Slow Cooker Season
As the evenings get darker, choose slow cooked seasonal recipes that will keep you warm.
The nights are drawing in, the temperature is dropping, and the shops are already hinting at Christmas. It can only mean one thing: slow cooker season is here.
Whether you’re using a trusted counter top slow cooker or a casserole dish in a low oven, we have a collection of seasonal recipes that will keep you warm as the autumn mists roll in.
When it comes to slow cooking, picking the right cut of meat is key. Tougher, fattier cuts like beef shin, lamb shanks, or pork cheeks are perfect for this method, as the long, low heat breaks down connective tissue and fat, resulting in tender, melt-in-your-mouth meat.
Cuts that might be overlooked when quick cooking become the most tender and succulent over time, absorbing all the goodness and taste of the herbs, spices, and vegetables. To get the best results, always brown your meat first to seal in flavour and use just enough liquid to keep the ingredients moist.
Slow cooking is all about patience, and the reward is a dish that will warm you from the inside out.
Slow Recipes For Autumn Days
Braised Beef Shin
A hearty beef stew with tender organic beef shin and nourishing bone broth, slow cooked in ale until it melts-in-the-mouth. Serve with buttery, fluffy mash to soak up all that lovely gravy.
Slow Cooked Lamb Shanks
Organic lamb shanks slow cooked to perfection, with succulent melt in the mouth meat which just falls off the bone. This classic recipe pairs the lamb with red wine, rich beef bone broth and bay leaves.
Pheasant Ragu
A slow cooked seasonal treat for Italian inspired meals. This meaty ragu slow cooked pheasant in chicken bone broth and herbs with an umami richness from dried shiitake mushrooms.
Organic Diced Stewing Steak Casserole
Delicious grass-fed beef bone broth is the perfect base for this delicious stew which combines seasonal root vegetables with unctuous diced stewing steak.
Slow Braised Pork Cheeks
Pork cheeks love a slow cook to become meltingly delicious and this recipe is livened with a peppery mustard sauce. Serve with creamy mash or jacket potatoes.
Wild Partridge Hot Pot
A country inspired seasonal hot pot, with delicately sweet flavoured wild partridge and autumnal chestnut mushrooms slow cooked in nutritious chicken bone broth and port.
