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slow cooker recipes
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I've had a slow cooker, quite literally for years, sitting in a cupboard in my kitchen... never used it!
can anyone recommend a good recipe book, or is it far more simple than that? I don't have the first idea!
can anyone recommend a good recipe book, or is it far more simple than that? I don't have the first idea!
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Sara you can cook a joint of meat in a slow cooker no problem I hardly ever use the oven to cook a joint except for pork 'cos I like the crackling .
For example a piece of brisket ,silverside ,topside, a chicken ,a gammon joint .Half a leg of lamb .
For beef I just put in the pot cook it on low for six hours ..bingo. It makes it's own gravy you don't need any liquid and you just have to thicken the gravy .Brisket is best as it has nice marbling of fat .You might need a little liquid for topside or silverside as it's not so fatty .But only a teacupful of stock .
Chicken ,bung a lemon and a load of garlic up it's rear end ,plonk it in and cook for six hours on medium or all day on low .Same with lamb just shove it in .Or add some cider for gammon .Or you can put vegetables in the bottom of the pot and lay the meat on top.Whichever way the meat will be really tender .You can use any old cheap cuts of meat because the long slow cooking process cooks it to perfection .
So you could use chuck steak instead of expensive braising steak for example to make a casserole .
For example a piece of brisket ,silverside ,topside, a chicken ,a gammon joint .Half a leg of lamb .
For beef I just put in the pot cook it on low for six hours ..bingo. It makes it's own gravy you don't need any liquid and you just have to thicken the gravy .Brisket is best as it has nice marbling of fat .You might need a little liquid for topside or silverside as it's not so fatty .But only a teacupful of stock .
Chicken ,bung a lemon and a load of garlic up it's rear end ,plonk it in and cook for six hours on medium or all day on low .Same with lamb just shove it in .Or add some cider for gammon .Or you can put vegetables in the bottom of the pot and lay the meat on top.Whichever way the meat will be really tender .You can use any old cheap cuts of meat because the long slow cooking process cooks it to perfection .
So you could use chuck steak instead of expensive braising steak for example to make a casserole .
Well sara if that was me I would stick them in the cooker on medium for about six hours .But ......as you have never used it before don't chance it if you are having people for dinner
.Better to experiment first on something easy .
They are one of these things I 've used for years so I'm used to judging the cooking times etc and am confident using it .
I don't want any soliciters letters :)))
.Better to experiment first on something easy .
They are one of these things I 've used for years so I'm used to judging the cooking times etc and am confident using it .
I don't want any soliciters letters :)))
