Epic Pork:
*Get a boneless pork joint - shoulder is a cheap cut and works well - and stick it in the slowcooker with some form of liquid (cider, apple juice, pineapple juice, cola, water, whatever). About half a mugful
*Cook on low for at least 8 hours.
*When it's cooked, remove the meat, hive off a mugful of the liquid in the slowcooker and set this aside. Drain the rest away
*Cut the fat off the pork and chuck it. Using 2 forks, shred the meat, then return it to the slowcooker
*Use the liquid to make a bbq sauce. You can buy some or use the recipe below
BBQ sauce:
*2tbsps butter, small onion (pureed or finely chopped), mugful of ketchup, mugful of cooking liquour or water, tsp salt (optional), 1/2 tsp pepper, couple of garlic cloves blitzed with onion, 2 tbsp worcestershire sauce, 2 tbsp vinegar, 2tbsp lemon or lime juice, 2tbsp brown sugar/honey/golden syrup/whatever sugar you have lying around, 1tsp paprika, pinch of chilli flakes (optional).
*melt the butter, saute the onion and garlic for a few mins, chuck in everything else, simmer for 20 mins.
*Throw over the pork and stir to coat it. Leave in the slow cooker to warm through.
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