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CROCKPOT SOUP
  Hearty Winter Beef Soup                      Serve with crusty fresh or garlic bread.       
Beef bones  1 carrot, diced   1 leek, chopped (include little green stalk) 1 onion, finely chopped   1 parsnip, diced   1 potato, diced
3/4 cup kings soup mix   1 tsp mixed herbs  1 tsp salt  black pepper  7 cups boiling water
Place all the ingredients in the crockpot, cover with lid and cook on high for 5 to 8 hours. Remove the bones, cut off and dice any meat.
Return meat to the crockpot. Cook on low for further 30 mins. 

  Scotch Broth                                         Preheat crockpot on high for 20 mins
800gm neck of mutton   6 cups hot water  250gm carrots, diced  1 large onion, finely chopped  2 stalks celery, sliced  1/2 cup pearl barley
2 bay leaves  2 tsp dried beef stock  1/2 tsp thyme 
Cut meat into small cubes, remove surplus fat and combine all ingredients in pot  Cover with lid and cook, low for 10 hrs or high for 4 ~ 5 hrs.
Skim fat off top and serve. Note all ingredients should be at room temperature to assist cooking.

  Kedgeree
450gm smoked fish  1 tbsp grated onion  1 tsp curry powder   1 tsp ground ginger   1 tsp turmeric  1/2 tsp chicken stock  1/4 cup cream
3/4 cup parboiled rice - uncooked  21/4 cups water  3 hard boiled eggs  3 tbsp chopped parsley
Break smoked fish into small pieces. Place fish, onion, curry powder, ginger, turmeric, chicken stock, rice, and water in crockpot.
Cover and cook on low  for 6 to 7 hours or high for 3 to 4 hours.
Prior to serving stir in the chopped hard boiled eggs , parsley and cream and let simmer for 10 mins.

  Seafood Chowder
1 packet seafood marinara mix  1/2 cup chopped onion  1/2 cup chopped celery  1/2 cup chopped carrot  1/4 cup parsley 1/2 tsp rosemary
1 can whole tomatoes,  mashed  1/2 cup dry white wine  1 cup seafood stock 1 tsp salt   3 tbsp flour   3 tbsp butter, melted   1/3 cup cream
Combine all ingredients except flour, butter and cream in crockpot and stir well.  Cover and cook on low for 5 - 6 hours.
One hour before serving,  combine flour butter and cream. Stir into seafood mixture. Cook until mixture is slightly thickened

Bacon Hock and Pumpkin Soup            To be made in Crockpot
Bring to boil 2 x bacon hocks. Drain water after few minutes boiling. Place in crockpot and cover with fresh water add some pepper. ( No salt )
Add soup mix,  then grate celery ~leeks ~ sliced pumpkin ~ carrot ~ potato ~ kumara ~ swede.  ( add or omit any you wish )

  Corn and Frankfurter chowder              Preheat crockpot on high for 20 mins
2 ~ 450g tins of whole kernel corn, drained   2 potatoes, grated   1 onion, grated   2 tsp chicken stock   2 cups boiling water   2 tsp sugar
1 tbsp worcestershire sauce  2 cups milk  4 frankfurters finely sliced   chopped parsley.
Combine corn, potatoes, onion, chicken stock, water, sugar and worcestershire sauce in the crockpot and stir well.  Cover with lid
Cook on low  for 7 to 9 hours, or on high for 3 to 4 hours. Puree the soup in a food processor or blender and return to the crockpot.
Add the milk and sliced frankfurters, replace lid and cook on high for 11/2 to 2 hours, or until heated through, do NOT boil.
Pour into bowls and garnish with parsley and serve with crusty fresh or garlic bread.

  Potato and Corn Chowder                    Chopped fresh herbs to garnish   
Ingredients:
1 onion, finely chopped  3 large potatoes peeled and cut into 1cm cubes  1 red capsicum, diced  500g corn kernels  2 tsp paprika
6 cups hot chicken stock  1/2 tsp finely chopped fresh chilli (optional)  2 tbsp butter  1/4 cup flour  1 1/4 cups milk  salt
Method:
Pre-heat crockpot to high for 20 minutes. Combine onion, potatoes, capsicum and corn in the cooker and stir well to combine.
Sprinkle paprika over and add chicken stock, chilli and stir. Cover and cook on high for 6 1/2 - 7 hours.
Just before serving, make a white sauce with the flour, butter and milk. When thick, stir into the chowder until well combined.
Add salt to taste and serve with fresh herbs sprinkled on top.