So i thought i would be creative, bought a slow cooker a while back and whilst we havent been too adventurous i had a genius idea a while back. Before we went to a party we loaded it up with some gammon, veg and cider, the plan being to turn it one before we went to bed and thus lunch would be ready when we got up. It was okay, somehow the gammon was a little dry - i'm suspecting overcooking!
Anyway so the 2litres of cider that it had been cooking in i was determined not to go to waste, we had risotto the other night - useing the stock! Very nice although the addition of Choritzo for me was too salty. An tonight i had the genious idea of using my ham cider stock to make parsnip soup. I've seen recipys for curries pasnip and apple soup and thought my ham cider stock would be a good cheat (and without the curried part as well!!). How right i was!! Although i grant you it looks alittle like baby food, creamy coloured puree - but man how it tastes!!! WOWEEE!!
So whilst my soup was a cooking i decided to test out a recipe for Mincemeat Muffins! Very nice sounding however the recipe says makes 20, only having a 12 muffin tin i thought its okay i will just do 12 big ones.......mmmmm theres a mess currently cooking in my oven :-( suspect i will be cleaning that out tonight! Dont hold your breath on their taste either coz i am not sure they are going to cook all the way through. Nevermind. Whatch this space!!!
