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THE BENEFITS OF SLOW COOKING
• Health - The gentle cooking action reduces damage to vitamins and retains more of the nutrients and
flavours. Also, cooking in a slow cooker does not require any added oil or fats.
• Economy - Long slow cooking can tenderise the cheaper, tougher cuts of meat and uses significantly
less power than an oven or the small ring on the average cook top.
• Convenience - Prepare the ingredients the night before, put them in the slow cooker in the morning
and have a delicious meal waiting for you when you get home.
BEFORE FIRST USE
• All parts of the Slow Cooker need to be thoroughly cleaned before being used for the first time (see
‘Care and Maintenance’).
PREPARATION
• Some of the recipes call for meat to be browned and/or vegetables to be sautéed. Do this in a pan
– not in the ceramic bowl. Do not use the ceramic bowl for cooking anywhere other than inside the
slow cooker.
• Thaw frozen food completely before adding to the ceramic bowl.
• Do not cook on the low setting without first preheating the ceramic bowl in the slow cooker on High,
for at least 20 minutes.
• Soak dried peas and beans for 8 hours (or overnight) before cooking, to soften them.
• WARNING: Dried beans (e.g. red kidney beans) must be boiled for at least 10 minutes before
being added to the slow cooker. They are poisonous if eaten raw or undercooked.
• Lentils do not need soaking overnight.
• Store ingredients prepared beforehand (e.g. the night before) in a refrigerator. Do not put the slow
cooker or the ceramic bowl in the refrigerator.
• Root vegetables (potatoes, carrots, onions etc) take much longer to cook that meat. Cut them into 5mm
slices, sticks or dice. If possible, sauté gently for 2-3 minutes before adding to the ceramic bowl.
• Dried vegetables must be immersed in the cooking liquid.
• When cooking with rice, use at least 150ml of cooking liquid for each 100g of rice.
• Pasta is not suitable for slow cooking – it will become too soft. If your recipe requires pasta, it should
be stirred in 30-40 minutes before the end of the cooking time.
GENERAL USE
• Decide when you want to eat and when you want to start cooking.
• Find a recipe that suits your timings. If you want to eat at 6pm and you need to start cooking at 8am,
find a recipe that takes about 10 hours.
• Prepare the food as described in the recipe.
TIP: Cut food into similar sized pieces to ensure food is evenly cooked.
• Sit the slow cooker on a stable, level, heat-resistant surface and out of reach of children.
• Connect to the wall power outlet and switch the outlet on.
• Turn the switch on the slow cooker to High setting and allow to preheat for 20 minutes.
• Remove the lid and place the food in the ceramic bowl.
• Replace the lid.
• Turn the switch on the slow cooker to the required setting for cooking (Low, High or Auto).
NOTE: A recipe that takes 10 hours would only ever be cooked using Low setting.
• At the end of the cooking time, turn the switch to Off.
• Using oven gloves remove the lid from the slow cooker and set it on a heat proof surface.
• Serve the food.
TIP: Cleaning can be made much easier if you remove all the cooked food from the ceramic bowl,
then fill it with warm water (see ‘Care and Maintenance’).
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