Fill a slow cooker with apples and pork for dinner that falls off the bone

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Have we got a treat for you? We sure do. Pork ribs, cooked down with apples, sugar, bbq sauce and all manner of other lovely things. Pork is a fabulous meat, and works beautifully in the slow cooker. Pork and fruit (particularly apples) are a really great combination; the sweet tartness cuts through the porky-richness like a dream. It's not uncommon for pigs to be kept in orchards, where they can snuffle around for windfalls, clearing the ground, and unknowingly making themselves taste delicious in the process!
My Recipe Magic has what might well be one the finest pork rib and sauce recipes that we've tried. Check out the video to see how simple and innovative it is. The ribs are stacked in the slow cooker, around a sliced apple.
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Whiz up a sauce of brown sugar, bbq sauce, apple sauce, apple cider vinegar and onion in a food processor and pour over the ribs then cook on high for five hours before finishing off under the broiler with a spoonful of that sauce.
Slow Cooker Apple BBQ Ribs

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Posted by My Recipe Magic on Friday, September 9, 2016
Seriously tender, the final flash of heat caramelizes that sauce for the perfect sticky rib. Nice work, My Recipe Magic!
Need another great pork recipe to help use up a glut of cooking apples? Look no further than Better Homes and Gardens and their recipe for Apple-Bourbon Country-Style Pork Ribs. Apple jelly, bourbon, bbq sauce, vinegar and apple jelly are whisked with dried thyme and sugar to make a sweet, punchy cooking sauce for your ribs. Cook for 3 hours on low, or on high for 1-1/2 hours. Add sliced and peeled apples at this point, then cook for another 3 - 4 hours on low (1 1/2 hours on high).
Take a look at the finished product from Better Homes and Gardens and you can see that the serving sauce at the end is thin, and one reviewer called it watery. That's something that can easily fixed if you prefer a thicker, stickier sauce. Just remove the pork ribs and apples at the end of cooking and transfer the cooking juices to a small pan and reduce them over a medium heat. Check your seasoning, and whisk in a little cornstarch and water slurry to thicken things up even more.
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Apple season has seriously never tasted so good!
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