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Rice Cooker Recipes

 

 

 

 

GORGONZOLA POLENTA

 

2 cups low salt chicken broth

 

1 cup coarse ground polenta (not instant polenta)

 

¾ cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese (approx 4 oz)

 

1/3

cup heavy cream

 

Add chicken broth and polenta to cooker. Close lid and set on rice cook. Once

 

rice cook cycle is complete,release pressure and open the lid. Stir in the cream

 

and Gorgonzola until the cheese is melted. Serve hot.

 

PARMESAN BASIL POLENTA WITH TOASTED PINE NUTS

 

2 cups water

 

2 cloves of finely minced garlic

 

1 cup coarse ground polenta (not instant polenta)

 

¾ cup grated Parmesan cheese

 

¼ cup chopped fresh basil

 

1/3

cup toasted pine nuts

 

1/3

cup heavy cream

RECIPES

Salt and Pepper to taste

Add garlic and oil to the cooker and sauté the garlic using the brown function

in cream, pine nuts, basil, Parmesan and salt to taste. Serve hot.

 

until soft (about 2 minutes). Add polenta and water, close the lid and set to rice

 

cook. Once rice cook cycle is complete, release pressure and open the lid. Stir

RISOTTO WITH SMOKED SALMON AND CAPERS 2 tablespoons sweet butter

1 tablespoons olive oil

½ cup finely minced onions 1 ½ cups Arborio rice

3 ½cups vegetable stock

4 oz of smoked salmon cut into bite sized pieces 3 tablespoons of capers

Salt and pepper to taste

Heat the butter and oil and onion in the cooker on thebrown setting. Sauté the onion until soft but not brown, about 2 minutes. Stir in the rice, making sure to coat it thoroughly. Pour in the st ock. Lock the l id in pl ace and set to rice cook. Once the rice cook cycle is complete, release the pressure but allow the risotto to rest on the warm cycle with the lid on for about 5 minutes. Then open the lid and stir in the capers and salmon, add salt to taste. Serve immediately.

CREAMY GRUYERE AND PARMESAN RISOTTO

2 tablespoons of sweet butter

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 tablespoon minced garlic

1 ½ cups Arborio rice

3 ½ chicken stock

1 cup grated Gruyere cheese (4 oz) ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese Salt and pepper to taste

Heat the butter and oil and garlic in the cooker on the brown setting.

Sauté the garlic until soft but not brown, about 2 minutes. Stir in the rice, mak- ing sure to coat it thoroughly. Pour in the stock. Lock the lid in place and set to rice cook. Once rice cook cycle is complete release pressure but allow the risotto to rest on the warm cycle with the lid on for about 5 minutes. Then open the lid, stir in the Gruyere and Parmesan, add salt to taste. Serve immediately.

FRAGRANT JASMINE RICE WITH CITRUS AND SCALLIONS 1 ½ cups Jasmine Rice

2 ½ cups orange juice

½ tablespoon ground coriander 2 scallions, chopped

1 - 11 oz. can mandarin oranges, drained ½ cup chopped pecans

Place rice, orange juice and coriander in the cooker. Lock the lid in place and set to rice cook. When rice cook cycle is complete, release pressure and open the lid.

Add chopped scallions, and oranges, fluffing gently with a fork. Top with pecans when plating the individual portions.

BLACK BEAN CONFETTI RICE

1 cup long grain white rice ½ cup chopped red peppers 1 scallion, chopped

½ cup cooked black beans ½ cup frozen corn

2 cloves garlic, pressed

1 ½ cups vegetable stock

¼ cup packed cilantro leaves, chopped fine ½ cup bottled medium salsa

RECIPES

 

 

 

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Fagor America Electric Multi-Cooker manual Gorgonzola Polenta, Parmesan Basil Polenta with Toasted Pine Nuts
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Electric Multi-Cooker specifications

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