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Post by jody on Mar 22, 2013 16:17:39 GMT 10
My daughter bought it for my birthday. Trying it today....I'm cooking a chicken, leek, mustard and sage casserole....smells great. There is also potato, garlic and lemon zest in there.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2013 19:30:02 GMT 10
Try cooking corned beef in a slow cooker.
It is simply divine and melts in our mouth if you do it properly....
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Post by jody on Mar 22, 2013 20:11:26 GMT 10
I have a recipe here for corned beef.....will definitely be trying it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2013 20:23:21 GMT 10
The trick with corned beef is to cook it in a lot of water, but add a tiny amount of malt vinegar. Then cook it on the slowest heat possible from your slow cooker. You will be blown away at just how tasty and tender it turns out if you cook it by that method.
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Post by jody on Mar 22, 2013 20:27:57 GMT 10
ok.....will try that.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2013 20:40:59 GMT 10
Don't put any veges in with the corned beef though.
Just cook it by itself.
Do you own a steamer, Jody? I have a multi-level Sunbeam steamer that I use for most veges.
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Post by jody on Mar 22, 2013 20:53:22 GMT 10
I like my steamed veges quite crisp so I do them in a steamer in the microwave. My new slow cooker is a Sunbeam.....has high, low and warm up.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2013 21:11:25 GMT 10
To end up with really tender corned beef, use the low setting.
It will take several hours and you may have to top it up with more water (and a tiny amount of vinegar), but the result is worth it.
My sister put me on to cooking corned beef in the slow cooker. I always used to wonder why her corned beef was so tender and if took a few years before I twigged to how she was cooking it. She actually puts a tiny bit of sugar into the liquid as well, but I don't bother doing that.
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Post by jody on Mar 22, 2013 22:33:59 GMT 10
The slow setting is 8 hours, fast setting 4 hours.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2013 8:44:20 GMT 10
I got fed corned beef to the eyeballs as a kid...no longer a fan. How was the chicken and leek casserole, Jody? I would love a slow cooker, but here in the wet tropics, the food would go mouldy before it got chance to cook! :-) When we move to cooler climes, one will be on the cards.
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Post by jody on Mar 23, 2013 9:06:07 GMT 10
It was amazing Grim. Large chicken breast chunks just fell apart, it was so tender.
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Post by garfield on Mar 23, 2013 9:15:40 GMT 10
I like doing roasts in mine, they turn out so tender, you can't even get them out of the pan without them falling apart.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2013 10:53:19 GMT 10
I can see lamb shanks would be amazing cooked in one too...
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Post by jody on Mar 29, 2013 8:43:22 GMT 10
Doing a corned beef today. I have added chopped onion, malt vinegar, peppercorns, brown sugar and bay leaves. cook for around 8 to 10 hours.....having it with mash and veges. I did a chicken the other day and wasn't thrilled, though it was tender. I prefer rotisserie chicken.
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Post by jody on Apr 11, 2013 8:20:14 GMT 10
Grim , I did lamb shanks in a red wine yesterday and OMG they were good.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2013 9:55:09 GMT 10
I was given a slow cooker a couple of years ago by a friend who never used hers and it was cluttering up her kitchen. So it's been cluttering up my kitchen ever since. Just might pull it out and see if it's still working.
As for the corned beef ... I always add malt vinegar, brown sugar, bayleaves and onion to the water. I also cook the carrots and parsnips whole in the same water for the last hour and they taste fantastic. Depending on the piece of corned beef it usually takes about 2 hours at a very gentle simmer - that's the secret to a tender piece of meat. If you can't get your heat down to that very slow simmer, buy a simmer mat.
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Post by volk on Apr 14, 2013 17:56:21 GMT 10
Jody & Stellar, that sounds very much the same recipe I've been using for 30 years with corned silverside. A slow simmer, two hours, scrumptious. We have a slow cooker but I've not used it for corned meat yet (but I soon will). Brown sugar? Yes, always do that, I've even quartered an orange and thrown that in for sweetness. I too throw in veggies in the final stages.
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Post by jody on Apr 14, 2013 18:16:00 GMT 10
I am slow cooking potato and bacon soup in it today.
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Post by volk on Apr 15, 2013 7:54:35 GMT 10
I forgot to include... do you add some cloves? I always throw in 8 to 10 cloves.
Potato and bacon soup? Now that sounds nice!
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Post by jody on Apr 15, 2013 8:07:27 GMT 10
It was very nice Volk and so easy to make. red skin potatoes, onion, chicken stock, salt and pepper. Then 20 minutes before it's done unthickened cream. Blend it with a hand blender then add diced and fried bacon bits....toss a bit of cheese on top when you serve it.....very good. If you want quantities let me know.
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Post by volk on Apr 15, 2013 10:48:03 GMT 10
.....very good. If you want quantities let me know. If you could please Jody. It sounds like a nice soup to be simmering in the kitchen on a cold Sunday afternoon, just waiting to cook some toast and settle down to a hearty meal.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2013 11:01:49 GMT 10
They have potato soup in the asylum ... it makes me want to gag.
Volk ... no, I've never added cloves to my corned beef. I can't really see myself using the slow cooker for corned beef, it seems a bit small. I always thought you had to have a lot of water to counteract the saltiness.
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Post by volk on Apr 15, 2013 11:21:43 GMT 10
You can buy salt reduced corned beef. (Not as tasty IMHO.) We've tried the salt reduced stuff Earl.. once... never tried it again. Very bland.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2013 12:34:44 GMT 10
They have potato soup in the asylum ... it makes me want to gag. Potato & Leek soup is a real winter's day favourite of mine!
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Post by volk on Apr 19, 2013 15:52:51 GMT 10
Tried our favourite recipe with a 1kg piece of silverside in the slow cooker yesterday. You folks weren't joking about the outcome, far more tender than it's ever been, absolute melt in your mouth piece of beast. Dinner last night was very nice.
So was lunch today..... braised lamb shanks on mash potato and onion gravy at the Kirribilli Club, overlooking a brisk, windswept Sydney Harbour. Retirement takes some getting used to you know?
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