Slow Cookers 

By Cuisinart, All-Clad & Cucina Pro

The slowcooker or crock pot is among the finest labor-saving appliances in the cook's kitchen. It's superb for beginner chefs as all they need to do is put the ingredients in and turn it on. Later that day, you come back home to a house full of amazing smells and meal prepared to eat.

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     These are some beginners tips about using your slowcooker.

When buying a slowcooker, try to get one with a liner you can remove. They're much better for clean-up. If it doesn't have a removable one, all isn't lost! You can use any cooking bag and there won't be any cleaning. Use some PAM before you fill it to make things even easier.

 145 deg is the temp the food has to reach as quick as possible. If you're around during the cooking times, test the food temperature after about three hrs of cooking on LOW - it needs to be between 140 and 160. If it's not, you might want to see if your cooker is working.

 For food safety reasons, it's a good idea to cook on HIGH during the first hour to quickly bring the temperature up to 145 degrees. After that you should change to a lower setting until it's done. The LOW setting is about 200 , and the HIGH setting should be around 300.

 Experts suggest that you do not use food that is frozen in the slowcooker. You should defrost your ingredients before using the slowcooker so that the food can hit 140 degrees as quickly as possible The informed choice is up to you.

An hour on HIGH equals two hours on LOW. Take out cooked food from the crockpot or liner before you chill the cooked food. Because the liner is made of such thick material, the food won't cool down quickly enough to stop the expansion of dangerous bacteria.

                            Tips for using the Slowcooker

Only fill the slowcooker one half to two thirds full. Food won't cook correctly if the pot is filled to bursting. If the ingredients and liquid level is lower, the foods will cook too fast.

Foods cooked on the base of the crock-pot cook quicker and will be moister because they're submerged in the cooking liquid.

The fat will melt with long cooking times, and will add an unpleasant texture to the completed dish. Fatty foods will also heat too quickly.

 You can thicken the juices and combine flavours by taking away the cover and cooking on HIGH for the last half hour of cooking time.

Most meats need eight hrs of cooking on a low setting. Use less expensive cuts of meat - not only do you save cash, but these meats cook better in the . Less expensive cuts of meat have less fat, which makes them more suited to slowcooker cooking.

Make sure to follow instructions carefully. Vegetables do not cook as fast as meat, so they need to be placed in the bottom of the cooker. Do not lift the lid to stir, especially if you are heating on the low setting. Everytime you raise the cover, enough heat will get out the cooking time should be extended by twenty mins to a half hour. To test progress without lifting the cover, spin the cover until the condensation falls off. Then it's easy to see inside.

Bon Appetite!

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