In my slow cooker today.... part 2

Hopelessly_Hopeful

sb44 wrote: »

I know it keeps for years once cooked if left unopened, not sure about time limits once opened.

I did read that someone had kept theirs in a ziplock container for at least two weeks.

Thank you

HHX

mi_jardin

today in mine was a quarter bag of rice with some mild stock, for the dogs.

Sunnyday

Just loaded mine up ready to go on overnight tonight.

2 Tins chickpeas
1 tin spinach
1 tin tomatoes
2 onions
garlic
ginger
frozen sliced peppers
1 chopped courgette
turmeric
garam masala
chilli powder
cumin seeds
smoked paparika

Basically a load of stuff that needed using up and the spice mix based on a keema mince recipe that i make which is very yummy so the flavour should be really good.

SD

PS the condensed milk that i had has been made into ice cream flavoured with hm rhubarb, ginger and cinnamon jam which is absolutely lush! I do have another tin which is destined for caramel though and a recipe for hm condensed milk from a link provided by sb which i shall make at a later date

miggy

Does anyone have any experience of baking in a sc? I found this which I'd love to try - from the picture you can see it didn't set properly but reading down the page she thinks she may have added too much liquid and also that the lid should be left slightly open to prevent things going soggy.

Just wondered it there are tips and tricks to share before I go ahead.

P.S that site has lots of different sc ideas.

sb44

miggy wrote: »

Does anyone have any experience of baking in a sc? I found this which I'd love to try - from the picture you can see it didn't set properly but reading down the page she thinks she may have added too much liquid and also that the lid should be left slightly open to prevent things going soggy.

Just wondered it there are tips and tricks to share before I go ahead.

P.S that site has lots of different sc ideas.

I have seen that you should put a piece of kitchen roll under the lid and put a fork under the lid to let the steam out.

Haven't tried it yet but I bought a cheap cake mix from Asda to try, don't want to waste my other stuff in case it is a disaster, I think the cake mix was only about 40p if that.

I will add some cocoa powder to it and see what it turns out like (in a small 1.5ltr s/c).

miggy

Thanks sb44, that sounds like a good idea.

Slight change of plan as I'm now attempting yogurt and the pudding is going to have to wait till tomorrow, but I still really want to try it.

sb44

miggy wrote: »

Thanks sb44, that sounds like a good idea.

Slight change of plan as I'm now attempting yogurt and the pudding is going to have to wait till tomorrow, but I still really want to try it.

I have some yogurt on the go at the minute, wrapped up in it's blanket until 11pm.

miggy

sb44 wrote: »

I have some yogurt on the go at the minute, wrapped up in it's blanket until 11pm.

Ah - great minds are obviously thinking alike!

I am a bit unsure about this - the milk was just beginning to smell a bit yogurty all by itself :eek: - will that ruin the end result? I thought I'd give it a try rather than throw the milk out.

And could you tell me please whether I get a thicker yogurt if I add more milk powder?

sb44

miggy wrote: »

Ah - great minds are obviously thinking alike!

I am a bit unsure about this - the milk was just beginning to smell a bit yogurty all by itself :eek: - will that ruin the end result? I thought I'd give it a try rather than throw the milk out.

And could you tell me please whether I get a thicker yogurt if I add more milk powder?

Not sure about the yogurt Miggy but I add a couple of tbs of milk powder to mine.

One litre UHT semi milk, Just over a tbs of Yeo Valley yog as the starter and a couple of tbs powdered milk powder.

Once it has cooked, I leave it to cool enough to put in the fridge for a few hours then strain to make very thick greek yogurt.

miggy

My recipe's in American cups but I realised after I'd added the dried milk that I'd forgotten to reduce the quantity as I'm only using 1 pint of milk - so it may well be thick by accident! It sounds as though the proportions were meant to be similar to yours.

Thick yogurt is the best... I think I will be buying muesli to eat it with too... I suppose I'd better wait to see how it turns out first?

Thank you for your advice, it's good to have especially from someone who's succeeded already.