Slow-cooked comfort food

Soup for the soul

Soup is made for slow cooking, allowing the flavours to meld and mingle and leaving you with a pot full of deliciousness that is as good for your soul as it is for your body. Here are some of our favourite slow cooked soups for cold winter days:

• Hearty Chicken and Vegetable Soup
• Potato and Leek Soup
• Slow Cooker Chicken and Winter Vegetable Soup

Made to stew

The Irish had it right when they put meat, veggies and a healthy dash of beer into a pot to slowly cook into their wonderful stew. Few people can resist a stew, whether of the Irish variety, or cooked with a generous lug of red wine in a French beef bourguignon. These are a few of the best:

• Beer Stew
• Slow Cooker Beef and Wine Stew with Cheesy Dumplings
• Jumbuck Stew

Flavoursome curries

Aromatic, piquant and guaranteed to add some fire to your winter feasts, curries are the perfect slow-cooked meal. From Indonesia to India, Sri Lanka to Thailand, curry is loved throughout Asia, so try some of these recipes for a flavour packed punch:

• Slow Cooker Massaman Curry
• Best Ever Dahl
• Slow-Cooked Indian Madras Beef Curry

Soak it up

Add some tasty sides to soak up all the flavours from these slow cooked feasts:

• Beer Bread
• Roast Potatoes
• Cauliflower Rice
• Cheesy Creamy Polenta

Find more warming comfort food in our Slow-cooked recipes collection.