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Ralf's beer braised pork roast recipe

Ralf's beer braised pork roast recipe

a French girl cuisine
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours 30 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 50 minutes
Course Meat
Cuisine French/German
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 1 roast pork 1.2 kg
  • salt pepper, mild paprika, cumin
  • 30 gr. of butter or more
  • 3 onions
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 8 carottes
  • 1 leek white part only
  • 1 teaspoon of sugar
  • 5 dl. of brown beer leffe type
  • 1 sheet of baking paper
  • 3 tablespoons of flour

Instructions
 

  • Peel onions, garlic and chop. Set aside.
  • Dry roast pork with paper towel. Season roast with spices : salt, pepper, cumin and mild paprika.
  • In a casserole dish, which can go in your oven, melt butter and fry onion and garlic until golden brown. Remove from casserole dish and set aside.
  • Melt a bit more butter or oil if needed and brown roast on all side. Remove from heat and leave to rest while preparing vegetables.
  • Preheat oven to 180°C (or fan oven 160°C)
  • Peel and wash carrots and slice. Wash and slice leek. Put in casserole dish together with onions and roast pork and add 1 teaspoon of sugar in order to remove bitterness of the beer. Pour 3 cm. of water and a bit of beer.
  • Cook for 1 hour and then baste meat with beer every 15 minutes during approximately 2 hours.
  • Remove from oven. Put cooking juice in a sauce pan. Cover roast with baking paper.
  • Dilute flour in half glass of water and pour into cooking juice. Cook on medium heat until sauce thickens.
  • Cut roast and serve together with the sauce.
  • You can make knödel or spätzle for the german version or mashed potatoes for the french one :-),