Morphy Richards Intellichef Multi Cooker

Peartree

Has anyone seen this http://www.jmldirect.com/product.asp?pf_id=S8888&changecurrency=GBP the Star Chef from JML. I overshot QVC on Sky and saw the end of a demon and thought it looked remarkably familiar. I've never caught the full demo (and my little notebook computer doesn't play video footage properly). However, I think they do talk about it doing bread.

Somehow, I never got to the "experiment with the Intellichef" item on my To Do list whilst I was on leave over Xmas but am very interested to hear anyone's experiences with breadmaking.

Peartree

That should be demo not demon! Oh dear.

Minniethemoocher

Quick question. Is the Intellichef large enough to cook a whole chicken or a shoulder of lamb? Thinking of replacing my slow cooker, but the Intellichef looks smaller.

Edinburghlass_2

Inside measurement of the bowl is 8.5 inches and its round rather than oval like most slow cookers.

Re the video of the JML one, I watched it last night and it appears it will bake bread from the dough stage. I have a packet of bread mix in the cupboard so I'll give it a go and let you know.

System

Minniethemoocher wrote: »

Is the Intellichef large enough to cook a whole chicken or a shoulder of lamb?

I don't know about a shoulder of lamb, but I have cooked a whole chicken several times in my Intellichef. It probably depends on the exact size and shape of your chicken. I can't remember the exact weights of the ones I have tried, but "small" ones (Ocado/Waitrose labelling) were an easy fit, and "medium" a snug fit. At a guess, I would imagine that the largest has been something like 1.8kg. But I wouldn't be too confident about fitting in a long-leggedy, fat one!

janeym_2

Hi all, hope your Intellichef is creating some lovely warming comfort food during this cold spell! Does anyone have a nice recipe for lamb shanks? and also braised red cabbage? Has anyone taken the time to copy all the previous suggested recipes and perhaps create a booklet we can all use? (Or have I just volunteered myself?:idea:)

janeym_2

has anyone found the best setting for a simmer?

System

janeym wrote: »

braised red cabbage?

I made this over the Christmas holiday, just putting the usual ingredients into the pan (red cabbage, onion, cooking apple, red wine, spoonful of dark brown sugar, salt and pepper) and setting it to Stew for 1 hour. It was lovely. Not really a recipe, though.

janeym wrote: »

best setting for a simmer?

What sort of thing are you simmering? I tend to use the Stew/Slow Cook function for that sort of thing, if nothing else seems more appropriate, after bringing the stew (or whatever) up to temperature via Reheat first. Setting the Stew/Slow Cook time to 1 hour gives a faster simmer than setting it to 5 hours (which I used for a very nice mulled apple juice at Christmas). The only problem is that I generally only want to simmer for (say) 20 minutes, so I have to turn off the gadget manually after the required amount of time, and can't just walk away and forget about it.

janeym_2

Hi Avocet, thanks for that! I'm trying a 'one pot' dish originally for the top of the stove. It's Hearty chicken and cider stew from the latest Tesco magazine. I needed to 'reduce' the liquid so wanted a gentle simmer rather than a fast boil. But it seems to have worked OK. It's currently now on a slow cook and smells wonderful! Other than that, it would be useful to know which setting for a gentle simmer. By the way, registered my Intellichef on the MR website and thought I'd order a spare bowl....currently out of stock! Also, saw the JML advert this morning! I shall try to bake some bread tomorrow, using a Wright's ciabatta dough mix and let you know how I get on.

System

Cooking tonight...

Onion, carrots, parsnips, half a tin of tomatoes, dried apricots, ras-el-hanout, garlic, pepper, salt, half a shoulder of lamb. Slow Cook for 8 hours. Remove lamb, shred meat (removing the bone and all the nasty, fatty, membrane stuff) and add back to pan. When ready to eat, Reheat and serve with cous cous.

Smells delicious!