Slow Cooker - The Recipe Collection

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Barbarajoh wrote:

Don't remember where I got this from but it turns out a chocolate pudding with a sauce. I didn't add the nuts.

Barbara

It's really similar to my recipe for chocolate fudge pudding I didn't know you could do them in a slow cooker :T

bootman

Mary_Boland wrote:

I've just bought a slow cooker after reading all the threads on here. Is it possible to overcook meat in the slow cooker. Think I have just ruined a large piece of ham by leaving it in too long. It seems to be quite dry even though I cooked it in apple juice. Any advice please.

I managed to overcook a chicken casserole last week. The meat was all dry and tasted burnt. I had left it overnight on low. Obviously did not need that long.

I do cook ham overnight. I put it on around 10pm. I just cover it in water. By 7am its done.

katemoss

I had my old trusty slow cooker for over ten years, but dropped the pot lid which smashed to smitherines... Got a new one as a present - a beautiful Paul Rankin one with a glass lid.

Maybe it's the glass lid and i can see it bubbling away, but i've become obsessed with the small plume of steam escaping..... the lid doen't seem to fit as well as the old hefty pot one - i know it's not supposed to 'fit', but this one has a tiny wobble that i'm sure it shouldn't have.... i can't remember whether my old friend 'steamed' like this.

Help please?

Do the old trusty kind do this?

Has anyone else got one of this variety and can reassure me?

tadd318

Hi
Was your old SC the one with the brown pot? If so I had one the same and broke the lid but was able to get a replacement lid from the market and was then as good as new.:j

Just a thought for you.

bebee_2

Hope i'm posting in the right place
Need some help with SC -
I have a sc 6.5l cap
last night i added all ingredients for Morcaccan Lamb
switched cooker on Low setting and of to bed approx 12.30am
Up this morning to a burnt offering. all the ingredients were correct as i double checked.
Q - should i be adding liquid to the capacity of the cooker or just as normal recipes state??? ( having senior moments:rotfl: )
I did think that maybe as it was a good few years old that maybe thier was a problem with it so went to Argos today and bought a small capacity one 3 ltr more suitable ( £13.32 40% off) but want to make sure that i don't make the same mistake again!!! as instruction booklet doesn't appear to say anything about liquid content.
Any advice greatfully recieved

MissManda87

Hey everyone - I am very new to this site but it is proving to be very interesting! I am a University student and I have got myself a slow cooker!! Since my grandmother died - my grandfather hasn't cooked much and said I could have it.
All of my house mates love it - when they walk in the front door and I am making stew/soup!! At the moment I have got a gammon joint in - I intend to have it in salads throughout the week!

A recipe for you: Butternut Squash Soup

1pt Veg Stock
1 Butternut Squash (peeled and chopped into cubes)
2 Carrots (peeled and chopped)
1 Onion (peeled and Chopped)

Throw it all in - I normally put it on high and it take about 2 - 2.5 hours, just keep checking until all the veg is soft - then that is your minimum time. Could really leave it in as long as you like!!
Then just blend it....soo yummy!

Another really nice soup is - Sweet potato and tomato
1 onion
2 cloves of garlc (optional)
2/3 large sweet potatoes (peeled and chopped)
2 tins of tomatoes

in all honesty i have yet to try this one in the slow cooker so thought one of you may like to - you may want to add another tin of tomatoes as I found that 2 was not quite enough!

Hope this helps!

Will be trying all your recipes in the coming weeks - I like the look of the cramy rice pudding!

bebee_2

Hunter Chicken

2 tbsp plain flour
salt and freshly milled black pepper
12 chicken thighs (i used 5 chicken legs)
2 meduim onions
1 large red pepper
2 garlic cloves
150g (5.1/2oz) mushrooms
i tbsp olive oil
400g can chopped tomatoes
1/2pint dry white wine ( this can be replaced with either Chicken stock OR Cider)
mixed herbs optinal

1.preheat your slow cooker on high while you prepare ingredients
2. Season the flour with salt & pepper. Trim the chicken of any excess skin and fat. Toss the chicken in the seasoned flour until well coated. ( i used a plastic food bag.
3. Thinly slice the onions and red pepper.
4. either finely chop garlic or use garlic press.
5. Slice mushrooms thinly
6. heat a frying pan and when hot add the Oil , add chicken skin side down until the skin is golden brown and crisp. remove chicken and put to one side.
7. Add the onions, peppers into the hot pan and cook over med heat for approx 5 min stirring occasionally until they soften and brown gentle.
8. add the garlic, mushrooms tomatoes and wine (stock/cider)
9. Bring to the boil and then Transfer to the preheated slow cooker.
arrange the Chicken on top of all other ingredients. pushing down gently into the Vegtables.
10. Cover with the lid and cook on LOW for approx 4-6 hours until tender.

We tried this on Sunday and it was a hit with the Family.

MissManda87

Can someone help me - I have made a sausage casserole in my slow cooker today and just had it for my dinner - was very yummy!! but i have some left - how should i heat it up for tomorrow!? Should I put it back in the slow cooker? if so on low/high and for how long - or should i do it on the hob??

Thanks

Amanda

knithappens

Rikki wrote:

It's called " The Slow Cooker Recipe Book" and its by Catherine Atkinson. (original title eh!)

Stange to be discussing slow cooker recipes on a hot day like today, but having said that I cooked phesant in red wine in mine yesterday. No slaving over a hot stove on a hot day for me.

just got this for £4.99 in Borders

prettypennies

I recently took the plunge and bought a 6.5l slow cooker. I have tried a few casseroles and such in it but the only thing I been really enjoyed that I have made in it is a chicken curry.

I would be grateful if some of the experienced slow cooker chefs out there would suggest their all time slow cooker successes with me.

So far when I have preapred things such as chicken casserole I have brown the meat and onions first. I have found the meat a bit on the dry and chewy side.