Pomegranate Balsamic Pork Roast

Slow Cooker

Ingredients:

1 teaspoon olive oil

1 1/2 lbs yukon potatoes, cut into large 1-2"cubes

3 lbs pork loin roast, we used bone in

 salt and pepper

1 red onion, chopped

6 carrots, 2 diced, 4 cut in baby carrot size pieces

4 cloves minced garlic

3 celery ribs, diced

1 1/2 cups chicken stock or water

2 cups pomegranate juice, divided

1 tablespoon fruit marmalade, we used Fig

1 teaspoon herbes de provence

2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

1 Salt and pepper pork loin to taste, and brown on all sides in a pan with olive oil.

2 Place potatoes and baby size carrots in bottom of crock pot, place pork loin on top.

3 Cook onion, garlic diced carrots, and celery in pan and olive oil, add to crock pot.

4 Deglaze pan with stock and 1 1/2 cups pomegranate juice, bring to a boil, and add to crock pot.

5 Sprinkle herbs on top of pork loins, cook on low about 6 hours.

6 Remove pork loins and potatoes/ carrots from crock pot, set aside and keep warm.

7 Move 2 cups of cooking liquid from the crock pot to a wide skillet, add remaining pomegranate juice, balsamic vinegar, and marmalade. Reduce liquid to about 1 cup.

8 Slice pork loin, drizzle with pan sauce, serve with potatoes and carrots. Enjoy!