Sarah DiGregorio’s new book, Adventures in Slow Cooking, is modern slow cooking at its best and most delicious. You’ll find recipes for weeknight meals, party food, desserts (hello, Sticky Toffee Pudding!), and even warm cocktails. It’s filled with tips and tricks from someone who has had eight slow cookers going at once. She’s the real-deal.
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Miso-Butter Roast Chicken and Potatoes
Slow-cooking a “roast” chicken yields moist, juicy meat but flabby skin—the easy fix is to run the carved chicken under the broiler to crisp the skin before serving. The miso-honey mixture that’s drizzled on before broiling helps the skin get deep caramelization, and it also reinforces the salty-sweet miso flavor you added in the beginning, which will have mellowed.
Sticky Toffee Pudding with Maple Caramel
Sticky toffee pudding is a rich British dessert that’s basically an exceptionally moist date cake with caramel sauce poured over the top. Steaming in the slow cooker is an absolutely foolproof way to make it. The maple syrup in the easy caramel sauce is an unorthodox American addition—but maple goes so well with dates.
