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    Slow Cooking for Two: Basic Techniques Recipes
    Slow Cooking for Two: Basic Techniques Recipes
    Slow Cooking for Two: Basic Techniques Recipes
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    Slow Cooking for Two: Basic Techniques Recipes

    By Cynthia Graubart

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    Easy meals and creative recipes, tips, and techniques. 

    Meals for two have never been so easy or delicious. Using nothing more than a slow cooker for heat and a few common kitchen helpers—like foil, mini loaf pans, ramekins, a metal jar ring, a glass baking dish, plastic liners, and a stick blender—Cynthia Stevens Graubart turns the common slow cooker (3 1/2-quart) into a multi-use cooking convenience. Slow Cooking for Two includes basic instructions and creative methods for 100 recipes, plus tips and techniques.

    Cynthia Stevens Graubart is coauthor of Southern Biscuits and Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking with Nathalie Dupree, and author of The One-Armed Cook. She is married with two children. With her second child now away at college, she is adjusting to cooking for two at her home in Atlanta, Georgia.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGibbs Smith
    Release dateAug 21, 2013
    ISBN9781423633846
    Slow Cooking for Two: Basic Techniques Recipes
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    Cynthia Graubart

    Cynthia Graubart is a James Beard Award–winning cookbook author of fourteen cookbooks, cooking teacher, and culinary television producer. Her most recent cookbook is Zucchini Love.

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      I like that these are smaller-sized portions; sometimes with slow cooking you end up with leftovers for days. Winners: Peanut Chicken 32, Honey Ginger Chicken Thighs 42, Cornish Hen Dijon 54, Braised Short Ribs 56, Foil Pouch Lemon-Dill Salmon 86, Potato Gratin with Fresh Herbs 92, Glazed Carrots 96. Try: Smoky Chipotle Butternut Squash Soup 26, Chicken Thighs in Dijon Artichoke Sauce 37, Cornish Hen in Port Wine 52, Shrimp in Herb Butter Sauce 88.

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    Introduction

    It was 1974 when the avocado-green Rival brand Crock-Pot entered my life and became a boon to our family. My mother was working full time and attending nursing school part time, and the mere thought of dinner preparing itself was enormously liberating.

    Rooting around the dark corners of the kitchen cabinets several years later as I headed off to college, I pilfered the Crock-Pot. It turned out not to be so handy: the meals served far too many portions and I hated having leftovers for days at a time. The crock itself was attached to the base, so washing the inside without getting the appliance wet was a nuisance.

    Years later, raising my own family caused me to revisit the concept. I replaced the green beast with a new 6-quart model with modern features, like multiple heat settings and an auto-switch-to-warm setting. I even included a chapter on slow cooking in my first book, The One-Armed Cook, co-authored with Catherine Fliegel, and touted it as a much more useful choice for a baby shower registry gift than a baby wipes warmer!

    So steadfast was my devotion that I continued to slow cook even as my children left the nest, but I found myself right back in that leftovers for days quandary. Life was just as hectic as ever, and I needed those days when I could leave something to cook unattended.

    Enter the newest addition to my kitchen, the 3-1/2-quart slow cooker! I can now prepare reasonable-quantity slow-cooked meals while I go about my busy day.

    This book is intended for newlyweds, empty nesters, small apartments, and unusual spaces where a slow cooker might be the only appliance available for cooking (vacation cabin, boat, RV). The recipes do not call for browning or other additional preparation steps requiring another appliance such and a stove, oven or microwave. Each recipe is designed for 2, with a little leftover for lunch or perhaps a second light meal or a third drop-in diner. All of the ingredients can be found in your local grocery store, without an extra trip to a specialty store. And although this is not a Southern slow cooker book, my Southern cooking bias is surely evident.

    Why Slow Cooking?

    Slow cooking is an ideal cooking method to tenderize tough cuts of meat. It’s also a boon to the busy cook who could benefit from a recipe that cooks unattended. A slow cooker uses about the same amount of electricity as a 75-watt bulb.

    About Slow Cookers

    Selecting a Slow Cooker

    Slow cookers are available in many sizes, from just 1-quart all the way up to 7-quart. For a typical family, a 5- to 7-quart size is ideal, but still too large for cooking for 2. I found the best size for me is the 3-1/2-quart slow cooker. There are a few choices in that size range; I like one with these handy features:

    High, Low, Warm, and Off settings

    Programmable Timer

    Auto switch to Warm at the end of cooking time

    Power indicator light

    See-through lid

    Removable crock

    Oval shape (more accommodating to irregular-shaped foods)

    All the recipes in this book were tested in the Cuisinart brand 3-1/2-quart slow cooker, which has all the above features.

    Slow Cooker Safety

    Read the manufacturer’s guide that came with your slow cooker. It contains information unique to your slow cooker.

    Never use an extension cord to plug in your slow cooker. The cord is purposefully short to prevent accidental turning over of the appliance.

    The outside of a slow cooker gets hot, so keep it away from children and pets, low-hanging cabinets, and walls.

    Do not wash a slow cooker insert until it has cooled or the pot might crack.

    What’s Different About this Book?

    Double Dinners—Most cuts of beef and chicken parts are sold in packages designed to serve 4 or more people. Since I dislike having a large quantity of leftovers, I’ve designed Double Dinners. These recipes call for using slow cooker liners as separate cooking bags to cook two different recipes in the same slow cooker at the same time, using the total package amount of meat. For example, the smallest chuck roast available in my local grocery store is 2 to 2-1/2 pounds. By cutting the roast into two equal portions and following two separate recipes, I have two completely different dinners from the same roast, cooked at the same time in the same slow cooker—one for dinner tonight and one for a future meal that’s not a leftover! (see the Double Dinners chapter).

    A Recipe for Success

    Additional Equipment

    These items can be found in a well-stocked suburban grocery store, obtained at your local cookware shop, or easily ordered online:

    Immersion Blender—I’m not a gadget geek and keep very few specialty gadgets in my kitchen. I thought an immersion blender fell into that category until I started using one! Pureeing a soup is now a breeze without having to transfer hot solids into a blender or food processor. Add one to your kitchen if you can; I doubt you’ll regret it.

    Mini loaf pan—A 5-1/2 x 3-inch pan is perfect for the banana-nut bread.

    Mini Loaf Pan

    5-inch-diameter cake pan—My pan is nonstick, but I still line it with wax paper to create the chocolate and lemon cakes.

    5-inch Diameter Cake Pan

    4-cup glass dish—Glass storage dishes, also made for reheating, are great for the perfect lemon curd.

    4 Cup Glass Dishes

    2 (1/2-cup) ramekins—Look for either glass custard cups or porcelain ramekins to make the chocolate mousse or lemon cream.

    1/2-Cup Ramekins

    Slow cooker liners—Popular for easy cleanup, these are the basis for my Double Dinners chapter.

    Slow Cooker Liners

    Aluminum foil—Handy for the foil sling to help remove meatloaves from the slow cooker.

    Instant-read thermometer—I wouldn’t be without one. This is an essential tool to be sure your meat and poultry reach a safe temperature.

    To Make a Foil Sling

    Cut two 6-inch wide strips of aluminum foil.

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