Morphy Richards MC48815 manual Normal Cooking Function, Value e.g minutes in the 11-20 mins range

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hits the oil, the temperature is sufficient to seal / brown. If it does not sizzle, let the pan heat up for another minute or so and then test it again.

Add the meat to pan and stir regularly until the outside of the meat is sealed / browned. When the timer reaches zero, the Rapid Cook will beep five times and the cooking process will stop. If your meat is sealed before the timer reaches zero, press the Keep Warm / Cancel button once. The Rapid Cook will beep once, and the cooking process will stop. The screen will return to the default display B.

B

HeatWarm

Browning 1-10 11-20 21-40

41-90 Delay Time Time

Except when cooking rice, never load the Rapid Cook above maximum ingredient level line marked “2/3 MAX PC” on cooking pot. Foods that expand while cooking (i.e. legumes, peas etc) should never go above the 3/5 mark.

Then place the lid onto the top of the Rapid Cook, so the Morphy Richards logo is pointing to the left of the display panel on the front of the cooker.

Then turn the lid using the handle, gently clockwise C, so the logo is aligned with the front control panel.

C

OPEN

CLOSE

value (e.g. 11 minutes in the 11-20 mins range)

To select a longer value within the selected range, press the Time / Delay button

‡to increase the cooking time within the selected range. For example, to select a 27 minute cooking time after selecting the 21-40 mins range (as instructed above), press the Time button ‡ six times, until 0:27 displays on the timer. The Rapid Cook will then start to heat up and the cooking process will begin. Once pressure has been achieved, pressure will automatically be maintained. Cooking time begins at this point, and the time will begin counting down in the display.

After selecting the desired cooking function, you can add cooking time by pressing the Time button until total cooking time is displayed. You can set total cooking time from 5 minutes up to

If your meat needs a few extra minutes sealing after the timer has reached zero, simply press the Function button fl once to start the Sealing / Browning function again. As explained above, to cancel the sealing function before the timer reaches zero, press the Keep Warm / Cancel button · once.

Please note:

Do not start the ‘Sealing / Browning’ function without the pan ¤ in the Base unit

›as this will make the product overheat. You should not start the ‘Sealing / Browning’ function without adding your oil to the pan.

Normal Cooking Function

•Add the ingredients into the cooking pot when it is in place in the base unit. Be careful not to spill any liquid into the base unit. If it happens switch off, remove plug from the mains and clean fullly.

Ensure that the pressure release valve Ì on top on the lid ⁄ is positioned to ‘SEAL’ D.

D			VEN
			T
	E	A	L
	S

T

NEV

Whether you have used the ‘Seal / Brown’ function or just turned the Rapid Cook on, the display screen should show the default setting B.

Press the Function button fl the appropriate number of times to select the desired cooking time.

Press twice: 1-10 mins

Press 3 times: 11-20 mins

Press 4 times: 21-40 mins

Press 5 times: 41-90 mins

For each range, the Rapid Cook will select the lowest

120 minutes for Rice, Meat, Vegetables, Soup and Stew.

After selecting the desired cooking function, you can delay the start time for up to 2 hours by pressing the Time

/Delay button ‡ until total delay time is displayed. Countdown will begin once the colon ( : ) starts flashing.

When pressure cooking is complete, the Rapid Cook will automatically switch to Keep Warm. The Warm indicator light ‰ will illuminate. To manually switch to Keep Warm and / or cancel any cooking process, press the Keep Warm / Cancel Button ·. After pressure cooking is complete, pressure can be released manually or on its own. If a recipe states “let pressure drop on its own”, press the Standby button ‚ and unplug the cooker. When recipe states “reduce pressure at once” or “reduce pressure manually” put on oven gloves and move the Pressure Release Device Ì to the ‘VENT’ position to

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