What's in your Slow Cooker 2019

Slinky

At the weekend I cooked low carb chocolate lava cake in the slow cooker. Never cooked anything sweet before. OMG it was absolutely yummy.

piperlynn

So pleased to find this thread as a new member. I have recently been making bread in mine, trying to avoid using expensive electric oven. Thrilled to bits with result. A revelation.😁

joedenise

piperlynn said:

So pleased to find this thread as a new member. I have recently been making bread in mine, trying to avoid using expensive electric oven. Thrilled to bits with result. A revelation.😁

Tell me more!  Have never made bread in the SC.  

Jacket potatoes are really good done in the SC and then frozen.  You can just reheat for a few minutes in the microwave.  After scrubbing and stabbing with a fork or sharp knife, spray with oil and wrap in foil.  Cook on Low for 6-8 hours.

Denise

piperlynn

Ok Denise. This is what I do.
450 grams flour. I use spelt flour, or half and half white and wholemeal bread flour.
Then chuck in 1 sachet yeast, level dessertspoon sugar, good pinch of salt, splash of olive oil, 
300 mil hand hot water. 
Mix in Kenwood Chef ( or knead by hand ) until smooth dough. 
Put greaseproof paper in bottom of lightly oiled SC. Press the dough in.
Put lid on, with a folded tea towel under so condensation does not drip on the loaf. 
Switch on High for 2.5 hours. 
Done !
Sometimes I chuck in a handful of sunflower seeds, or a load of finely chopped rosemary. Yum.
Loaf will go crusty and brown on bottom and sides, not the top. 
Does not bother us though  just chuffed not to use oven too much, expensive.
Fingers crossed it works for you. Really good. None of this leaving it to rise malarkey. 😊😊

joedenise

Thanks for the recipe piperlynn.  Will give that a go at some time but not at the moment as have soon we are using.

Gintotmelinda

Today there is  mince in the slow cooker for a cottage pie tonight.

SallySunshine

Tried a rice pudding in my slow cooker yesterday. Using a recipe for S.C., it was dire, recipe included evaporated milk, water, sultanas and cinnamon and arborio rice, recipe from allrecipes.co.uk
Cooked on slow for 5 hrs, stirring halfway through. it was very thick so added a little more milk. Looked like sludge, and stuck to pot
Garden birds are enjoying this now , took overnight soaking and good scrub to clean out ceramic pot.
Never again! 

Gintotmelinda

There is a vegetable tagine in my slpw cooket this afternoon. I will serve it with couscous this evening.

nanto3girls

SallySunshine said:

Tried a rice pudding in my slow cooker yesterday. Using a recipe for S.C., it was dire, recipe included evaporated milk, water, sultanas and cinnamon and arborio rice, recipe from allrecipes.co.uk
Cooked on slow for 5 hrs, stirring halfway through. it was very thick so added a little more milk. Looked like sludge, and stuck to pot
Garden birds are enjoying this now , took overnight soaking and good scrub to clean out ceramic pot.
Never again! 

I always use slow cooker liners.

Debran

Decided to do some jacket potatoes for the first time in my slow cooker yesterday - oiled, salted and wrapped in foil.   I didn't expect them to be like the ones you bake in the oven.  However, I found that whilst they were thoroughly cooked, they had the consistency of boiled potatoes.  Not sure if I will bother again.  May as well just boil them on the gas hob.