Fresh Pork Pot Roast with Dumplings

Name: Fresh Pork Pot Roast with Dumplings
Yield: Makes 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 large bay leaf, crushed; Dumplings; 2 tsp. thyme leaves; ½ fresh pork leg or shoulder (about 5 lb.); 2 tsp. salt

Preparation info

Makes
6 to 8
servings

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

Men especially like this hearty dish of dumplings, gravy and pork

Ingredients

½ fresh pork leg or shoulder (about 5 lb.)
2 tsp. salt
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Starter
Dinner
Gluten-free

Method

Trim excess fat from meat. Rub meat with mixture of salt, thyme and bay leaf. Refrigerate 2 hours.
Brown meat in fat trimmings in heavy deep pan or Dutch oven. Add water to depth of 2″. Cover, and simmer on top of range until well done (20 to 25 minutes per pound). Add more water if needed.
Remove meat from pan; set aside, keeping it warm, while you mak