Recipe - Deconstructed Cabbage Rolls

  

Prep Time - 10 mins

Cooking time - 25 minutes (pressure cooker), 1hr 10 mins (stovetop) or 7 hours (slow cooker)

Ingredients:

• Oil for frying
• 1 onion, peeled and chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
• 500g mince (I used turkey but you could use any)
• 2x410g/14.5oz. tins diced tomatoes
• 850g/30ozs. cabbage, cored and sliced into wedges
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 cup macaroni or pasta
• 1 cup grated cheese

Directions

• Step 1 - Heat a fry pan on medium heat and add oil. Fry onion and garlic until translucent. Turn up the heat to medium high and add the mince breaking it up. Transfer the whole mixture to a pressure cooker or a slow cooker or a very large cast iron pot. Add the tomatoes, cabbage and tomato paste.
• Step 2 - For the pressure cooker: cook for 20 minutes. For the slow cooker: cook for 6 hours. For the cast iron pot: cook for 1 hour.
• Step 3 - Add the macaroni or pasta and cook for the following times: pressure cooker 5 minutes, slow cooker 40 minutes, cast iron pot 10 minutes. Add cheese and serve.

An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott/Not Quite Nigella

Recipe - Slow Cooker Greek Style Lamb Stew

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons olive oil, plus more if needed
• 500g diced lamb
• 500g lamb on the bone
• 2 medium onions, sliced finely
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 celery stalks, minced
• 2 carrots, peeled, halved lengthwise, and then halved across
• 2 compatible herbs (e.g 6 sprigs fresh thyme + 1 tsp dried oregano)
• 3 bay leaves
• 1.5 cups tomato passata
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 1/2 bunch chopped parsley 

Directions 

1. Heat the slow cooker and add the carrots, herbs, bay leaves, passata, stock
2. Wait till the ingredients in the slow cooker are warm before continuing
3. Sauté the onion and garlic in oil, then after approx. 2 mins add the celery. Cook till brown then add to the slow cooker
4. Brown the meat in batches over high heat and remove with a slotted spoon into the slow cooker
5. Cook until meat is tender and falling off the bone (3 – 5 hours depending on your slow cooker)
6. About half an hour before the stew is finished, stir in the parsley
7. When the dish is finished, if you'd like to thicken the sauce either add in cooked pasta or separate the meat from the liquid and simmer the liquid in a saucepan for 30 mins to reduce/thicken