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@Calibrax & lost in espace, can you recommend any cookbooks or websites with recipes for typical British/Indian/European style food using an electric/normal pressure cooker?
I quite fancy one of these machines as I'm not organised enough to use my slow cooker often but having just trawled through Amazon most of the books are from the US with stuff that I would never want to cook, the only highly rated UK book was full of dinner party menus for pheasant, partridge & rabbit etc., things that I would never eat.
I can still remember cowering in the kitchen in the 50's when my mum's battered old Prestige cooker was hissing, banging & venting clouds of steam on top of the Aga.
I quite fancy one of these machines as I'm not organised enough to use my slow cooker often but having just trawled through Amazon most of the books are from the US with stuff that I would never want to cook, the only highly rated UK book was full of dinner party menus for pheasant, partridge & rabbit etc., things that I would never eat.
I can still remember cowering in the kitchen in the 50's when my mum's battered old Prestige cooker was hissing, banging & venting clouds of steam on top of the Aga.
Porkbrain said:
@Calibrax & lost in espace, can you recommend any cookbooks or websites with recipes for typical British/Indian/European style food using an electric/normal pressure cooker?
I quite fancy one of these machines as I'm not organised enough to use my slow cooker often but having just trawled through Amazon most of the books are from the US with stuff that I would never want to cook, the only highly rated UK book was full of dinner party menus for pheasant, partridge & rabbit etc., things that I would never eat.
I can still remember cowering in the kitchen in the 50's when my mum's battered old Prestige cooker was hissing, banging & venting clouds of steam on top of the Aga.
I just got one of these and it is amazing. As for recipes there are lots of links on the back of the supplied booklet that will be useful.I quite fancy one of these machines as I'm not organised enough to use my slow cooker often but having just trawled through Amazon most of the books are from the US with stuff that I would never want to cook, the only highly rated UK book was full of dinner party menus for pheasant, partridge & rabbit etc., things that I would never eat.
I can still remember cowering in the kitchen in the 50's when my mum's battered old Prestige cooker was hissing, banging & venting clouds of steam on top of the Aga.
http://www.food.com/topic/pressure-cooker?pn=1
being one of them, http://www.instantpot.co.uk/instant-pot-recipes/ has lots as well.
Bit of a necro, but just found that Amazon have the Instant pot Lux60 6-in-1 down as one of their deals of the day for £74.
Used twice and not having much luck. Yesterday was Basmati rice I did exactly as the book said but it turned out a bit sticky. Today I put a whole chicken in which came out really moist. I tried to make a sauce in the bottom with tins of tomatos, chilli and chorizo which looked good until I stirred and it was all burnt at the bottom.
Got mine today.
Confused by the fact there's a rice setting, but their rice recipes use manual. Also they say to use 50% more water for jasmine scented rice than basmati (though the latter you soak for 15 minutes first) - in my microwave cooker I do both, with the basmati rice actually needing very slightly more water.
Still I tried their recipe, and despite a through wash it was slightly sticky. Was fine though, not over-cooked, and for Japanese rice this is how you'd expect it to be. Will try the jasmine scented next before trying their automated rice setting.
One thing - did wash first and also do the test run, but I now have white marks at the bottom, almost as if rice has caught - nothing raised or removable though.
Confused by the fact there's a rice setting, but their rice recipes use manual. Also they say to use 50% more water for jasmine scented rice than basmati (though the latter you soak for 15 minutes first) - in my microwave cooker I do both, with the basmati rice actually needing very slightly more water.
Still I tried their recipe, and despite a through wash it was slightly sticky. Was fine though, not over-cooked, and for Japanese rice this is how you'd expect it to be. Will try the jasmine scented next before trying their automated rice setting.
One thing - did wash first and also do the test run, but I now have white marks at the bottom, almost as if rice has caught - nothing raised or removable though.
Jer_1974 said:
Used twice and not having much luck. Yesterday was Basmati rice I did exactly as the book said but it turned out a bit sticky. Today I put a whole chicken in which came out really moist. I tried to make a sauce in the bottom with tins of tomatos, chilli and chorizo which looked good until I stirred and it was all burnt at the bottom.
Were you using the saute function to reduce? I think the heat control for this function is too hot for most things and now avoid ithashtag said:
Were you using the saute function to reduce? I think the heat control for this function is too hot for most things and now avoid it
yea it does get hot, I fried some onions before adding tomatoes which cooled it down but I think cooking a whole chicken was just too long for the sauce at the bottom. Did a cheap Tesco rump of beef on Sunday with just two cups of water and the trivet, it was very nice.I also did a couple of frozen pork chops tonight finished them by painting them with hoisin sauce and under a hot grill while making rice. I used two and a half cups of water in the rice instead of three and it was better than last time.
.Got one of these for xmas and tried it for the first time tonight , also received the Virginia Hathaway instant pot cookbook so tried coq au vin . Prep work and reducing the wine took a while(always chuck in a bit extra) , but I was astonished at the result after ten minutes on steam ,thickened and left on warm whilst I had a celebratory glass , and it was delicious . New convert here and can't wait to try it again .
Edited by fttm on Sunday 3rd January 04:06
I got one of these just before christmas on one of the Amazon deals. They even refunded me an extra £6 as it had been reduced again on boxing day.
So far I've had mixed results. For some reason it doesn't seam to seal correctly all the time and either never gets to pressure as the steam is escaping from the hole at the back of the lid (behind the vent/open thing) and I have to push the lid down at which point it seems to stop venting and start to come up to pressure.
What am I doing wrong?
So far I've had mixed results. For some reason it doesn't seam to seal correctly all the time and either never gets to pressure as the steam is escaping from the hole at the back of the lid (behind the vent/open thing) and I have to push the lid down at which point it seems to stop venting and start to come up to pressure.
What am I doing wrong?
48Valves said:
I got one of these just before christmas on one of the Amazon deals. They even refunded me an extra £6 as it had been reduced again on boxing day.
So far I've had mixed results. For some reason it doesn't seam to seal correctly all the time and either never gets to pressure as the steam is escaping from the hole at the back of the lid (behind the vent/open thing) and I have to push the lid down at which point it seems to stop venting and start to come up to pressure.
What am I doing wrong?
It's not sealing properly. Give the silicone seal a good clean and try again. Just use water to checkSo far I've had mixed results. For some reason it doesn't seam to seal correctly all the time and either never gets to pressure as the steam is escaping from the hole at the back of the lid (behind the vent/open thing) and I have to push the lid down at which point it seems to stop venting and start to come up to pressure.
What am I doing wrong?
48Valves said:
I got one of these just before christmas on one of the Amazon deals. They even refunded me an extra £6 as it had been reduced again on boxing day.
So far I've had mixed results. For some reason it doesn't seam to seal correctly all the time and either never gets to pressure as the steam is escaping from the hole at the back of the lid (behind the vent/open thing) and I have to push the lid down at which point it seems to stop venting and start to come up to pressure.
What am I doing wrong?
For pressure mode you need the switch on top to be either towards the left or the right. If it's in the middle, that is vent mode, used for slow cooking etc., not pressure cooking.So far I've had mixed results. For some reason it doesn't seam to seal correctly all the time and either never gets to pressure as the steam is escaping from the hole at the back of the lid (behind the vent/open thing) and I have to push the lid down at which point it seems to stop venting and start to come up to pressure.
What am I doing wrong?
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