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2. USING YOUR PRESSURE COOKER - STEP BY STEP GUIDE
Steam cooking Pre-steaming
The steam basket should be placed on top of the Some recipes, such as Christmas pudding,
steamer stand in the pressure cooker to allow require pre-steaming before being brought to
the steam to circulate freely in and around the cooking temperature. Pre-steaming can be
food. At least 75OmI or 1 and ’/4 pint of water carried out in a closed pressure cooker, over a
should be used for steam cooking. The water
medium heat with the pressure regulator left off.
level must not exceed the level of the steamer
stand otherwise the food will be immersed in the
water instead of cooking in steam.
Some heatproof containers may be used in
the pressure cooker i.e. metal, enamel, glass,
earthware or boilable plastic. Do not use any
containers that are cracked. Containers should
easily fit into the cooker and must not come to
within 2.5cm (1”) of the top of the cooker body.
Caution: Always use oven gloves when handling
any hot containers.
Make sure there is enough water in the pressure
cooker to cover the pre-steaming and the
normal cooking time. Once steaming begins,
the heat should be turned down as low as
possible in order to reduce the amount of steam
that escapes and the amount of water that is
consumed. Once pre-steaming is complete,
check that there is still sufficient water remaining
to complete the cooking stage. If in doubt,
remove the lid and check the water level before
moving from pre-steaming to pressure cooking.
The lid should be locked into position, the
pressure regulator fitted and the heat
turned up to bring the pressure cooker up
to cooking pressure.
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Care & Use Instructions
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