A slow cooker, Crock-Pot (a US trademark that is often used generically), or Slo-Cooker (a UK trade mark that is often used generically) is a countertop electrical cooking appliance that maintains a relatively low temperature compared to other cooking methods (such as baking, boiling, and frying
A countertop electrical cooking appliance that cooks food with low, steady, moist heat. It consists of a lidded round or oval cooking pot made of glazed ceramic or porcelain, surrounded by a housing, usually metal, containing a thermostatically controlled electric heating element.
A large electric pot used for cooking food, esp. stews, very slowly
Am electric duck oven or casserole used to cook stews and soups slowly. Also known as a crock pot.
The practice or skill of preparing food
The process of preparing food by heating it
Food that has been prepared in a particular way
(cook) someone who cooks food
(cook) prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook"
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
young sheep
Used as the epitome of meekness, gentleness, or innocence
give birth to a lamb; "the ewe lambed"
English essayist (1775-1834)
A young sheep
The flesh of such young sheep as food
Crockpot lamb shanks with garlic & rosemary
1 cup dry red wine
2 tbsp dijon mustard
2 tsp kosher or coarse sea salt
1 tsp freshly ground pepper
4 lamb shanks
Minced cloves from 1 head garlic
2 yellow onions, chopped
1 large carrot, peeled, finely diced
Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
2 tbsp chopped rosemary
In bowl, mix wine, mustard, salt and pepper. Place in slow cooker. Add shanks. Scatter garlic, onions, carrots, zest and rosemary on and around shanks. Cover and cook on high until meat is falling from bone, about 4 to 6 hours. (If desired, cook on low, as per manufacturer's instructions.)
Transfer shanks to serving platter. Pour juice and vegetables into bowl and pass separately.
Makes 4 servings.
Braised Lamb Neck
from the Winter 2007 edition of Spice magazine. Mine didn't quite look like theirs - and, I confess, never having had lamb necks before in my life, if it hadn't been for the pretty picture I would never have even tried it. And it sure was totally delicious! I'm in love with my slow cooker.
Oh - and that was Andy's meal. He'd come over to help me eat some of what filled a 6.5L slow cooker to the brim. He's a white wine drinker. I had cab merlot - mmm.