The magic of slow cooker!

[Lister]

Tried some brisket in the slow cooker, cooked for around 9 hours, quickly seared them, used some salt and pepper.
Then added a can of tomatoes with some paprika, cumin and italian mixed herbs.

It's a lot drier than I thought it would be
Not sure if I did something wrong, it's not the end of the world just a bit of a disappointment. Going to try having some tonight, reheating the stuff I cut off with some of the jus which will hopefully moisten the meat nicely.

The meat wasn't submerged in liquid when cooking, is that it?

Overall pleased with it though, even if it didn't come out as I wanted it still nice

Going to try a chilli/bolognese next I think.

I usually put quite a bit of stock in so the meat is 3/4 submerged. Some may say that is wrong but I works for me. Usually take the liquid out and reduce it down in a pan to make gravy.

[g8ina]

Just took a load of stuff down to our local Bernado's charity shop and there is a 5 litre slow cooker in there for a fiver, VERY tempted to go back tomorrow and grab it.

[Lister]

Just took a load of stuff down to our local Bernado's charity shop and there is a 5 litre slow cooker in there for a fiver, VERY tempted to go back tomorrow and grab it.

Its great to come in from work and your hit by the smell of a lovely meal when you walk in the door with minimal effort. There is also not a lot of washing up. As someone mentioned earlier Sausage casserole is a great one. When you get home all you need to do is cut some nice thick slices of bread and away you go.

[herulach]

I did some beef (silverside IIRC) the other day, and put less stock in than my pulled pork (which ended up swimming) and it came out a bit dry also. The gravy in the bottom was amazing, but the meat not so much. gonna chop it up and go for more of a stewy effort next time I reckon.

I perfected the pulled pork this time though:
3kg (might have been a bit smaller, maybe 2.8) rolled pork shoulder rubbed in a mix of smoked paprika, garlic powder, salt, ground mustard seeds and black pepper about 8 hours before cooking
3 Cooking apples into quarters
2 Red onions cut into quarters
3 Dried Chipotles (smoked jalapeno) & 2 Ancho (dried poblano) chillies.
3 Bay Leaves
about an inch of stem ginger grated up.
Enough veg stock to about half cover the meat.


About half an hour before eating fish out about an apples worth of quarters, an onion and all the chillies (or less chillies if you're a wimp) and whizz them up. mix with a carton of passata (I think I used about 500g?) a big glug of worcester sauce, some vinegar & some soy If its not sweet enough either put in more apple or sweetner or sugar depending on preference. Simmer that for about 20 mins till its thick, then mix it up with the shredded pork.

Delicious, and makes 3 solid meals for 2 people. We had it with homemade coleslaw, and some pickled red cabbage.