Herby pork stew

Rating: 2.9/5. From 84 votes.
Please wait...
Print

Herby pork stew

The white wine, stock and slow cooking make the pieces of pork really melt in your mouth. Guests on our cooking classes in Tuscany are always delighted to find a simple but delicious stew recipe to take home with them.

  • Prep Time: 0 hours
  • Cook Time: 0 hours
  • Total Time: 2 hours
  • Yield: 8

Ingredients

  • 500 g/1 lb cubed pork (slightly fatty cuts are best for this dish)
  • a little flour to coat the pork
  • 3 celery
  • 1 onions
  • sage, a sprig
  • 2 bay leaves
  • rosemary, a sprig
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • half a bottle white wine

For the vegetable stock

  • 2 sticks of celery
  • 2 whole carrots
  • 1 onion
  • 4 cloves
  • 2 bouillon cubes

Instructions

  1. Put the pork into a large bowl and coat the pieces very lightly with the flour.
  2. Chop the onion, celery, garlic and herbs finely and sauté in olive oil until softened.
  3. Add the pork and fry until the meat is browned.
  4. Add the white wine to almost cover.
  5. Evaporate off the wine on a medium heat.
  6. Cook slowly in vegetable stock to cover, adding more stock gradually if needed, for at least an hour and a half.

Vegetable stock:

  1. Boil (for at least 1 hour) the celery, carrots, bouillon cubes, and an onion with cloves studded into it, into 1 litre (2 pints) of water.

Did you make this recipe?

Share a photo and tag us — we can't wait to see what you've made!