slow cooker help! need to thicken

missychrissy

I add 6 tablespoons of red lentils at the start of cooking a stew/casserole either in the oven or slow cooker. I find this thickens the liquid nicely and adds extra nutrition.

spike7451

missychrissy wrote: »

I add 6 tablespoons of red lentils at the start of cooking a stew/casserole either in the oven or slow cooker. I find this thickens the liquid nicely and adds extra nutrition.

I suppose you could do the same with Pearl Barley.

easy

Making fish pie - but trying to go really low fat - so can't make a buttery roux sauce like usual. How much cornflour will thicken the sauce, I hardly even use it, generally

Thanks

BitterAndTwisted

I reckon two rounded tablespoons should do it

kiwi_fruit

I'm not much of a cook at all but do a few random things occasionally- I tried making pork and cider casserole which tastes just lovely but whatever I do it just doesn't thicken. Last time I ended up putting about 6 heaped tablespoons of cornstarch(made into a paste with cold water), then just usual flour and it made virtually no difference, it was a consistency of a smoothie. It tastes very nice(and boozy after a can and a half of cider:D) but can't understand where am I going wrong with the consistency. Thanks a lot for any advice.

daisiegg

Are you simmering it once you've added the corn flour?

McKneff

Just stop with the cornflour and chuck in some gravy or chicken granules, that'll thicken it up.

Skint_Catt

I imagine that cornflour would thicken water/meat juices but not cider - sounds like a lot of cider!
C xx

kiwi_fruit

daisiegg wrote: »

Are you simmering it once you've added the corn flour?

Yes.. Basically what I do is sear the meat, remove it, then soften the onions, pour in the cider, bring it to the simmering stage, add the seasoning and at that point try to add the corstarch, it carries on simmering but doesn't actually thicken..

kiwi_fruit

McKneff wrote: »

Just stop with the cornflour and chuck in some gravy or chicken granules, that'll thicken it up.

So I can't use just cider as a base?:(