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A Beginner's Guide to Slow Cooking
The Breville Slow Cooker with EasySear™ Pan is
designed specifically for flavour layering. A technique
professional chefs use to enhance and deepen the taste
of meals by using the same pan for browning onions,
searing meats and creating casseroles, curries, soup,
stock and bolognaise.
For this reason, Breville have now developed a Slow
Cooker with EasySear™ Pan. Simply remove the
EasySear™ Pan from the Slow Cooker and use on the
gas, electric or ceramic stovetop to caramelise vegetables
and sear meats before placing back into the appliance
and commencing the Slow Cooker function.
Following is a guide to help simplify the process of slow
cooking, allowing you to obtain optimum results from
your Slow Cooker with EasySear™ Pan.
We have also included helpful hints for successful slow
cooking. For recipes, go to www.breville.com.au
PREPARING MEAT AND POULTRY
Select the leanest cuts when purchasing meat. Trim the
meat or poultry of any visible fat. If possible, purchase
chicken portions without the skin. Otherwise, the slow
cooking process will result in extra liquid being formed
from the fat as it melts.
For casserole type recipes, cut the meat into cubes,
approximately 2.5cm to 3cm. Slow cooking allows less
tender cuts of meat to be used. The bones can be left on
meat or poultry if liked and will help to keep meat tender
during cooking.
SUITABLE MEAT CUTS FOR SLOW COOKING
Beef
Lamb
Lamb shanks, drumsticks (frenched
boned out forequarter or shoulder.
Veal
Veal diced leg, shoulder/ forequarter
chops and steaks, neck chops,
Pork
Pork leg steaks, diced belly, Diced
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Beef chuck, skirt, round steak,
boneless shin (Gravy) beef,
bone-in-shin (Osso Bucco).
shanks), neck chops,
knuckle (osso bucco)
shoulder, Boneless loin chops
PREPARING VEGETABLES
Vegetables should be cut into even-sized pieces to
ensure more even cooking. Frozen vegetables must be
thawed before adding to other foods cooking in the Slow
Cooker with EasySear™ Pan.
PREPARING DRIED BEANS
AND PULSES
If time permits, overnight soaking of dried beans and
pulses is preferable. After soaking, drain and place in
the Slow Cooker and cover with sufficient water to reach
double their volume. Cook beans on the High setting for
2 to 4 hours or until tender. Pre-soaked beans and pulses
will cook a little faster.
SEARING AND BROWNING BEFORE
SLOW COOKING
Searing and browning in the EasySear™ Pan on the
stovetop may take a little extra time and whilst not strictly
necessary, the rewards are evident in the end result.
The EasySear™ Pan keeps the heat stable and uniform
allowing the meat to brown and form an even crust. Plus
searing and browning seals in the moisture, intensifies
the flavour and provides more tender results.
Once searing and browning is complete, return the
EasySear™ Pan to the stainless steel Slow Cooker
housing with all the tasty caramelized ingredients inside.
USING THE TEMPERATURE
CONTROL SETTINGS
This Slow Cooker has three settings: Low, High and
Auto. Use the recommended guidelines (page 11) or
visit www.breville.com.au for new delicious slow cooked
recipe ideas to determine cooking time and heat setting.
Dishes can be prepared well in advance of mealtime and
cooking time regulated so that food is ready to serve at
a convenient time.
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