The Complete Slow Cooker

Packed with recipes, tips and techniques, this is the only slow cooker book you'll ever need!

Slow cookers are very cheap to run, environmentally friendly and incredibly versatile - everyone should have one! The Complete Slow Cooker will guide you through a fantastic selection of dishes, helping you to understand how to get the most out of this essential cooking tool. With over 120 recipes, discover how to make soups, stews, pies, puddings, risottos, fondues, preserves, terrines, drinks and a host of desserts and cakes.

This book contains a short-cut chapter with speedy meals that don't require you to brown the meat beforehand so you can enjoy delicious dinners without all of the prep. It also contains a cheat chapter that offers recipes using ready-made jars, cans, and chilled extras so you can choose the amount of time spent cooking with this versatile collection.

With recipes that are anything but boring, this book allows you to come home from work to a gourmet meal. There is also advice on adapting your own recipes, adjusting cooking times and making the most out of forgotten cuts of meat and other economical ingredients. Packed with original, delicious and creative recipes, The Complete Slow Cooker stands out from the rest.

Recipes Include:

Vegetable Broth With Mini Bacon Dumplings

Crab Gumbo

Courgette and Broad Bean Frittata

Mediterranean Roasted Vegetable Terrine

Potato, Apple and Bacon Hotpot

Cidered Pork with Sage Dumplings

Maple Glazed Ribs

Chicken Korma

Barley Risotto with Blue Cheese Butter

Chicken Avgolemono

Pork Goulash

Stuffed Breast of Lamb

Mushroom Cobbler

Pumpkin and Parmesan Gnocchi

Pot Roast Pheasant with Chestnuts

Green Chicken Curry

Saffron Pears with Chocolate

Iced Jamaican Ginger Cake

Beetroot Chutney

Hot Buttered Rum

Apricot Conserve

And many more!

Sara Lewis is an experienced home economist and food writer. She was the cookery editor of Practical Parenting magazine for over 12 years and is the author of many cookery books including Kids in the Kitchen, Ultimate Slow Cooker and Hamlyn All Colour: 200 Cakes & Bakes, all published by Hamlyn.