skillet from oven and spread potatoes over pork mixture. Melt remaining butter;brush over potatoes. Broil 6 in from heat for 5 minutes or until topping is browned. Sprinkle with parsley if desired.
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Submitted By WILLIAM PEARSON On 02-03-95