Pressure cooker recipes / questions

zippychick

ive merged this with our pressure cooker recipe thread which has loads or recipes and ideas

ZIP

sb44

I remember my mum used to make what she called 'lobbies' in the pressure cooker.

I knew she used potatoes and a tin of corned beef, not sure about onions.

I have about a third of a gammon joint that I cooked in the slow cooker yesterday.

Can anyone give me an idea how to cook lobbies ie a type of potato hash in the pressure cooker please, ie how much water to put in and how long to cook for?

It comes out a a rather wet potato dish, not dry like hash.

Ta.

fertyskids

A really kind friend gave me a pressure cooker a few days ago.

The thing is i dont have a clue how to use it !:o

It has weights and is made by prestige, inside there is a seperate basket, i have no ideas how to put the food in or what the weights are for , what cooks in it ? and for how long lol

Can anyone help me please ...... i woudl really appreciate it. i have 4 kids and use lots and lots of saucepans so my friend thought this might help me.:)

thanks karen

Jnelhams

Try this...

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+use+a+prestige+pressure+cooker&oq=how+to+use+a+prestige+&aq=1&aqi=g3&aql=&gs_sm=c&gs_upl=3473l8979l0l10430l22l21l0l9l9l0l247l1698l4.6.2l12l0

fertyskids

Thankyou i will have a good look at your link xx Merry Christmas xx

Sunnyday

One of the most important things in using a pressure cooker is when to remove the weights when its finished cooking.

You can run the cooker under a cold tap until it stops hissing and then lift the weights a little to check that there is no more pressure inside or just leave it on the stove to let the pressure come down normally - sometimes takes 20 mins depending on a few things.

NEVER EVER be tempted to lift the weights off straight away, this may seem a bit extreme but if you`ve never used a pressure cooker before then you won't know.

If making soups or stews then never fill it more than three quarters full of food and half full of liquid.

You will love it once you get the hang of it as food cooks quickly and it saves on fuel, you can put in the cheapest cuts of meat and end up with a very tender joint when cooked - a bit like the slowcooker meat but a lot quicker

Quite a lot of info here, it is an american site but very good, i`m still a bit scared of my pressure cooker even after all these years but i love it too

Enjoy

SD

kitschkitty

I love my pressure cooker, but would never buy/use one with the weights on top as they are too scary (my mum used to have one like that)! lol

As mentioned above they are fab for cooking tender meat in just minutes, from a whole roast chicken (think thats about 30 minutes) to cubed stewing steak (about 15 mins or so) - all come out lovely, and the water used in cooking it is perfect ready to use stock, and veggies can be cooked in mere minutes. It also doesn't use much water for cooking, I think it's often around half a pint, so don't be worried/surprised if it looks like very little water in the pan, oh and once the pan reaches pressure, you'll find the hob/heat, doesn't need to be on that high to maintain the pressure.

Barneysmom

I used to take my old weighted one into the garden then take the weight off it so all the steam would billow away.

Now I take my new one outside to let the steam off

Whatever you do, as I learned to my cost, don't take the lid off when the steam is high.
I lost a whole stew doing this once, it ended up all over the garden path.

fertyskids

Thankyou so much it does sound simple enough ! i am nervous though


One of the most important things in using a pressure cooker is when to remove the weights when its finished cooking

Just a thought its a prestige one with the weight by the handle... im not sure if the weights lift off or just turn ?? its plastic with metal in the centre and says prestige and 10 on it the other one is 5 ... these i guess are the weights


You can run the cooker under a cold tap until it stops hissing and then lift the weights a little to check that there is no more pressure inside or just leave it on the stove to let the pressure come down normally - sometimes takes 20 mins depending on a few things.
Thankyou ! i remember my mum doing this .. i was very young at the time and the kitchen was covered ... i had totally forgotten about it until you said !



On the bottom of the pan are these numbers .. im not sure but one of them might be the product number ?? im scanning the internet for instructions but no luck so far !

18/10 Stainless Steel
5-3/4QT/5.5L
BS1746:1987
T QQOO

Are any of these right ?

meg72

I love my pressure cooker. I discovered that Icould turn off the gas about half way through the usual cooking time and let it just come down normally,about 20 mins, saves a lot of fuel.