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  | caraMel   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Topic: Cream in the crockpot? Yes or no? Posted: 23 June 2008 at 9:10am
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   GMIL told me last night that I shouldn't be cooking recipes with cream in the sauces in the crockpot.
I was talking about trying chicken korma in there and she was horrified that I might poison us all by heating cream for that long...
 
 Anyone know if she is right?
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  | Redbedrock   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   Crock pots cook to a hot temperature, as in the liquid boils, so it should be hot enough I'd have thought.  But you never know, That's a new one on me.
Maybe the cream will split if it's cooked for a long time, i know you're not meant to boil cream for that reason but not sure if that applies in curry
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  | .Mel   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 23 June 2008 at 11:01am | 
 
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   Mel I just had a look in my Alison Holst recipe book and she uses cream, so I presume if its on low it should be ok???
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  | caraMel   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   Thanks guys!
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 23 June 2008 at 12:14pm | 
 
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   I've never used cream in mine but I've used coconut cream and cream-based ready made sauces like Korma without any probs.
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 23 June 2008 at 3:27pm | 
 
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   Whoops this never occured to me. I have used cream in mine and that was following my slow cooker recipe book
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  | caraMel   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   I'm guessing from all the responses that it must be ok.
Korma in the crockpot tomorrow then, yay!
 
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 23 June 2008 at 7:32pm | 
 
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   i would say not to put cream in just cause it may curdle, but technically it wouldn't make you sick i would imagine
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 23 June 2008 at 7:42pm | 
 
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   I thought if you used cream, you're supposed to add it not long before you serve the meal rather than put it in early in the cooking process? Not sure where I read that though?
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  | caraMel   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 23 June 2008 at 7:52pm | 
 
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   Yeah that's what I was thinking, cook the rest on low all day and then mix in the cream a couple of hours before serving time.
Oh well, we'll see how it goes anyway!
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