Beef Bourguignon

Ingredients
1 kg beef, large dice [gravy beef, chuck, brisket]
2 tablespoons of plain flour
olive oil
brown onions
carrots
garlic
1 can of tomato paste
1/2 litre of white wine
1/2 litre of beef stock
2 large sweet potatoes, 
1 can coconut cream
1 ginger

Method
Toss diced beef in flour to coat. Brown in olive oil in saucepan. Do it in batches.
Remove beef and set aside.
Brown onions, carrots and garlic until soft.
Add tomato paste and stir for 1 minute.
Add white wine and scrap the bottom of the pot for caramelised bits.
Add beef stock and cook for about 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low.
Add sweet potatoes, coconut cream and ginger and cook for about 20 minutes.
Serve with a dinner roll.
Enjoy!

Rich Fruit Cake (3 Ingredients)

I have memories of spending Christmas with my family. Taking a Christmas cake for my contribution to dessert. We would serve it with custard, be that warm or cold and vanilla ice cream.

Here's a quick put together recipe for Christmas cake for cooking in the slow cooker.

Ingredients
1kg mixed fruit
750ml fluid (orange juice, apple juice and brandy)
2 cups SR flour

Method
Soak fruit in fluid for 24 hours.
Mix in SR flour and put into a greased loose bottom baking pan.
Put in slow cooker and cook for 8 hours on low, with water half way up baking pan.
Remove and cool before icing.

Alternative Flavours:

750ml of iced coffee instead of the orange juice, apple juice and brandy.

750ml mix of iced coffee and baileys.

Wishing you and yours a safe and Happy Christmas and enjoy all the food you prepare.

Enjoy.

Slow Cooked Pulled Beef

Ingredients

1 brown onion, sliced

250ml chicken stock

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup tomato paste

2 Tbsp tomato paste

2 Tbsp Dijon mustard

4 garlic cloves, crushed

1 pinch salt *to taste

1.5kg beef bolar blade, whole

Method

Place the first 9 ingredients into the slow cooker.

Add the beef and turn until it is completely coated.

Put the lid on the slow cooker and cook on low for 8-10 hours or on high for 4-5 hours.

Remove beef and set aside and cover to rest and keep warm.

Skim any fat from slow cooker juices and strain remaining liquid through a sieve.

Place strained liquid into a large frypan.

Set solids aside in a small bowl.

Bring liquid to the boil and gently boil for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally until the sauce has thickened a little and reduced by half.

Shred beef using a fork and add to sauce mixture.

Add reserved solids and stir through.

Serve hot on long, crusty rolls or with creamy mashed potato topped with meat and gravy.

Slow Cooker Rice Pudding

Ingredients
1 x instant pudding packet
3 cups milk
1 cup cooked rice
1 cup dried cranberries / dried blueberries / sultanas or a mix
1 tsp vanilla 

Method
In the slow cooker mix the pudding mix and milk together.
Add rice and stir to combine.
Sprinkle the dried fruit and stir to combine.
Cook in slow cooker for 3-4 hours on low until thick.
It will thicken as it cools.

Homemade Tomato Sauce (Slow Cooker)

Ingredients:
1 medium carrot, grated
4 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tbsp fresh Thyme, finely chopped
2 large cans whole tomatoes, peeled
1 medium brown onion, chopped
1 pinch of salt
1 pinch of pepper
2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil

Method:
This Easy Slow Cooker Tomato Sauce is actually very easy to make.

Heat a fry pan with a tbsp. of extra virgin olive oil and sauté your diced onions until translucent. Add the garlic and fresh thyme, grate a carrot, sauté it in olive oil for approx. 3 to 5 minutes, add it to the slow cooker.

Open 2 cans of good quality whole peeled tomatoes, pour them on top of the onion garlic mixture, smash the tomatoes with potato masher and you’re done.

It doesn’t take more than 10 minutes to prepare.

Set the slow cooker on high and cook for 4 hours.

Enjoy with a hearty meat pie!