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Welcome to Celtnet's Crockpot/Slow Cooker Recipes Page — This is the first an entire series of pages that will, I hope, allow my visitors to better navigate this site. The crockpot or slow cooker has established itself as a very convenient way of slow cooking stews and meat. In essence it's a metal shell with a heating element in which a metal or ceramic insert is placed. This heats up and cooks the food by honvection. A tight-fitting lid is placed on the top and this lets very little steam escape. As the temperature can be set very low it's possible to cook the meal very slowly over a long period of time without it's drying out. As a result you can start a meal before going to work, leave it cooking all day and it's ready to eat when you get home. This slow cooking is also an excellent way of tenderizing tough meat. Just about any stew can be cooked in a crockpot and all the stewing recipes on this site can be adapted for this cooking method. In this selection of recipes, however, you will find ways to make desserts, sauces, cakes, pasta dishes and jams/jellies with your crockpot, to show you just how versatile this particular cooking method can be.
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Alphabetical list of crockpot/slow cooker recipes follows (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 224 recipes in total:
The Romans were the first peoples to formally add a dessert course at the end of a meal. Here you will learn a little about why we like sweet desserts and why they all, in one way or another, echo the fruit our ancestors used to eat. You will also see two recipes for classic fruit-based desserts.
Humans have been making cheeses as long as they have been farming and cheeses represent a versatile and useful storage food available in a staggering array of variants. Learn a little about cheese and discover two classic cheese-based recipes.
West African cuisine is all based around making the most of all the ingredients available. This is a hearty, cheap and quite spicy stew that makes use those parts of the animal that we in the West tend to ignore - hearts and livers. The dish is very tasty and makes a wonderful accompaniment to rice. It's very cheap to prepare and extremely healthy for you.
Here is a simple step-by-step guide to letting you get the most from your cake baking. This article takes you through some of the history, science and practicalities of cake making so you will know not only what to do, but why your should do it. Armed with this information you can turn out perfect light and creamy cakes time after time...
Chicken is perhaps one of the most versatile meats available to the cook. Partly because chickens grow quickly but also because chicken meat, if cooked properly, remains tender and succulent during the cooking process. Chicken also lends itself to a vast array of cooking methods from stewing to roasting. Here you will learn a little about chickens and chicken meats along with two classic chicken recipes.
Spices are an ubiquitous component of our daily lives. Learn here why black pepper is such an important spice and why the age-old quest for spices is a search for a black pepper replacement.
Chocolate is perhaps the most indulgent ingredient to emerge from the Americas. It was once considered a royal drink and prepared especially for the ruling elite. Chocolate itself is made from the cocoa bean and as such is actually, technically, a spice. It's hardly surprising that this magical substance has inspired a host of memorable quotations...
When thinking of cakes, everyone automatically imagines a recipe for baking. Yet, for hundreds of years before ovens became ubiquitous cakes were being steamed rather than baked. Here you will find a recipe for a classic steamed cake that you can prepare anywhere, even on the barbecue or whilst camping. Wow your friends by giving them a freshly-steamed cake the next time you go camping.
Liberia is a West African country formed by freed slaves. It is one of only two African countries never to have come under European rule. Liberia is also one of the few African countries with a tradition of baking. Sitting alongside these are ingredients sourced directly from the rainforest.
Learn a little about the origins of British biscuits and American cookies and how these classic baked goods differ from one another. Also presented is a recipe for a classic American chocolate chip cookie and a traditional British tea-time biscuit.
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