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I love the idea of doing rice pudding in the slow cooker. Could someone please give me the recipe please?

Teresa

Thanks all for liver tips! I shall try give them a go now.

Oldbean

I found this on a forum on the Money Saving Expert website from a lady called Tracey B. Can I post this? Someone tell me if I can't and I'll delete it.

"I do liver in the slow cooker - and it comes out lovely!

I brown the liver, some bacon and onions lightly in a frying pan first (having dusted the liver in flour first) then throw it in the slow cooker for about 6 hours in some made up gravy!

I love it done this way - i just do the spuds seperately."

A word of warning, try this first as liver tends to go hard if it is over-cooked.

Sorry, liver and onions not one of OH' favourites. Have looked in my slow cooker book and they dont have a recipe for it. I have another book but I cant find it amongst the jumble of books. Will lokk again but if someone else can help in the meantime.........
have found it. Nearest I can get is Liver and bacon casserole.
!lb of lambs or pig liver
1oz of plain flour
sasoning
6 streaky rashers
1 small onion
150ml beef stock.
Wash and thinly slice liver, coat with seasone flour. Cook in lard until lightly coloured. Fry bacon in same fat and the chopped onoin. Put the bacon and onoin in the cooker and top with liver slices. Work remaining flour into lard cook for 2mins and add stock. bring to boil, stirring well and pour inot cooker. Cover and cook on high for 30mins then on low for 6-7hrs.
Alter amounts as you need or make enough to freeze some.
hope that is of help.

Hi Ann, yes I seem to be on...(holds breath)...I covered the gammon almost completely as I did want it boiled, if you like, but casseroles etc I use quite small amount of liquid as it doesn't reduce during cooking as it would normally. For example I have filled the slow-cooker now with the Burgundy Beef meat and veg, mixed it around a bit and I think it's about half-filled with wine. But of course I shall stir it well a few times so the top bits won't be dry.

I have got the slow-cooker leaflet somewhere, I'll see if I can find it.

Please could you give a step by step detail of liver and onions in slow cooker. We love it but I am afraid it won't be as tasty. We usually buy ready prepared liver and bacon from Supermarket that you just pop in oven, I know most people would be horrified at this! Anyway if someone could help, Jean in Wales perhaps?

Did You Know???....Beef Stew and dumplings was a Victorian meal.

An Interesting website with meals through the ages and picture recipes....worth a look for how to do it and ingredients

http://cookit.e2bn.org/historycookbook/1155-beef-stew-with-dumplings.html

susan Aaw shame Lol!!!! Wasn't me honest.

Helen (hello you are on!)

All recipes I have say you should cover the meat completely to prevent it drying out. But you said half the liquid. Is it OK to not cover the meat completely?

*glares at the dumpling scavengers.....lolol....

You can't BC!...Some-one's bought them all up Tsk!

*perks up....I never knew you could BUY dumplings? Well I never! lol BCXX

OK!..which one of you bought up all the dumplings? I sent Oh around all the shops in the neighbourhood and not one dumpling in sight! I had to resort to making my own Tsk!

Yesterday I boiled a large piece of gammon in mine, on low for about 11 hours (I did say it was a big piece !!)

It is lovely.

I usually cook casseroles in mine, using whatever I would put in normally but halving the liquid as it doesn't boil off in a slow-cooker the way it does in a normal casserole dish. Then I cook it on low for 3 to 4 times the amount of time it would take in a traditional casserole dish.

Think I will try the burgundy beef for tomorrow!

I must say when I cooked some pork loin chops with vegs in my slow cooker, have never tasted it so tender. I shall experiment with some of the recipes on here when I have a mo. Thanks again:-) BCXX

I cook braising steak on low for 7/8 hours Teddys girl it is said to be a lot cheaper than using an electric oven but I don't know about gas. It does make the meat melt in mouth tender. But, as BC says don't cook fish in it, it smells over the house!!

I had a slow cooker as a gift, but have never used it, I tend to make Scotch Broth, in a hot pot, and it only takes 20 mins in the micro wave. I generally leave this in the pot overnight and heat it up the next day takes 15 mins in the microwave.
I cook braised steak in my gas oven gas mark 3 for 3 hours..

How long does it take to cook such things in the slow cooker?

Liz,
A slow cooker is ideal for anyone working to come home to a hot nourishing meal.What I wonder about is ...would your son prepare it the night before?
Unless it is something simple like sticking some chicken portions in,but to make a casserole or similar ,the way I used it was to prepare at night and put it on in the morning before work.
Brenda x

I showed them to o.h. in Argos when we went in the other day but as I had tried and failed to get his attention about this thread before hand, it was a bit new to him and he doesn't cope well with surprises or spontaneity so we didn't get one. I will talk to him again tho as the little one like the one you got BC looks fine for us. There were a couple of larger ones for not much more and I did think I could make my usual bolognese sauce in it and freeze it in portions, I usually make it in a big wok! I also wondered whether my son would use one, as he could come home from work to a good meal then, whereas at the mo he is often tired and says he just does something for quickness and dozes off ( he has a long walk home and is a bit low so I think there is some depression there too)
I must remember to print this thread out with these recipes and ideas on too.

Lizx

As long as you dont do a fish stew, Mummo......am taking a break from mine! lol BCXX

I know Ann, l'm really naughty, lol.
Since Ed's been home l have so much in the freezer that l need to use it up before buying more.
Eddie did ask when l was going to use it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!