The Italian Slow Cooker
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Finally a book that combines the fresh, exuberant flavors of great Italian food with the ease and comfort of a slow cooker. Michele Scicolone, a best-selling author and an authority on Italian cooking, shows how good ingredients and simple techniques can lift the usual โ€�crockpotโ€� fare into the dimension of fine food. Pasta with Meat and Mushroom Ragu, Osso Buco with Red Wine, Chicken with Peppers and Mushrooms: These are dishes that even the most discriminating cook can proudly serve to company, yet all are so carefree that anyone with just five or ten minutes of prep time can make them on a weekday and return to perfection.
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Simmered in the slow cooker, soups, stews, beans, grains, pasta sauces, and fish are as healthy as they are delicious. Polenta and risotto, โ€�stir-crazyโ€� dishes that ordinarily need careful timing, are effortless. Meat loaves come out perfectly moist, tough cuts of meat turn succulent, and cheesecakes emerge flawless.
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I have made a seafood stew which did not seem to have a place in slow cooking – and the seafood was only added right at the end while the tomato sauce was meant to cook away for 3-4 hours. .
In my experience, slow cooked meats always taste/cook better if you braise them first Fortunately, some of the newer slow cookers have inserts which can be used on the stove as well. It seems the writer has tried to pad out the book with recipes for chicken, desserts, soups, grains and so on, a other meals not normally associated with slow cooking. Otherwise, the bean and lentil soups become too soggy, and the vegetables, well, they lose their texture and crunch. Same with cakes.
This book is probably best for making sauces. This review is from: The Italian Slow Cooker (Paperback)
In contrast to many Italian cookbooks, this one contains a wide assortment of menu items, from soups, to sauces, to risottos, to meats, to desserts. The majority of these recipes will work well in a slow cooker, but use some common sense before embarking on each of them. This is especially important with chicken, beef, and pork. The meat is tender and doesn’t have the pliability or sponge-texture of many slow-cooked meats.
I guess I’m a purist, but I would never make risotto or a cake in a slow cooker. Because of this, I can’t fault the author for including these recipes, but use your own judgment. As laborious as it is, nothing compares to risotto that you make, standing at the stove and stirring for 25 minutes. If you or your guests don’t care about this, I guess slow-cooked is the way to go, but I would never do it.
As I read through and tried many of the recipes, I found that several were more conducive to cooking on the stove, rather than in a slow cooker. The same is true with some of the fish dishes; while sturdy fish such as salmon holds up well in a slow cooker, lighter (white) fish crumbles or get mushy. Because of this, I wish more options were included. Pasta sauces do well in a slow cooker, but less than 15 are included here.
I guess the take-away message is to ask yourself the question, “”If given the choice, would my Italian grandmother (even if you don’t have one) make this in the slow cooker or do it the old fashioned way?”"
All that aside, my top recommendation for an Italian cookbook is and has always been THE ITALIAN COUNTRY TABLE (Lynne R Kasper).
This review is from: The Italian Slow Cooker (Paperback)
I love Italian food and I love slow cooking. This cookbook is the best of both worlds. This is NOT full of recipes from Italian American cuisine, which I grew up on and which has its own draw. But these are the recipes of Italy, and I learned some things about how to make crock pot cooking better, even though I have been doing slow cooking since the 80s. Brava!
This review is from: The Italian Slow Cooker (Paperback)
I bought this based on the reviews. The recipes are servicable, but I think the writer tries to do too much. Slow cooking really only works for certain meats: those recipes are very tasty and worthwhile. I made the beef goulash the other night and my family was impressed. …(more about : Slow Cooker Recepies)
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