In my slow cooker today...

Sui_Generis

HalfaSixpence wrote: »

What do you think: would I be mad to buy a 6.5 litre as well as my charity shop mini-size and cheapo argos medium size? I thought the argos one was really big when I bought it, but although I can fit a good size stew in there, it won't take turkey drumsticks or a whole chicken.

I can get a 1.5Kg chicken in my Argos 3.5L.

boredjellybean

today I have got 3lb of mince (plus onion, pepper, celery, carrot & toms) simmering away which will be spag bol for dinner tonight & I'll freeze the rest down in portions for the 4 of us ready to be used for whatever we fancy ie spag bol, chilli, lasagne etc

BB

elf06

Burp wrote: »

This morning I have a gammon joint in coca cola a la Nigella ... never done this before so keeping my fingers crossed! Will whip it out later to glaze

Burp x

I tried a chicken and cola sweet and sour thing one day and it was a disaster - please could you let me have this recipe so I can try it??

nicky1306

elf06 wrote: »

lentil and smoked sausage soup - yum yum

Would it be possible to have the recipie for this it sounds lovely!

elf06

Yep its a soup I have made for ages but only just tried it in SC today. You need 2 onions chopped up, 4 carrots sliced, 4 bits of celery sliced, 4 bay leaves, 20 whole peppercorns, 900ml approx of stock (supposed to be ham but I sometimes find it a little salty so you can use ham or veg or a mix of both) and approx 8 oz of red lentils (no need to soak ones are best). Chuck it all in and cook on high until it all goes thick and cooked then slice a smoked sausage and chuck it in and carry on cooking for about 45mins. All times are approx cos I wasnt really paying attention to when things went in. Can be frozen aswell so I make a batch and portion it up and freeze for another night!!

Burp_2

elf06 wrote: »

I tried a chicken and cola sweet and sour thing one day and it was a disaster - please could you let me have this recipe so I can try it??

I't's a Nigella Lawson recipe ... theres a thread a few pages down about it

Burp x

karren

made the most stunning tea! 4 onions, some mushrooms nearly past thier best, a bit of chicken leftover from sunday and a tin of pineapples! to this i added a tin of pineapples as there was hardly any chicken, popped it on at 8am and hey presto all done when i came home at 4.
Soaked some cous cos and quick easy tea all ready!!!

MissyMAD

Sublime wrote: »

Thanks, could you please post the recipe. :beer:

Steak and Mushroom Pudding

In a pan melt 40 grams butter and tbs of Olive oil.
Then add 2 large onions and sweat off until soft. Add 40 grams of brown sugar and stir in to the onions, leave to cook for 2 mins.
Add in 100grams of sliced mushrooms and leave for 2 mins. Then add 1tbs of plain flour and mix thoroughly.

For the pastry use Puff pastry ready to roll if you like. Line a 1.5 litre pudding base, saving some pastry for the lid (I only used a lid to save on calories.)

Make 150ml beef stock, add tsp of mustard and worstershire sauce to the stock mixture.

Layer the pudding bowl up with the onion and mushroom mix and the sliced beef. I used casserole beef steaks sliced 700g is more than enough.

Add the pastry lid, if using pastry in the bowl too then brush the top of the bowl pastry with egg and add the lid.

Make a tinfoil pleated top and pull out at the top so the pastry has space to rise. Wrap string round the pudding dish to secure the tinfoil, and also create a handle if required.

Put the pudding dish on an upturned saucer, and fill slow cooker with boiling water to half way up the pudding dish.

Recipie says takes 6 hours on high, I had mine on for 11 hours on low and it was cooked. Brown pastry top in oven to crisp up if necessary.

notsorichandnotsofamous

I am trying Elfs Sausages in cider today but am replacing the sausages with pork loin chops,

Thanks Elf

Deb

boredjellybean

in my SC at the moment is a tomato & lentil soup that I am experimenting with

I bunged it in last night before bed & am about to go & taste to see how it turned out

I have decided making soup overnight will be perfect for winter so I can have it ready to give to children for packed lunches & hubs to take to work so if anyone has any SC soup recipes I'd be grateful

Will update when I've tested my soup

BB