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OLd English Christmas Pudding

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Old English Christmas Pudding

Learn how to make a traditional Old English Christmas Pudding using a thermal cooker! Join Mr. D in his kitchen as he walks you through this festive recipe step-by-step, from greasing the pudding basin to the final simmer. This energy-saving method ensures a delicious and perfectly cooked pudding for your holiday celebrations.
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Ingredients
  

  •  115 g self-raising flour
  •  115 g raisins
  •  115 g sultanas
  •  115 g breadcrumbs
  •  115 g dark brown sugar
  •  115 g suet - grated vegetable shortening such as Trex, Crisco or Copha is a good substitute
  •  1 large apple peeled cored and chopped
  •  ½ tsp mixed spice
  •  ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  •  ½ tsp grated nutmeg
  •  2 Eggs
  •  1 lemon juice and rind
  •  4 tbsp dark rum
  •  250 ml milk

Instructions
 

  • Grease a 2 pint/1 litre pudding basin
  • Put a trivet in the inner pot. Fill with enough water to come up to 5cms below the edge of the pudding basin when placed on the trivet.
  • Bring the water in the inner pot to the boil while you add all the dry ingredients to a large mixing bowl and mix.
  • Add the eggs, lemon juice, lemon rind, rum and milk. Mix with a wooden spoon.
  • Put the mixture into the greased pudding basin.
  • Place a piece of greased, greaseproof paper on top of the mixture.
  • Cover with aluminium foil and tie round the edge remembering to make a handle to lift the pudding out when hot.
  • Carefully place the basin in the inner pot of boiling water and bring back to the boil with the lid on.
  • Once boiling turn down the heat and simmer for 30 minutes with the lid on.
  • Place the inner pot into the vacuum-insulated outer Thermal Container, shut the lid and leave to slow cook without power for a minimum of 5 hours.
  • Once cooked remove the pudding and allow to cool before storing for Christmas.
  • Reheat before eating.

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Italian Lasagne

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Lasagne in a thermal cooker

Lasagne

Who says homemade lasagna has to be a hassle? With my thermal cooker, you can enjoy this rich, cheesy classic without standing over the stove for hours. Perfect for busy days, camping trips, or just saving on energy costs!
✨ Why it’s amazing:
✔ Cooks itself while you get on with your day
✔ Saves money and energy
✔ Locks in all the flavor for a hearty, satisfying meal
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Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian

Ingredients
  

For the Meat Sauce:

  • 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
  • 1 large onion diced
  • 2 sticks of celery diced
  • 2 carrots diced
  • 500 g minced pork
  • 500 g minced beef
  • 2 tins 400g each of chopped tomatoes
  • 3 tbsp tomato purée
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 sprig of bay leaves optional
  • Optional: Oregano thyme, or other herbs to taste

For the Béchamel Sauce:

  • 570 ml milk
  • 50 g butter
  • 25 g plain flour
  • ¼ tsp grated nutmeg optional
  • 1 good handful grated Parmesan cheese or cheese of your choice
  • Salt and black pepper to taste

For the Lasagna Assembly:

  • Fresh or dried lasagna sheets
  • Grated Parmesan or mozzarella for topping
  • Water for thermal cooker base, approximately 2L for a Mr D's 3L cooker and 2.4L for a Mr D's 4.5L cooker

Instructions
 

Prepare the Meat Sauce:

  • Heat rapeseed oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add diced onion, celery, and carrots. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  • Add the minced pork and beef. Break up the meat while cooking, stirring for another 5 minutes until browned.
  • Stir in the chopped tomatoes, tomato purée, salt, and pepper. Mix well.
  • Add a sprig of bay leaves, if using, and bring the mixture to a boil.
  • Cover the pot, reduce the heat, and simmer for 15 minutes. Set aside.

Prepare the Béchamel Sauce:

  • Place milk, butter, and flour in a saucepan (no heat yet). Add grated nutmeg if desired.
  • Stir continuously while cooking over medium heat. Keep stirring to prevent lumps.
  • Once the sauce thickens, lower the heat and cook for an additional 5 minutes to eliminate the raw flour taste.
  • Stir in grated Parmesan and season with salt and pepper. Set aside.

Assemble the Lasagna:

  • In the thermal cooker’s top pot (or your chosen dish), spread a layer of meat sauce on the bottom.
  • Add a layer of lasagna sheets, cutting them to fit if needed.
  • Spread a layer of béchamel sauce over the pasta and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
  • Repeat the layers (meat sauce, pasta, béchamel, Parmesan) until the pot is almost full, finishing with a béchamel layer and extra cheese on top.

Cooking the Lasagna:

  • Pour 2L of water into the base of the Mr D's 3L thermal cooker.
  • Bring the water to a boil, then place the top pot with the assembled lasagna into the thermal cooker.
  • Bring the water and lasagna back to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer for 15 minutes.
  • Transfer the pot into the thermal cooker’s insulated outer container and leave it to cook for 2-3 hours. It can remain hot for up to 6-8 hours.

Serve:

  • Optionally, brown the top under a grill.
  • Serve with a salad, crusty bread, or your favorite sides.
  • Enjoy your delicious homemade lasagna, whether at home or on the go!

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How to Make Bread in a Thermal cooker

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Doris Grants No Knead Bread

How to make Bread in a Thermal Cooker

Learn how to make Doris Grant's No Knead Loaf from wartime Britain in a thermal cooker, cooked without power! Join Mr D as he demonstrates energy-saving bread baking techniques, creating moist and delicious loaves like gluten-free, seeded rustic, and wholemeal Doris Grant bread. Perfect for modern kitchens and sustainable cooking
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Ingredients
  

  • 250 g seeded wholemeal bread flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 5 gm fast-action dried yeast
  • 3/4 tbsp clear honey
  • 175 ml warm water
  • butter or spread to grease the tin

Instructions
 

  • Cut a parchment (baking paper) base lining for the bread tin. Grease the tin, not forgetting the lid. Place the cut out parchment into the base.
  • 2 Sift the flours into a large bowl and reserve the grain - the brown bits that are too big to fit through the sieve.
  • 3 Add the salt and yeast and mix well.
  • 4 Make a hole in the centre and pour in the honey and slightly warmed water.
  • 5 Mix well with a wooden spoon to form a smooth dough.
  • 6 Dust your hands with flour and remove the dough. Shape the dough to fit the greased bread tin and place it in. Dust the top with the grain husks that you sieved earlier.
  • 7 Put the lid on the tin. Place a trivet in the inner pot, add 1 cup of boiling water and put the bread tin on the trivet. Put the inner pot into the insulated outer container and shut the lid.
(If at home you can use the airing cupboard.)
  • 8 Leave for 45 to 50 minutes to rise.
  • 9 Once risen, remove the inner pot from the outer container. Add boiling water until the water comes about 3/4 of the way up the side of the bread tin.
  • 10 Put the inner pot on a heat source and bring gently back to the boil
  • 11 Once boiling turn the heat down and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes with the inner pot lid on.
  • 12 Turm off the heat. Place the inner pot into the insulated outer container, shut the lid and leave to thermal cook without power for a minimum of four hours. It can be left overnight.
  • Once cooked remove the tin from the inner pot, take off the lid, and after a few minutes run a knife carefully around the edge of the bread and tum out onto a rack.

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Levi Roots Jamaican Pork Chope with Rice & Peas

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Jamaican Pork Chops Rice and Peas

Jamaican Pork Chops Rice and Peas

Inspired by Levi Roots’ flavours of theCaribbean, I’ve adapted his Jamaican Pork Chops and classic rice and peas forthe thermal cooker! This recipe is a delicious, energy-saving take on aJamaican favourite, with the pork chops slow-cooking to tender perfection in the main inner pot, while the rice and peas cook in the top pot, infused with coconut milk, red kidney beans, and fragrant spices. This setup ensures a flavourful, layered meal, perfect for anyone seeking a taste of the Caribbean with minimal energy use. Join me to see how to bring Jamaican warmth and spice to your table!
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Ingredients
  

  • 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
  • 4 big pork loin chops
  • 1 onion roughly chopped
  • 1 yellow pepper deseeded and cut into 3/4-inch cubes
  • 1 red pepper deseeded and cut into 3/4-inch cubes
  • 2 sticks of celery cut into 2 cm chunks
  • 2 cm piece of root ginger finely chopped
  • 2 garlic clothes finely chopped
  • 4 tbsp brown sugar
  • 3 tsp dried mustard
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • ½ tbsp West Indian hot sauce
  • 3 tbsp tomato purée
  • 400 g can chopped tomatoes
  • 150 ml water or chicken stock
  • Salt & pepper to taste
  • 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
  • 4 big pork loin chops
  • 1 onion roughly chopped
  • 1 yellow pepper deseeded and cut into 3/4-inch cubes
  • 1 red pepper deseeded and cut into 3/4-inch cubes
  • 2 sticks of celery cut into 2 cm chunks
  • 2 cm piece of root ginger finely chopped
  • 2 garlic clothes finely chopped
  • 4 tbsp brown sugar
  • 3 tsp dried mustard
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • ½ tbsp West Indian hot sauce
  • 3 tbsp tomato purée
  • 400 g can chopped tomatoes
  • 150 ml water or chicken stock
  • Salt & pepper to taste
  • 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
  • 4 big pork loin chops
  • 1 onion roughly chopped
  • 1 yellow pepper deseeded and cut into 3/4-inch cubes
  • 1 red pepper deseeded and cut into 3/4-inch cubes
  • 2 sticks of celery cut into 2 cm chunks
  • 2 cm piece of root ginger finely chopped
  • 2 garlic clothes finely chopped
  • 4 tbsp brown sugar
  • 3 tsp dried mustard
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • ½ tbsp West Indian hot sauce
  • 3 tbsp tomato purée
  • 400 g can chopped tomatoes
  • 150 ml water or chicken stock
  • Salt & pepper to taste
  • RICE & PEAS
  • 1 tbsp Rapeseed oil
  • 1 small onion finely chopped
  • 1 clove garlic chopped
  • 1½ cups of easy cook long grain rice
  • 200 g red kidney beans ½ a tin
  • 500 ml chicken stock or water
  • 160 ml Coconut cream you could use coconut milk if you like
  • Salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • Heat the oil in the inner pot at the chops and brown them on both sides. When brown put them on a plate for later.
  • In the fat left by the chops cook the onion, peppers and celery and cook them until they are quite soft, and the onion is pale gold.
  • Add the ginger & garlic then cook for another minute.
  • Stir in the sugar, mustard, lime and hot sauce. Cook for another minute.
  • Add the tomato purée, tomatoes, stock and stir.
  • Place in the chops and bring back to the boil.
  • Once boiling place, the inner pot into the outer insulated container and shut the lid.
  • Cook for a minimum of 1½ hours but you can leave it longer if you wish.
  • Before serving check the seasoning and adjust if needed and the serve with rice and peas
  • RICE & PEAS METHOD
  • Heat the oil in top pot and fry the onion until translucent.
  • Add the rice, stir well and add the water and coconut milk. Bring to the boil.
  • Add the kidney beans and thyme, bring back to the boil.
  • Season with the salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  • Place the top pot over the Jamaican Pork and shut the lid of the outer container.
  • Leave to cook for the same time as you leave the Pork.

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You Won’t Believe How Easy Vegetarian Moroccan Stew Can Be

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Moroccan 7 Vegetable Stew

You Won't Believe How Easy Vegetarian Moroccan Stew Can Be

Discover the flavours of Morocco with this vibrant and hearty Moroccan 7 Vegetable Stew, made effortlessly in a power-saving thermal cooker. Perfect for vegetarians and meat-eaters alike, this recipe is a delightful blend of spiced vegetables and couscous, inspired by Sara Lewis's slow cooker recipes. Save energy and time while enjoying this delicious dish that cooks itself!
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Ingredients
  

  • 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 2 carrots sliced
  • 300 g swede diced
  • 1 red pepper deseeded and chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic finely chopped
  • 200 g frozen broad beans
  • 400 g tin of chopped tomatoes
  • 3 tsp harissa
  • 1 tsp ground turmeric
  • 2 cm piece of fresh ginger peeled and finely chopped
  • 300 ml vegetable stock
  • 125 g okra thickly sliced
  • 200 g couscous
  • 320 ml boiling water
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • To garnish
  • Mint leaves torn

Instructions
 

  • Heat the oil in the inner pot, add the onion and fry stirring, for 5 minutes or until lightly browned.
  • Add the carrots, swede, red pepper, garlic, beans, and tomatoes.
  • Mix in the harissa, turmeric, and ginger.
  • Pour in the stock, give everything a stir and bring to the boil. When boiling add the okra and bring back to the boil.
  • If using your top pot to cook the couscous turn down the heat to a simmer and place the top pot into the inner pot.
  • Add the couscous to the top pot and pour in the boiling water.
  • Give the couscous a stir before putting the lid on the top pot and placing the inner pot into the insulated outer container.
  • Shut the lid and leave to cook without power for 2 to 3 hours.
  • Before serving add the juice of the lemon to the stew.
  • Once served garnish with some torn leaves of mint.

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