Pork Cheeks Braised in Tomato Wine Sauce

An Italian braise with a tomato-red wine sauce is always a winner, and a step away from being a complete meal with the addition of pasta, spaetzle, or polenta.

Slow-Cooker Pork Shoulder With Tomatoes, Fennel, and Pasta

Slow-cooked until meltingly tender, pork shoulder is braised in fragrant mix of sautéed fennel and onions, crushed tomatoes, Mediterranean herbs, and white wine. Once your slow cooker has 10 hours to work its magic, the pulled meat tops pasta, and the sauce is spooned on top. Add final shower of Parmesan, and you're golden.

Creamy Braised Pork and Bean Stew With Cinnamon, Fennel, and Onion

Near-melted beans and spoon-tender pork perfect for a cold winter evening.

Cider-Braised Country-Style Pork Ribs With Creamy Mashed Potatoes

Containing a mix of light and dark meat, country-style pork ribs braise well, yielding tender meat that both flavors and absorbs the liquid they cook in. With that in mind, I built mine from rustically cut nubs of carrot, celery, onion and garlic, plus burnished tomato paste -- prepped in the same Dutch oven that's used to brown the pork. Then, the pan is deglazed with white wine, cider vinegar, chicken stock and apple cider and spiked with Dijon mustard and aromatics. After a time spent in a lo...

Lamb Stew from 'Stewed'

Gently simmered lamb shoulder, port, and root vegetable stew tastes lamby but not gamey or chewy. The key is the sweet and savory undercurrent of wine, beef stock, tomatoes, and winter roots that runs beneath the flavor of the lamb.

Pork Indad (Sweet and Savory Indian Stewed Pork)

This sweet, tangy and spicy pork preparation has a wonderful aroma of spices that fills Mangalorean homes in India during festivals.

Greek Potato and Olive Stew

Potatoes are simmered with tomatos and kalamata olives for a hearty, warming stew.

Slow-Cooker Pork Paprikash

Slow cooker paprika pork, seasoned with thyme and caraway, is finished with sour cream and served over egg noodles.

Lamb Tripe Stew

Working with offal is a wonderful way to indulge on some of the finer things in life. This recipe for tripe stew is flavored with saffron and an entire bottle of Riesling.

Pork Chops With Potatoes and Vinegar Peppers

A dish of pan-fried pork chops, lemony, herby potatoes, and pickled peppers delivers a blast of flavor with minimal effort.