Recipes
The recommended cooking times are given after the title of each recipe.
See opposite: Minestrone high 4-5/low 6-10. This means you can cook it on
high for anything from 4 to 5 hours, or on low for 6 to 10 hours.
After cooking for the time you set on the display, the slow cooker will go into
Warm mode. Don’t leave it on Warm for more than about 3 hours. After this,
flavour loss becomes noticeable, and textures become confused.
Remember, the cooking liquid must be boiling hot before it’s added to the
preheated crock pot.
The metric and imperial measures in these recipes are not exact equivalents.
Use metric or imperial, don’t mix the two in the same recipe.
Tablespoons (tbsp) are 15ml, teaspoons (tsp) are 5ml, spoons are level.
The recipes yield 2-3 servings. Use them to familiarise yourself with your slow
cooker, then use them as a guide — vary the ingredients, vary the quantities,
and taste the results. Keep notes, write down what changes you make, and
you’ll build up a range of recipes which suit your taste. Keep notes of the not
so successful ones as well, so that you know what not to do next time.
To adapt your own recipes for the slow cooker, we suggest you find a recipe in
this booklet which uses similar ingredients and use that as a guide for timing
and liquid quantity, along with the food preparation guidelines given earlier.
Be careful with quantities. After all the initial ingredients are put into the
crock pot, it shouldn’t be more than threequarters full, to allow for expansion.
If you overfill, it may spit hot water.
Soup
If home-made soup appeals to you, then try some in your slow cooker. Tasty,
home-made soup can be left simmering all day or overnight. Soup benefits
from long cooking, so there’s no need to worry if it’s left for a few hours
longer than intended. Flavours develop and mingle slowly and gently .
1.Trim and cut up the meat and/or vegetables.
2.Fry them lightly In a large pan, with a little cooking oil/butter/margarine.
3.If thickening is required, stir in flour or cornflour, then gradually add stock.
4.Bring to the boil, season to taste, and transfer to the crock pot.
5.Cook for the time shown, then adjust the seasoning.
6.Don’t add milk till the final half hour of cooking. Cream or egg yolk may be
added just before serving.
French onion soup high 3-4/low 5-7
Butter or margarine 25g (1oz)
Onions, sliced 450g (1lb)
Chicken stock 550ml (1pt)
Salt and pepper to taste
Bay leaf 1
French bread 4 slices
Grated cheese 100g (4oz)
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