Pressure cooker recipes / questions

sb44

cooking-mama wrote: »

Ive never used pyrex or anything...a couple of things have stuck..mainly when ive been "browning" on too high a heat,and once when i used a packet sauce and canned tomatoes...good news is dinner wasnt ruined and the pot was easy to clean....I bought a steel collapsable steamer from Tesco, I think it was £3.50,i use that a lot,fits better and easier to remove than the fiddly steamer that came with the PC.

I saw these this morning, they are £4 so I had a look in Wilkinsons thinking they would be a lot cheaper.

The Wilkinson ones are £3 but I like the look of them more, they have sturdier feet and a centre spindle with a ring on the end to lift it out with (not sure if the Tesco one had that or not).

Anyway, I think I will nip in and get the Wilkinson one later in the week.

I suppose you could still use the Prestige basket and put the collapsible one on top so that you can double up.

sb44

Does anyone know if you can use your rice dish/tray (the white oval ones) that you get with electric steamers in a pressure cooker?

I don't want to risk it without asking in case it melts!

Leviathan2009

A newcomer to the pressure cooker.

Question is regarding the metal basket that came with the cooker. Is it meant to sit in the water in the bot? I want to cook kidney beans but am unsure if they are meant to be in the water?

Could anyone clarify it for me? Should have said it is a Tower Pressure cooker from Argos.

Rikki

There is normally a small trivet that goes in the bottom then the basket on top so it is raised out of the water.


Edit: In the argos blurb is says:-
Includes steamer basket with integrated separator, trivet and recipe/instruction booklet.

Leviathan2009

Looked throughout the box. No sign of any rivet. Reckon this is going on a return trip to Argos

Enterprise_1701C

The trivet is like a very shallow metal basket, or a deep plate. I have never cooked kidney beans in the pressure cooker, but I would expect them to be cooked in the water rather than steamed.

Rikki

Leviathan2009 wrote: »

Looked throughout the box. No sign of any rivet. Reckon this is going on a return trip to Argos

It can be a shallow disc with a 1cm rim. Look in your instructions.

Is there a picture on the box or list of contents?

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seraphina

To cook kidney beans, soak them for 8 hours and then change the water. Put them in the pressure cooker (with NO insert/trivet/stand/anything else) and fill the pressure cooker about half full with water. Add a teaspoon of veg. oil to stop foaming. Cook as directed. The beans NEED to be in a good amount of water.

The trivet (the insert you describe) is for resting things on, such as pudding basins or other pots, and (for example) vegetables you wish to steam. To use the trivet, you need to add at least the minimum amount of liquid specified in the manual (for my PC it's around 100mls but this varies so it's important to check your manual). Then put the trivet in and the food you want to cook on the trivet.

Hope this helps.

kitschkitty

The trivet that came with my pressure cooker is a simple bent wire triangle to raise the basket.