Morphy Richards Slow Cooker manual Cooking Guide, 48726 rev2 x 02/11/2009 14 26 Page

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•Most meat and vegetable recipes require 71/2-91/2hours on low,

41/2-61/2hours on medium and 31/2-51/2hours on high.

•Do not use frozen meat or poultry unless it is thoroughly thawed out first.

•Some ingredients are not suitable for slow cooking. Pasta, seafood, milk, and cream should be added towards the end of the cooking time. Many things can affect how quickly a recipe will cook, water and fat content, initial temperature of the food and the size of the food.

•Pieces of food cut into small pieces will cook quicker.

A degree of ‘trial and error’ will be required to fully optimise the potential of your slow cooker.

•Vegetables usually take longer to cook than meat, so try and arrange vegetables in the lower half of the pot.

•After food is cooked, switch off and leave covered with the lid. There will be enough heat in the ceramic pot to keep warm for

30 minutes. If you require longer to keep warm, switch to the low setting.

•All food should be covered with a liquid, gravy or sauce. In a separate pan or jug, prepare your liquid, gravy or sauce and completely cover the food in the ceramic pot.

COOKING GUIDE

The cooking times given in the following recipes are for the ‘MEDIUM’ setting. Should you want to increase or reduce the time, please refer to the cooking guide. A Please note that these cooking times are for guidance only and may vary depending on food type and personal tastes. For your convenience, a conversion table for weight and volume has been included on page 19.

Eg. If the recipe says cook for

31/2-51/2hours (MED) and you require this to be a shorter time, cook on HIGH, which will reduce the cooking time to

21/2-31/2hours. Increasing the time, choose LOW which will give 51/2-71/2hours.

The recipes are based on

MAXIMUM WORKING VOLUMES which are:

6.5litres: Working capacity of

4.5litres / 8 pts. This allows a 3cm space between the top of the ceramic pot and the food.

3.5litres: Working capacity of

2.5litres / 41/2 pts. This allows a 2cm space between the top of the ceramic pot and the food.

NOTE: THE CAPACITY CAN BE FOUND ON THE RATING PLATE UNDERNEATH THE PRODUCT.

•Pre-brown meat and onions in a pan to seal in the juices, this also reduces the fat content if separated before adding to the ceramic pot. This is not necessary if the time is limited, but improves the flavour.

•When cooking joints of meat, ham, poultry etc, the size and shape of the joint is important.

Try to keep the joint in the lower 2/3 of the pot and fully cover with water. If necessary, cut into two pieces. Joint weight should be kept within the maximum limit: 1 kg for a medium sized slow cooker, and 1.5 kg for a large sized slow cooker.

A Equivalent cook times for (LOW) and (HIGH) settings

Cook on	Cook on	Cook on
(MEDIUM)	(LOW)	(HIGH)
31/2 - 51/2 hours	51/2 - 71/2 hours	21/2 - 31/2 hours
51/2 - 71/2 hours	71/2 - 91/2 hours	41/2 - 51/2 hours
71/2 - 91/2 hours	91/2 - 111/2 hours	61/2 - 71/2 hours

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