What sauce to add to slow cooker?

[LostMarbles99]

I've just ordered a slow cooker and I'm excited about trying it!

Do I just add stock with the ingredients?

Any tips for great slow cooker cooking?

Shoulder of lamb with onions, red wine, balsamic vinegar and rosemary. Slow cookers are great for slow pot roasts as well as casseroles. A friend makes pork with port and Stilton I keep meaning to ask the method.

Any casserole type packet mix.

Bolognese brown and drain mince first thou.

Any stew you would make on a hob. Remember plain stock will need thickening as usual. Corn flour/water mix can be added at the start or 30 mins or so before serving if you turn to high after adding.

I love my slow cooker

Yum! Thanks, sounds lovely!

There's a few threads about slow cookers in this topic and some great recipes.

You do have to be careful with the amount of liquid you add.

I have a chilli in our slow cooker right now!

And Pre-baby used it to make sausage casserole, soups, spag Bol sauce and shepherd pie filling for 'ready meals'

Love our slow cooker. And the pressure cooker...

you don't have to add more than a tbsp of liquid. Meat and veg will make their own, like a potroast.

If you pour off the juices you can use them n making a pour-over sauce. I believe some sauces will curdle if left for a long time. Sometimes by the time the meat is perfect, vegs will be mushy, so you can whiz them up into a sauce or thick gravy. A stick blender is good for this.

Don't use cream/yogurt they have split on me every time. But tbh it still tasted ok just looked like puke.

Whole chicken is good, just grease the sides, be careful of bones thou if you have dc, as it will be that soft it melts and little bones can hide

I have a glut of tomatoes and my kind neighbour also gave me a bag full so I made tomato sauce in the SC. A bit of sugar, a bit of salt, big glug of olive oil and bung it all in for 8 hours. Every now and again mash it with a potato masher. It could have done with a whizz in the liquidiser but I couldn't be bothered to wash it up afterwards. Froze some in plastic bags, cooked a lamb pasenda and then patatas bravas with the rest.

I'll post the lamb pasenda recipe later when I have some time. It's lovely in a slow cooker.