Slow cooker recipes

[Snoop Puss]

Some good recipes here:

https://www.saltandlavender.com/category/crockpot/

[Snoop Puss]

Am thinking of making this with Mr Snoop tomorrow. It uses precooked chickpeas so the chance of failure is minimised.

https://blog.thezenofslowcooking.com...garbanzo-stew/

The recipe gives timings for either high or low. I presume this is to fit in with people's timetables. But is there an advantage to using low rather than high, or vice versa, other than that?

Thanks.

[Nicos]

^^^ that looks like something I would try on the hob too on a low heat.
Let us know how you get on!

[Containergardener]

Just time of cooking for me, I often don't get it started until midday so cook on high . Can always knock down to low.

[Snoop Puss]

Thanks, guys. Will let you know, Nicos.

[greenishfing]

Just time of cooking for me, I often don't get it started until midday so cook on high . Can always knock down to low.

I'm the same. If organised longer on low, if it's already lunchtime I'll put it on high.

[Snoop Puss]

Thanks for the info. High suits me a lot better, especially at the moment: bright mornings, cloudy afternoons. I could have made it today, in the end. Will definitely try tomorrow if the day starts fine.

[Bren In Pots]

Snoop I read somewhere that meat is better cooked slow and long but things like veg and beans it doesn’t make a difference.

[Snoop Puss]

Snoop I read somewhere that meat is better cooked slow and long but things like veg and beans it doesn’t make a difference.

Really useful info, Bren. Thanks.

[Snoop Puss]

^^^ that looks like something I would try on the hob too on a low heat.
Let us know how you get on!

Link to remind you what it was but not to encourage you to make it, as it was bland, boring and beggars belief anyone would think it was worth eating.
https://blog.thezenofslowcooking.com...garbanzo-stew/

Just as well we've got a jar of Patak's hot mango pickle (three chillies on the label) to perk it up a bit.

I need to start adapting recipes we like to the slow cooker. The recipes I've been making are American, it occurs to me, and the spicing is so uninteresting it's not even one-dimensional, more like quarter-dimensional.

[Containergardener]

Im terrible for not sticking to recipes. I'm always adding extra flavours

[Snoop Puss]

I've gone old-fashioned. A proper book rather than internet recipes. And a total hit. Only one recipe in it that I won't make (celery braised in orange - Mr Snoop loathes celery).

Slow Cooker Heaven, by Lorna Brash (published by the National Trust).

[Bren In Pots]

Snoop, talking of old fashioned brisket is one of my favourite slow cooker meals it’s so tasty after a long slow cook, also leftovers are good on sandwiches.

[Snoop Puss]

Snoop, talking of old fashioned brisket is one of my favourite slow cooker meals it’s so tasty after a long slow cook, also leftovers are good on sandwiches.

Thanks, Bren. I've been looking at that. Where I live isn't a big beef area so the local butchers tend not to stock much of a selection. Animals are jointed differently here, so I may have to show them a picture of where brisket comes from, see what my local butcher has to say.

I can buy what I think is the equivalent of topside. It looks like quite a tough joint in the butcher's (assuming I've got the right joint), but Lorna Brash suggests pot-roasting it. What do you reckon?

Edited to add, in case it's relevant: the topside joint I can buy here has no outer fat and no visible marbling either.

[Bren In Pots]

Snoop I've found a couple of links, I agree its confusing with the different names for the same cuts of meat. :-

After much experimentation, we can confirm that thebest cut to use for a Slow Cooker Sunday Roast Beef – is topside of beef
https://www.slowcookerclub.com/slow-cooker-roast-beef/


The Best Beef Cuts For Tender Slow Cooker Roasts - Boss The Kitchen

The best beef cuts for slow cooking - delicious. magazine (deliciousmagazine.co.uk)