MINESTRONE
½ cup Haricot beans, soaked overnight 1½ litres Stock
12.5ml Oil 1 large Onion, chopped
1 sliced Leek 2 diced Carrots
2 diced Potatoes 1 diced Turnip
1 cup Shelled peas or chopped green beans 250gr Spinach, chopped
1 cup Elbow macaroni
SEASONING:
1 teaspoon Sugar 4 large ripe tomatoes,
Grated parmesan cheese skinned and
coarsely
chopped
While preparing vegetables, preheat slow cooker on HIGH. Sauté the onion, leek, carrots,
potatoes and turnip. Remove to cooker and add stock, peas or beans, tomatoes, seasonings
and sugar. Cook on HIGH for 4 hours or 6 hours on LOW. Add spinach and macaroni and
continue cooking on HIGH for a further 60 minutes. Add parmesan cheese.
BEEF CASSEROLE
500gr Steak 300ml Water
1 dessertspoon Vinegar 1 teaspoon Sugar
2 tablespoons Plain flour 1 teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 1 cup Diced carrots
4 tablespoons Tomato sauce 1 cup Sliced onions
1 teaspoon Dry mustard
Remove fat from meat. Cut into pieces. Mix flour/mustard mixture. Spoon into bowl. Mix all
other ingredients and pour over meat. Add carrots and onions. Cook on "AUTO" for 6-7 hours.
GREAT AUSSIE POT ROAST
1.5 - 1.8kg Boneless pot roast beef 1 stalk Celery (5cm pieces)
2 small Sliced onions 1 can (225g) Mushrooms, drained o
2 teaspoons Salt 1/4 cup mushrooms
in sauce
¼ cup Flour ⅛ teaspoon Pepper
3 tablespoons Flour ¼ cup Water
3 Carrots, sliced lengthwise 3 Potatoes,
peeled and
and cut into 5cm pieces quartered
Trim all excess fat from the roast; brown and drain if using chuck or highly marbled cut.
Combine ¼ cup flour, salt and pepper. Coat meat with the flour mixture. Place all vegetables,
except mushrooms into slow cooker and top with roast (cut roast in half if necessary to fit
easily). Spread mushrooms evenly over the top of the roast. Cover and cook on LOW setting
for 10 -12 hours.
If desired, turn to HIGH setting for the last hour to soften the vegetables and make gravy.
To thicken, make a smooth paste of 3 tablespoons flour and the water and stir into the slow
cooker. Season to taste before serving. (Serves 4 -6)
APPLE PORK CHOPS