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Slow Cooker Cassoulet

Slow Cooker Cassoulet

Apparently - “The history of cassoulet is a history of Languedoc. One legend places the birth of cassoulet during the siege of Castelnaudary by the Black Prince, Edward the Prince of Wales, in 1355. The besieged townspeople gathered their remaining food to create a big stew cooked in a cauldron.”

Well at this time of the month this seems more than appropriate for us. It’s certainly not going to be traditional – but by definition it is a Bean Stew with leftovers!

Ingredients:-

75g of each Rosecoco, Mung and Black Eyed Beans
1 large Onion, roughly cut into 8
2 Clove of Garlic, sliced
2 Stock Cubes
1 Tin Chopped Tomatoes
4 Rashers of Bacon
2 tsp dried Thyme
2 tsp Chilli Flakes
2 tsp Mixed Herbs
8 Inch fresh Fennel stem, cut into 1” lengths
Dried Porcine Mushrooms
2 Pork loin steak, cut into chunks
Salt & Pepper

Method:-

(1) Soak your Beans over night in lots of water.
(2) Drain and rinse the Beans and transfer with fresh salted water to a large pan.
(3) Cut the Bacon into good sized strips and fry until crispy. Set aside.
(4) Bring the Beans to the boil and then simmer for 20 minutes.
(5) Dissolve the Stock cubes in a pint of boiling water.
(6) Add all the ingredients except your bean to your slow cooker.
(7) Drain the Beans and add to the slow cooker. Top up with sufficient hot water for everything to be covered.
(8) Cook on high for 4 hours, stirring gently on occasions.
(9) Taste and add Salt & Pepper to taste.
(10) Reduce the heat to low and continue to cook for a further 4 hours.

Served with a few fresh herbs over the top to brighten it up and some warm home made Ciabatta this was well worth the time. Ingredients wise it probably cost us less than £3 in total and there are at least 6 hearty portions.

 

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Burger Pie

Did somebody mention Burger and Bean Pie? Natalie Chambers???? Nah - More like Bacon and Cheese burger Pie. Now you’re talking…

Just for fun…..

Ingredients:-

1kg Insanity, crushed into nutter sized globules
300g Beef mince (Discount isle green stuff at £1.38 in our case!)
250g Mature Cheddar, grated . (Make sure to grate a good lump of thumb as well)
Bacon
1 Terrapin
1 Satsuma
Chilli flakes
Garlic Salt
1 Grandmothers earring
A small brass bell
and a partridge in a pear tree
Gluten free puff Pastry

Method:-

(1) Place the Terrapin on the Satsuma, ring the small brass bell 7 times and sit with your eyes closed cross legged for 45 years.
(2) You’ve got really old and the mince went off a little over 44 years ago.
(3) Have a wash and shave.
(4) Start again – but without the Terrapin, Satsuma and blasted bell.
(5) Fry the bacon with the  Terrapin and set aside to drain.
(6) Mix the mince, Garlic Salt and Chilli flakes in a large bowl.
(7) Form into a large round burger sort of thing.
(8) Cut in half and stuff half of your grated cheese in the middle.
(9) Have a break, get drunk and fall asleep.
(10) Fry the burger on both sides.
(71) Have a pint of White Lightening.
(11) Boil the  Satsuma.
(12) Allow the burger to cool.
(13) Throw the  Satsuma away, is dead and they are really not good boiled.
(14) Get serious, I mean, really?
(15) Roll the pastry out.
(16) Place the Burger in the middle.
(17) Porn Grandmothers earring.
(18) Place the fried Bacon over the top.
(19) Cover with the remaining cheese.
(20) Wrap the pastry over everything, oil and sprinkle with wuzzed up Unicorn ( We found toasted Pumpkins seeds are a good alternative)
(21) Place in a preheated oven at 180c for 45 minutes.

We served ours with Chilli wedges, coleslaw and a bit of salad. No Satsumas, Unicorns or Terrapins were actually harmed in the creation of this dish…..
 

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