Slow cooking, either in dedicated slow cookers, or low temperature ovens.
I’ve been having great fun with the Foodi as an air fryer and pressure cooker, but this is my first experiment with the Foodi as a slow cooker. Beef and mixed veg in a beef and red wine stock.
Not so much a recipe as a general idea. I will post a recipe at a later date, when I have finished experimenting.
I had long believed that pears needed to be ripening before you can do anything with them. In fact I just checked a few websites that indicated that to cook pears, they should be ripe.
But I came across a recipe by Delia Smith which indicated that unripened pears could be poached.
I’ve cooked many beef stews, so this is nothing new.
But it is my first one in my Instant Pot.
So if I am trying to free up more kitchen top space, the last thing I should do is buy another gadget?
I used to say that I couldn’t be bothered with ribs, stupid fiddly bits of bone with not enough meat on them. Then I was introduced to the beef short-rib; first in Barbecoa, in London, and later in my own home.
About a year ago, I upgraded my single-person slow cooker to a 6.5L beastie. I’ve never regretted it, and have been getting good use out of it. Rather than have my little slow cooker on the go almost every day through winter, I can do a big stew, and then refrigerate or freeze portions, for reheating later. Plus, it makes easy work of turning a chicken carcass to stock.
For a change, I decided to make some pulled pork in my slow cooker, rather than my pellet smoker.
I’m usually very good at blowing my own trumpet about how good my home-smoked pulled pork is.
I have a beef stew in the slow cooker today. It is a very rough and ready recipe, which changes easily depending on what ingredients I have. Very roughly:
On the way back from an Easter break in Glasgow, I followed a friend’s advice and stopped off at the M6 Motorway Services at Tebay. These are one of the rare services that are not part of a chain – Tebay Services have a long history, excellent home-style food, and a brilliant farm shop.
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