Antony's Slow Cooking: 100 easy recipes for the slow cooker, the oven and the hob

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He has also lent his name to a bestselling range of cookware, confirming his enduring popularity, and as a name that people can trust. All pressure cookers tested can be used on a gas hob; usable capacity is the maximum amount of food that can be cooked in one go. Beloved in his native Britain, the author got an early celebrity push from Diana, the late princess of Wales, who put one of his restaurants (Menage a Trois in Knightsbridge) on the map. I was looking more for techniques (still not sure about the amount of liquid I should be adding) rather than recipes but there’s plenty of both here.

Well known as a TV chef, author, broadcaster and Award-winning restaurant owner, Antony Worrall Thompson also used to supply his restaurant with his own home grown organic veggies.

Using the slow cooker as a steamer did work really well, especially since it was in a pudding basin rather that cake tin so I’ll keep that in mind for future recipes too. Here noted TV chef Antony Worrall Thompson presents his recipes for 100 slow-cooked dishes from all over the world with ingredients and photography to tempt meat-eaters and vegetarians alike, from Seafood Laska and Paprika Goulash to Kashmiri Spiced Vegetables and Jamaican Coconut Bananas, though more traditional dishes such as roasts and stews are included too.

Antony has written numerous bestselling books, including Real Family Food, Fast Family Food and Antony Makes it Easy for Mitchell Beazley. I don’t think the flavours are strong enough to maintain interest for a large main course, although the OH said it tasted quite ‘meaty’, and I needed to add cheese to the top, as usual! Arguably, getting something for totally free will get a true MoneySaver's heart pumping faster than any cardio workout ever could.

Antony Worrall Thompson is a hugely successful author, having sold in excess of 490,000 copies of his range of books in the UK to date. Antony's recipes are easy to follow, so whether you have been using a slow cooker for years or have just bought one, there are lots of recipes here for you.

The webchat will run between 1 and 2pm so put the date in your diary and if you can't join us next Tuesday but have a question you'd like to put to Antony, post it to this thread. Once you have put the ingredients into the casserole, you just leave them to cook while you get on with. For those who are new to the blog, I’m about a third of the way through a self-set challenge – Cooking the Books! Please tick if you would like to receive news, offers and information from our trusted and carefully selected partners that we think you might like.On all the models tested, the lid locks on to the pan, and a replaceable rubber gasket seals the lid to the pan until pressure is released at the end of cooking.

Both methods allow you to save not only home-and-hungry time but also money, because they're ideal for tenderising cheaper, tougher, less fashionable cuts of meat. By translating oven and stovetop cooking times into slow-cooker settings in one small and simple chart, he has provided no less than a holy grail to home cooks. I can almost smell the aroma of a beautiful, steaming bowl of stew – my favourite of all comfort foods. Anyway, begin like this: Stir fry chopped leeks, sliced onions, garlic and cayenne until lightly browned and beginning to soften. This is one of three cookbooks that I read recently where there wasn't one recipe I would consider trying.It was summertime, the weather was good, who wanted to be figuring out a new piece of kitchen kit – especially as it came without instructions – when there was gardening to be done?