Name: Slow Cooker Pork Spare Ribs with Apple
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 485 min
Total time: 500 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 600 g spare pork ribs; 4 pink lady apple cored cored peeled quartered small; 3 tbs honey; 3 tbs dijon mustard; 1/4 cup water; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 cinnamon stick optional

by Kathysown Last updated on 07/09/2019

Really easy aromatic spare ribs recipe. Vary the quantities to suit. I use Pink Lady apples because they are firm and slightly acidic as well as sweet. - Kathysown

Ingredients

600 g spare pork ribs
4 pink lady apple cored cored peeled quartered small
3 tbs honey
3 tbs dijon mustard
1/4 cup water
1/2 tsp salt
1 cinnamon stick optional

Method

Step 1

Place all ingredients in slow cooker.
Step 2

Cook on low for approximately 8 hours. Check after 6 hours to see if a little more water is needed.
Step 3

Serve hot with a plain accompaniment such as boiled rice.

Equipment

1 slow cooker

Recipe Notes

from Australia’s Best Recipes team

Serving with a green vegetable or a green salad is nice - curly endive is nice. I make this without added salt. Maille mustard works well, and it contains salt anyway. The apples are best slightly underripe and you can use a similar firm eating apple to Pink Lady. Use 4 small or 3 large Pink Lady apples. Spare ribs are fatty but this recipe uses a relatively small amount per person. Good on a cold wintry day.