Cottage pie. As I have said before I don't always measure I use guess work. With this cottage pie the amount of mince I used was over 1 kg. to that I added 1 large onion. about half a pack home brand mix veggies. gravy mix. oyster sauce about teaspoon. couple of shakes of worster sauce. hot water to cover. bring to the boil keep stirring to prevent the gravy mix from sticking on the bottom of pan. steady boil for about 10 mins. pop into DP. I made this late afternoon and took it out of DP in just before going to bed. leaving Hubby a note to pop it in the fridge when he got home from work. I had hoped to do the potatoes in the smaller pot when at the same time but I had too much in the big pan that I could not fit the small pan on top. The following day I put potatoes in the large pot and a creamy rice pud in the small pan. once potatoes where cooked I mashed them with milk butter and grated cheese. placed mince mix into dish top with mash. then pop under the grill to brown.
This is a recipe from the Jamie Oliver cookbook.
Spotted dick.
I followed the recipe exactly but when it was cooked it was not like the Spotted Dick I remember as a kid but it is a perfect Bread Pudding, not to be mixed up with The Bread And Butter Pudding...nooo not that one but a Real English Bread pud, But this was much easier to make then the traditional way I used to make bread pud.
recipe.
Grease a 3-pint (1 liter) pudding basin. Mix all the ingredients together, except the egg and milk. Add the beaten egg and milk and mix well. (I do this in a mixer but you can do it by hand, no problem).
Put the mixture in the basin, cover with tin foil or a cloth, and put the basin in a pan with water half-way up the sides of the basin. Bring the water to a boil, put on a tight-fitting lid, and simmer for 3 hours, remembering to top up with (add more) boiling water now and then.
Ok so that's the recipe now again I had to adapt it to be suitable for the Dream pot I didn't have a bowl or tin suitable so What I done was...
I used the cake tin I used for the Banana Bread only this time I put it inside an oven bag so the water would not leak through the base...whooo hooo it worked.
boil pud for 10 mins keep a steady boil for about another 5 mins and pop into the Dream Pot.
Hmmm yum I love Bread pud. I am very pleased with this result.
for cakes and pudding in the Dream Pot you need a trivet. it is suggested that you use empty tuna tins but i realized the Trivel from my presure cooker would fit...it done a perfect job.
I made a veg soup using meat juices from the silverside I cook a few days before in the DP when I cook silverside I don't add vinegar brown sugar ect to it just tap water meat and veg. so I used this water/juice for the base to my veg soup all fresh veggies added to it boil 10 mins and into the DP. in small pot again veggies. spuds, carrots, broccoli boil 10 mins and into the DP that was about 230pm. about 430pm I sliced the silverside, made the gravy put the silverside in the gravy to warm up. opened the DP took out the small pot of veggies put them on the plates. left the soup in the DP till later. Mum and Hubby said the meal was lovely the carrots were the best they have ever tasted.I'm not a great cook just your basic. My Family prefer soups, stews, cakes and puds. I don't eat stews soups or veggies. but if they didn't taste right I would be told.LOL.
I tried Banana bread. it stated use a loaf pan in the big pot. No Way...LOL I have 4 diff sized loaf pans and not one would fit it. then I found a deep round cake tin with a loose bottom a bit like a springform pan only with out the hinge thing. I covered it with bakewell paper and hoped it would not let the water in.. DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!lol. it did...cake looks good on the top but the bottom is soggy. I cut off the soggy bit and the cake looks and tastes nice.
I now have to look at what other pans and bowls I have that will fit. I won't let the soggy cake put me off. I will try more things. and keep you all posted. still loving the Dream Pot. 2 pics one as you can see still in cake tin...looking good. 2nd out of cake tin...see how soggy it is,..LOL..NEXT one WILL BE PERFECT...
more info on my experiments. I cooked silver side and root veggies (spuds carrots ect)in the big pot. problem is I did not boil it for long enough 1st.with silverside cover with hot water bring to boil. keep boiling for 10 mins then add whole veggies boil 10 mins I don't think I did it for that long. I checked the DP after 5 hours but I wasn't happy with the meat. not as tender as I like it from the pressure cooker, so I took the pot out of the DP and boiled it up again then put it back in the DP and went to bed. Next morning I took it out of the pot, photoed it... cooled it a bit and popped it in the fridge while I went to work. For the evening meal I chopped the potato and shallow fried it. sliced the silverside bur I was a bit disappointed with it. I don't know if it was the cut of meat or the cooking. the meat was a little tough with a lot of gristle I always buy it from IGA and it is always nice but not this time, it is always hard to see into the plastic wrap to pick a nice piece. Mum and Hubby said the whole meal was beautiful the parsnips were lovely too and the gravy. (made from water meat and veg had cooked in). because this time the silver side was not as good as I like it, it will not put me off I will try again hopefully with a better cut of meat.
The next day I tried Rice in the larger pot. (best rice I have ever cooked/boiled)
And spicy beef in the smaller pot.
Rice was cooked in 1hour but I left it thereso the spicy beef would be thoughtly cooked.
It was a very easy recipe from the web site.
NextI bought a BBQ chick for dinner.
I took all the meat off the carcass put the carcass in the large potcovered with waterbrought to the boil ..boiled for 10minsand into the DP it went.
For the smaller pot I tried an egg custardbut this didn’t turn out, I need to experiment some more.
After cooked time I left the pot out of the DP to cool enough beforegoing in the fridge.
Next day I took all bones out of stock and put inveggies ect to make a chicken soup.
The egg custard that did not turn out I added rice to it and brought to the boil.
Placed in DP on top of larger pot.. both turned out great.
Then for the challenge of roasting a piece of beef..hmm I thought this should be interesting.
I didn’t have any oven bags so I had to buy some.
Flour bag place in mixed herbsI used soy sauce to help give it a brown look as I didn’t know how it would turn out. Hubby complainedas the juices from it to make the gravywas too “hot” for him.
I tasted the meat it was nice and tender.
Place the tied up bag in large pot. Cover with hot water. I then placed some largepotatoes, carrots and an onion in the water. Then againa creamy rice pud in the top pot. ( love that pud)
Friday I got some beef bones so again in the big pot. Boil10 minsand into DP close lid.
After cookedcool pan place in fridge till next day.
Saturday I took the meat off the bones then addedveggies, oxo’sect brought to the boil 10 mins andinto the DP.
this is the veggie soup. my 1st attempted. very pleased with the result.
A few people have asked for more info on it. So here is what I’m up to so far. I have taken a few pics nothing too fancy I will try and post them too.
I must point out…I don’t sell these pots so this is an independent view of it.
I bought thisjust over a week ago I didn’t know too much about it, it had hardy been used byit’s previous ownernormal price for thebiggest one ..6lt is $295I got it for $100.
This has to be one of the best investments I have ever made.
We don’t go camping but when we do decide to travel I can see it be very handy.
I use it for home use to cut down on my fuel bills.
I didn’t get a recipe book with it the seller couldn’t find it to buy one will cost $25.00.
I have googles Dream Pot and found a video demonstration which I found was very helpful
And lots of recipes I have c&P to my pc the ones I think my Family would enjoy.
I have tried some also tried experimenting with some of my Family favs.
The 1st thing I tried making was a veg soup.
I had some stock left over from silverside I had cookin the pressure cooker the night before getting the Dream Pot so I used that stock with a mix offresh veggies.
The simple way to cook anything is to have the pot 80% full.
I Heat up the pot with it’s contents then boilwith most things 8-10 mins then place in the Dream Pot insulatedbase, close lid and forget about it.
Great ifyou make something in the morning that you want for dinner after work that night.
Just like a slow cooker but without any power ect..I think it is fantastic
if it is not that full use the smaller inner pot for something else like veggies or pudding
I made up my normally creamy rice puddingmix
1 x can carnation evaporated milk
2 x cans of water (use can from evapfill with water )
About 1.1/2 x cup of rice..( I never measure)
4 x dessert spoons sugar
A good sprinkle of nutmeg
Apiece of butter
A dash of vanilla (optional)
Bring to the boil in small pot stirring most of the time
Boil gently a few moments andopen Dream Pot take lid of lower pan
(that would have something in it)
Place lid on small pot place in Dream pot on top of larger potclose lid. Leave it.
Ricetakes about 1-2 hours..leavetill other item is cooked rice will not burn or spoil.
Every one is welcome to read and join in and share your Dream Pot recipes. When you have finished here I would like to invite you to my fav Auction site, this is an Australian site. www.oztion.com.au my sellers name there is richbartim please look for my reference number 9221 and check out my listings. Hope to see you there.
