Slow Cookers

[Million]

Just ordered a Russell Hobbs 3.5L slow cooker from Amazon warehouse deals - will come repacked, but £21 down from 35, with free post - bargain!

So, I'm betting there are some slow food movement followers on Hexus - can anyone recommend recipes, sites, or books for using a slow cooker?

Cheers,
Max

[shaithis]

I have one but only really use it for one thing....

STEW!

I do like preparing it the night before and then turning it on as I leave for work in the morning.....then come home to the smell of a gorgeous home made stew.

Spuds, beef, swede, carrots, cabbage, lentils, pearl barley and curry powder......oh my, I'm going to have to make it tomorrow now!

[tiggerai]

I did Thai Green curry and Chili con carne in mine over the weekend.

Cannot beat a good Beef Stew though.

[jon bda]

http://www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/1...s/Product.html

Done a few recipes out of that in ours...

[scaryjim]

I'm pretty sure there's a thread here from a year or two ago, as I posted in it
edit: not one but two!

Joints of meat, particular bacon / gammon / pork, are great done in a slow cooker: brown the meat off on a griddle or frying pan, stick it in the slow cooker and add a glass of cider and then enough boiling water to just cover the meat. You can chuck in some bay leaves or other spices too if you want, but that's very much optional. Leave it for three - four hours. When you come back you'll have lovely, juicy meat and half a slow cooker full of rich stock, that can be used in soups and sauces

[iamlorro]

There is a nice list of suggestions here - going to have to try some. Thanks guys + gals

If you can delay the start time on a bread maker, and get it to finish before you get home.... that can create a nice smell to come home to! and a stew to accompany it...........

that's a good meal to come home to!

[Zak33]

Pease pudding with a large ham

Pease pudding is the finest thing ever. Cold with a cold cut of ham/bacon or hot with the hot ham

I love peas pudding.

[scaryjim]

My wife's a proper geordie - she loves it when I slow cook a ham or gammon joint 'cause then she gets stock to make pea soup with, and once we've all had our fill of pea soup we cook down the leftovers until we get pease pud. There's nothing quite like a good pease pud made with proper gammon stock - we faked it well enough when we were vegan, but it's just not the same...

[Rave]

Beef Brisket TBH. Get some small cooking onions, peel them, cut in half if necessary, and arrange a ~1" thick bed of them on the bottom of the cooker. Place a brisket joint on the onions. Season to taste. Cook for 8 hours on auto. You end up with a lovely bit of meat, some lovely mild tender onions, and a surprisingly large amount of beef and onion gravy, which you can thicken up afterwards with some gravy powder or cornflour if needs be.

Unfortunately I'm out of Brisket at the mo- I usually wait until the Sainsburys instore butcher has it half price and then clean them out. But they haven't had any on offer for ages.

[Biscuit]

One of the thing that a slow cooker is great for is just throwing anything and everything in there and seeing what happens. I did it the other day with loads of vegetables then mashed it up towards the end. I tasted it and seasoned it best to compliment how it turned out.

I also got a cookbook full of recipes specifically for the slow cooker, although i love experimenting and seeing what happens to different things

[Spank]

Curry, stew or anything you can make with really cheap cuts. Start it in the morning before you go to work & it bill be ready when you get home.

[Zadock]

Just got myself a new one of these, old one died.

Gholash! Bit of cheap steak (braising or stewing) and some Chorizo + usual bits and bobs. Serve that up with a bit of sour cream.

[Larkspeed]

I have one but only really use it for one thing....

STEW!

Yup ditto we have used ours for a few other things but Stew is generally what it gets used for.

As for books the one we primarily use is this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-ever-Co...t_at_ep_dpt_10

The same author does a few slow cooker books and is generally considered one of the best.

[Mossy]

Ive got one never been out the box, need to look at some good recipes as I have no idea whats good or how to use it lol....

[Zak33]

Bit of cheap steak (braising or stewing) and some Chorizo + usual bits and bobs. Serve that up with a bit of sour cream.

chorizo and beef.. for the win

[petrefax]

beef bourguignon.

beef, whole shallots, button mushrooms, bottle of half decent red plonk & you're sorted

when slow cooked the beef completely falls apart, lush