Slow-cooked stews and roasts

Stews, casseroles, pot-roasts and slow-roasts

Want to create a succulent, flavourful dish that's ridiculously easy? Take your pick from our stews, casseroles, pot-roast and slow-roast recipes.

Slow-cookers

Slow cooker recipes

With slow cooker recipes, meals are made easy. Throw in the ingredients before work and when you get home, dinner is ready. From lamb shanks or pork belly, to roly-poly pud, this is comfort food at its best – on a budget.

Embraise these recipes

Braise be!

Embrace braising, a classic way to achieve meltingly good meat dishes. These braising recipes can also be made in a slow cooker.

Know-how

How to make tagine

Central to North African cuisine, tagines are easy to make but use ingredients that may be unfamiliar to you. Our simple guide unlocks the mystery of this Moroccan classic.

Perfect your casserole

How to make a casserole

A good casserole recipe is invaluable, especially when you can easily transform it into a French dinner party classic, a spicy chilli and a fragrant Indian curry.

Slow cooker tips for pork

The best pork cuts for slow cooking

The flavour of pork benefits from slow roasting, espeically in stews or casseroles that prevent the meat from drying out.

Slow cooker tips for beef

The best beef cuts for slow cooking

Slow cooking is becoming more popular because the method is a convenient way of cooking cheap cuts of meat to create dishes that offer superb depth of flavour.

Slow cooker tips for lamb

The best lamb cuts for slow cooking

Slow cook lamb for simple hearty dishes that will delight diners.

Chilli chicken and chocolate stew

Chicken and chilli chocolate stew

Chocolate is a popular ingredient in Mexican cooking. It adds a wonderful depth of flavour, as this chicken stew proves. Don't save it just for the puds!

Hearty beef stew

Hearty beef and red wine stew with Cheddar and parsley dumplings

This beef stew recipe is cooked slowly so that the beef is wonderfully tender. The Cheddar and parsley dumplings are a perfect accompaniment. It can also be frozen.

Lamb casserole

Lamb and pearl barley casserole with mustard and parsley dumplings

This lamb casserole recipe can be made then put in the freezer ready for a cold evening. The cheesy dumplings will win anyone's heart. Worth every calorie!

Sausage casserole

Easy sausage casserole

This casserole recipe is a whole meal that you can make in one pan – which means very little washing up!

Oxtail casserole

Oxtail and prune casserole

Oxtail is succulent and tender in a casserole, the long slow cooking allows all the lovely red wine and prune flavours to mingle.

Spanish chicken stew

Spanish chicken and potato stew

Spicy chorizo sausage gives this Spanish chicken recipe its distinctive flavour and rich colour. Make it in advance and freeze for when you can't find time to cook.