Rival 3745 manual Guide to Adapting Recipes, Time Guide

cover during the first 2 hours when baking breads or cakes.

It is not necessary to stir while cooking on LOW heat. While using HIGH heat for short periods, occasional stirring improves the distribution of flavors.

Q “How about thickening the juices or making gravy?”

A Add some quick-cooking tapioca to any recipe when you want to make a thick gravy. Add the tapioca at the beginning and it will thicken as it cooks! Or you may remove the solid foods, leaving the juices. Prepare a smooth paste of approximately 1⁄2 cup flour or cornstarch to 1⁄2 cup water or 4 tablespoons melted butter. Pour mixture into liquid in stoneware and stir well. Turn to HIGH and when it comes to a boil (about 15 minutes) it’s ready.

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“Can I cook a roast without adding water?”

Yes – if cooked on LOW. We recommend a small amount because the gravies are especially tasty. The more fat or “marbling” the meat has, the less liquid you need. The liquid is needed to properly soften and cook vegetables.

GUIDE TO ADAPTING RECIPES

This guide is designed to help you adapt recipes to the Crock-Pot®slow cooker — your own favorites and prized recipes collected from friends, food companies, newspapers and magazines. Our aim is to save preparation time with fewer steps and dishes…and to keep cooking simple. In most cases, all ingredients can go into your slow cooker in the beginning and can cook all day. Many preparatory steps are unnecessary when using the Crock-Pot®slow cooker. A few hints:

•Allow sufficient cooking time.

•Cook with cover on.

•Do not add as much water as some recipes indicate.

•Remember — liquids don’t “boil away” as in conventional cooking. Usually you’ll have more liquid at the end of cooking instead of less.

•It’s “one-step” cooking: many steps in recipes may be deleted. Add ingredients to the stoneware at one time and cook 8 to 12 hours (add any liquid last).

•Vegetables do not overcook as they do when boiled in your oven or on your range. Therefore, everything can go into the Crock-Pot®slow cooker at one time. EXCEPTION: milk, sour cream or cream should be added during last hour of cooking.

TIME GUIDE
IF RECIPE SAYS:	COOK ON LOW:	OR COOK ON HIGH:
15 to 30 minutes	4 to 6 hours	11⁄2 to 2 hours
35 to 45 minutes	6 to 10 hours	3 to 4 hours
50 minutes to 3 hours	8 to 18 hours	4 to 6 hours

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