A load of manky old veg – spuds, a soft pepper, a wrinkly courgette and some soft carrots. Oh, and some very sad celery. Only the leek was pristine and fresh. Diced small by hand (because I felt like it – often I don’t), hurled in the slow cooker with some barley, seasoning, water and…
Tag: slow cooker
lamb massaman
We’re trying to clear out the freezer in the shed, so we can replace it with another, smaller one. And there was a shoulder of lamb, so I thought I’d give this a go. for the massaman sauce: 4 dried chillis, soaked in boiling water for about 20 minutes 1 tsp each cumin seeds, coriander…
the risotto that wasn't
using up: smoked trout, a bulb of fennel We like risotto; sometimes I make it in the oven, and sometimes I stand over the pot, ladling in stock. Whatever, I know my 5oz of rice to 1 pint of liquid works. Today, I thought I’d try the slow cooker. I did a bit of Googling,…
red cabbage and apple
We’re big fans of red cabbage – it goes so well with stews, and sausages, and cold meat, and roast goose, and and and.
I normally make it in a Le Creuset pot, and cook it in a very low oven, but I thought I’d give it a whirl in the slow cooker, and it was great!
vegetable and flageolet bean soup
About five carrots, two sticks of celery, and a leek, chopped up small. About a mugful of flageolet beans, soaked in boiling water and left for about six hours. The remains of last week’s soup – about half a pint of tomato and lentil. All hurled in the slow cooker, topped up with cold water,…
moroccan meatballs with sweet pepper sauce
As I said in the spag bol post, I had about a pound of mince left over. In fact, when we weighed it, it was 1lb 7oz!
Pete set to making the meatballs; he ground cumin, coriander, allspice, fennel seeds and cinnamon, finely chopped a shallot and some garlic, and mashed it all together. It made 18 walnut-sized meatballs. He left out salt, but we realised before it was too late …
spag bol
Pretty much everyone (apart from vegetarians, I guess) loves spag bol, and most people have their own tried and tested recipes. We had a load of mince in the freezer, and a slow cooker needing to be experimented with, so what could be better? …
I haz slow cooker!
Bought on eBay for almost exactly the sum I sold some Russell & Bromley loafers! Been thinking about one for a while, and thought it was worth a go.
I shall be posting recipes for it (if they work!). At the moment, we are testing it with some Indian dhal thus: