Slow Cooker - The Recipe Collection

Ticklemouse · 4 March 2005 at 10:12AM

Is it not possible to cancel your cooker from Studio?

A 5 L one will give you a working capacity of about 3 1/2 litres. You could always fill a large pan with 3 1/2 L of water to see how much that is. Bear in mind that everything will cook down so when your pot is full in the morning, it will look emptier by the time you open it for tea. It also depends on how much you eat. If your kids are small they'll only get bigger and therefore eat more. And what will cook a lot will cook a little, remember.

xxbutterflygirlxx · 4 March 2005 at 10:23PM

I hadn't thought of cancelling. I think between us we do eat quite a lot. My other half eats double portions, my 5yo has a good apetite as do the 13 and 15yos so maybe a bigger one would be a better plan.
Thanks

Trow · 5 March 2005 at 8:41AM

I really think 5l will be enough capacity for 5 - mine is MUCH smaller - 2.5l - and is more than adequate for the 4 of us (bearing in mind that we don't cook roasts in it)

vanoonoo · 5 March 2005 at 1:19PM

this morning I have skinned and boned the turkey leg which I cooked overnight in my slocooker (had to bash it about a bit to get it in), and have prepared a "left overs" ratatouille - some squidgy cherry tomatoes, a sprouty onion, a bendy courgette, a perfect yellow pepper and two tins of (dented) tomatoes. I've added three cloves of garlic, a good shake of paprika and a slug of worcestershire sauce. I am hopping about now wanting it to work its magic.

yum! who wants to come over for supper?

when I've hoiked the ratatouille out I am gonna do a chilli or spag bol (I've already cooked the mince) probably spag as I have mushies and carrots that need using up

I seriously want an additional slo cooker - I think this one has bascially been on 24 hours for the past week whilst I make stuff for the freezer

xxbutterflygirlxx · 5 March 2005 at 4:33PM

Thanks Trow, perhaps it will be big enough then. TBH we are all a bit fussy so what I'll probably end up doing is cooking several different meals over a few days, using a couple of portions and freezing the rest so we can all have something healthy that we like. Don't think it will really be big enough for soup though cos when I make that I make a huge panful and it is gone in five minutes flat!

Curry_Queen · 6 March 2005 at 10:57AM

I finally received my slow-cooker at 4pm yesterday (delivered by a woman in a car!) and I have today's dinner cooking away in it right now

A half leg of lamb and veggies, using Jamie O's five hour lamb recipe (p174 Return of Naked chef, or I'll post recipe if anyone wants it) as I thought that would convert well to the slow-cooker as it's a slow cooked dish anyway

There should be plenty left-over to turn into a nice soup too. Will let you all know how it turns out!

dave_dph · 6 March 2005 at 6:11PM

moggins wrote:

Is there any place on the web where I can find out about the wattage of slow cookers? I've been Googling everywhere as Argos can stick this where the sun don't shine, I need something that I can keep on al day without it turning my meal to charcoal

The Antony Worrall Thompson slow cooker ( http://!!!!!!.com/6qckj ) is rated at 160watts, guess thats for the High setting.

Sarahsaver · 6 March 2005 at 6:45PM

AWT one is the same as the - cheaper - prima one, just has fancier exterior.

Curry_Queen · 7 March 2005 at 12:42PM

I am well impressed with my new slow-cooker

Ok, I've only made one meal in it so far but it was absolutely delicious! Not only that, but it seems to have gone much further than normal too. I used a small (800g) half leg of lamb and cooked it with veggies (carrots, spuds, parsnip, celery, onions) and some added streaky bacon bits. We've already had a meal (for 2) from it yesterday and there's enough left for another meal tonight (with home-made giant yorkshires) as well as turning the rest into a hearty soup for the freezer

Usually a piece of lamb that size when roasted conventionally would only last for one meal, with perhaps enough left for a couple of sandwiches, but cooking it this way meant every last scrap of meat fell from the bones and none was wasted!

vanoonoo · 7 March 2005 at 1:22PM

hooray - another complete convert! I am totally impressed - I really wish I'd had one at university.

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