Winter warming comfort food, with Russell Hobbs

This year, embrace the cooler months with your favourite hearty winter warmers, cooked to perfection with Russell Hobbs’ range of slow cookers. You’ll be preparing mouth-watering casseroles, fall-off-the-bone meats, healthy and delicious soups and slow-cooked lamb shanks. Whether you’re cooking for two, for the whole family, or for a gourmet dinner party, the Russell Hobbs easy-to-use range combines style and functionality to meet your cooking needs.
 

Versatile and easy to use, the 3.5L and 6L Slow Cookers are a great staple appliance for every kitchen. Simply add ingredients, select the heat setting and allow rich flavours to develop, cooking your favourite meals with little effort. Features a removable ceramic bowl for easy clean up, 3 heat settings, wrap-around heating element for even heat distribution and a temperature glass lid.
 

A slow cooker is a must for those hoping to create deliciously tender and mouth-watering meals. With its
removable non-stick bowl, you can now sear your meat on the stovetop, absorbing all of those succulent
flavours before the slow cooking process. The Russell Hobbs Slow Cooker With Sear also features easy to use digital controls and a timer function, meaning you can leave your meal cooking and return to
culinary perfection!

Prepare yourself for the chilly winter months, with this tantalising recipe for Moroccan Lamb Shanks. For more delicious heart warming winter recipes go to www.russellhobbs.co.nz

SLOW COOKED MOROCCAN LAMB SHANKS
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 6 - 8 hours

Ingredients: Serves 4
Lamb shanks:
3 tbs Moroccan seasoning*
4 lamb shanks, trimmed of excess fat
3 tbs olive oil
4 carrots, peeled and cut into chunks
1 red onion, sliced
4 small potatoes, quartered
1 sweet potato, peeled and cut into chunks,
same size as potatoes
1 punnet cherry tomatoes
½ cup dried apricots
1 tbs honey
500ml chicken stock, warmed
3 bay leaves
1 tsp salt

Spice paste:
4 garlic cloves
2 brown onions, roughly chopped
1 red chilli, seeded and chopped
Stalks from bunch of coriander, reserve leaves
1 tsp ground white pepper
½ tsp salt

To Serve:
Couscous or pasta
Coriander
Natural yoghurt
Lemon

Method:
1. Mix together half the olive oil and Moroccan seasoning in a bowl. Rub mix over lamb shanks and leave to marinate for 20 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, place spice paste ingredients in your Russell Hobbs food processor and blend to a smooth paste.

3. Heat 1 tbs oil in your Russell Hobbs Searing Slow Cooker and brown the shanks on each side. Remove the browned shanks and set aside.

4. Add spice mix and remaining oil and sauté for 2 minutes. Stir in carrots, onion, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes and apricots. Place the cooking pot in the searing slow cooker and set to HIGH. Place the lamb on top and add honey and enough warm stock to not quite cover the meat. Add bay leaves and place the lid on.

5. Cook for 6 hours on high (or 8 hours on low), turning the shanks over every now and then. Serve with couscous or pasta, and garnish with fresh coriander, a dollop of natural yoghurt and a squeeze of lemon juice.

*If you can’t locate Moroccan spice mix from your supermarket, mix up a blend of 1 tsp each of cinnamon, ground allspice, ground coriander, ground nutmeg, turmeric, ground black pepper, cayenne pepper or paprika. 

So equip yourself for the cooler months with one, or all, of the Russell Hobbs cookers to ensure your winter is full of satisfying heart and body warming delights.