Will you use your slow cooker over xmas?

[EachandEveryone]

Im wondering if there’s something i can cook to save oven space to put in on xmas eve maybe? Its so last minute and im working until tomorrow. I havent had it long so not really that confident. A ham, maybe?

Always do slow cooker gammon when feeding more than just us, this year I am
Going to put the beef in it early Xmas day

We use it for the Red cabbage.

I use it for the pudding. Put it in when I get up and it’s hot for whenever we get round to eating it.

I'll do the red cabbage tomorrow and the ham on the 24th in mine

Do you do the ham overnight or on the day?

My beef is going in overnight on Xmas eve .

I will be doing my gammon in mine on Christmas eve.

I put the gammon in the slow cooker last thing before I go to bed on Christmas Eve and prep all the potatoes and veg.

Gammon for christmas eve and red cabbage overnight

I'll be doing my gammon in it on Christmas Day. 6 hours on low, no added liquid, it cooks to perfection!

Red cabbage here too, doing it tomorrow so I can have it with my bangers and mash tomorrow night!

I steam the Xmas pud in mine. Put the pud on an upturned saucer, water in the bottom, leave it for a few hours.

Safer than messing with a saucepan Of boiling water after several glasses of wine.

Will be doing a small turkey crown in mine.

I'll do gammon in cider and then use some of the gammon for pea and ham soup

Turkey crown in mine overnight, doesn't dry it out

Please can I have instructions for the red cabbage, and also the pudding!

Not heard of either of those going in a SC before - would love to know more.

I've already made my red cabbage and normally do a ham Xmas eve.

On the day, I use it to keep my carrots and broccoli hot so I can get them ready a bit ahead of serve up time.

I will. I have a very small oven. We're having lamb on Christmas day and I'll cook that in the slow cooker

I’m putting beef in mine for Christmas Day.

I do my turkey overnight in my big slow cooker and my gammon goes in my small one first thing Xmas morning. I also do as much of my veg in my electric steamer so it leaves my oven free for potatoes, stuffing, Yorkshire pudding and pigs in blankets

@CisMyArse

Please can I have instructions for the red cabbage, and also the pudding!

Not heard of either of those going in a SC before - would love to know more.

Any red cabbage recipe would do, just put it in the slow cooker for 3 or 4 hours. Too long and it will lose its colour. I throw in shredded red cabbage, sliced onions, sliced apples and a glug of cider or wine vinegar. Sometimes I add raisins or dried cranberries. Most people, I think, put bacon in but my husband doesn't eat meat. My daughter uses a recipe (either Gordon Ramsay or Jamie Oliver) that has star anise in. It's the sort of recipe that is infinitely variable as long as you have the basics of red cabbage, onion, apple and vinegar.

Another one here doing Christmas Eve gammon in the slow cooker.

Ham with some honey, wholegrain mustard and about 150ml water. On all day Christmas.

I've done a leg of lamb for xmases past in the SC but this year we're not having a traditional dinner so going to use it for a warm punch (apple juice, cinnamon, whiskey, chopped apple).

Great idea to do the pudding in there. I might try that this year.

Usually, the red cabbage.