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Slow-Cooked Spiced-Cranberry Pork Roast
TOTAL TIME5 hrs 10 mins
SKILL LEVELIntermediate
SERVINGS8
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About this RecipeTender Smithfield pork slow-cooked with cranberries and warm spices—a cozy addition to any table.
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Ingredients
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3 1/2 lbs. Boneless Shoulder Picnic Roast
 
14 1/2 oz. can Cranberry sauce, jellied
 
2/3 cup Sugar
 
3/4 cup Cranberry juice
 
2 tbsps. Dijon mustard
 
1 1/2 tsps. Ground cloves
 
1 tsp. Ground black pepper
 
to taste Salt
Directions
1.
Trim fat from pork roast, if necessary.
2.
Place roast in 4- to 6-quart slow cooker.
3.
Use wire whisk to stir together cranberry sauce and sugar in medium bowl.
4.
Stir in juice, mustard, cloves and pepper until well combined.
5.
Pour cranberry mixture over roast in slow cooker.
6.
Cover slow cooker and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours or until pork roast is tender.
7.
Season roast to taste with salt; serve juices with roast.
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