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Morphy Richards 3.5L Digital Sear and Stew Slow Cooker review


WHAT IS THE MORPHY RICHARDS 3.5L DIGITAL SEAR AND STEW SLOW
COOKER?
The Morphy Richards 3.5L Digital Sear and Stew Slow Cooker is a goodlooking,
3.5-litre slow cooker with digital controls and three heat settings.
You can programme it to cook for between 4 and 10 hours and the time
Remaining is displayed on the digital screen.
The cooker doesn't have a sexy setting for searing meat or sautéing base
Ingredients such as garlic, onions and spices, but its non-stick pot is
Designed to operate on your own hob -- it is compatible with gas and electric
hobs, but not induction -- so you can sear or sauté before slow cooking,
It's also available in a much larger 6.5L size for
Only #10 more -- perfect for large families and batch cooking.

DESIGN AND FEATURES
The cooker looks great, in a brushed silver or red finish.
Wide but not too deep. The front is home to a digital display and button
controls for time and temperature. You Decide on the heat setting and then
Select the time, using up and down buttons to adjust the cooking time by 30-
minute intervals. Cooking time ranges from 6 to 10 hours on the low heat
Placing and 4 to 7 hours on high heat.
The cooker offers three heat settings: high, low or keep warm. The Morphy
Richards automatically switches to keep warm at the end of the programmed
Cooking time -- that means that you can switch it on in the morning and return
To a cooked meal up to 9 hours later.
The "Sear" in the product name refers to the ability to sear meat or sauté
Base ingredients such as onions, garlic and spices.
As the cooker does not have a setting for this. Instead, the cooking pot -- which
Is lightweight alloy, non-stick indoors and out -- is hob-safe. The idea is that
You pop it in your (gas or electric) hob to sear or sauté before slow cooking.
Slightly more bother but at least it means you won't need to dirty another
pan.


The digital controls are the most impressive thing about the Morphy
Richards. Slow Cookers are a wonderful time-saver: prepare the components
for a healthy, one-pot dish at breakfast time and then return to a hearty
supper. But most have minimum controls. So if you spontaneously decide to go
Out for the night after work, you are left with a sense of unease: will your soup
Be solid, will your curry be cremated?
The Morphy Richards' digital controls do not let you set a start time, but they
Do allow you to control the overall cooking time. With a handy two-hour keep
Warm period after for if you're unexpectedly delayed. Still, the timer feels
limited. Some slow cooker recipes call for shorter cooking times than 4 hours
Or request that you stir or add ingredients after just an hour.
have offered even more control?
Alongside it for such recipes.
That minor grumble aside, the Morphy Richards truly impresses. Searing on
The hob works a treat and the slow cooker controls are easy to master. The
Cooking pot is feather light so it warms up quickly -- whether on the
Hob or in the toaster itself. The drawback is that, unlike a ceramic crock,
The thin metal also cools quickly so it's less good at keeping food hot in the
table.
The cooker's glass lid means it's easy to inspect progress -- it's important not
To lift a slow cooker lid more often than you must, as it really slows down
the cooking. And results were superb: a sweet potato and lentil curry really
Showed the benefits of slow cooking; vegetables retained their shape but
melted in the mouth.
Cleaning is very easy thanks to the pot's non-toxic coating, inside and out.
And the pot and glass lid are equally dishwasher-safe.
SHOULD I BUY THE MORPHY RICHARDS 3.5L DIGITAL SEAR AND STEW
SLOW COOKER?
If you're looking for a slow cooker, rather than a multi-cooker like the Tefal 8
In 1 Multi Cooker or the Sage Risotto Plus, then yes. The Morphy Richards is
Impressive, not just for its cooking benefits but for its electronic controls that let
You program the cooking time.
Compared with funding slow cookers like the Lakeland Brushed Chrome
Family Slow Cooker it also has the advantage that its pot can be used on the
hob to sear or sauté ingredients before slow cooking.
VERDICT
An impressive slow cooker that lets you control cooking times, which makes it
Arguably worth the small premium over budget versions.