Slow Cooking
Measuring the ingredients
•The quantity of ingredients (see recipes for the amounts) should not exceed the 10 CUP mark in the bowl when slow cooking.
To slow cook
•To select the “slow cooking” mode. When the ingredients have been placed in the bowl and the appliance plugged in, press the “slow cooking” key – Fig. 11. When the “slow cooking” light flashes, you can press the “plus” key – Fig. 9 or the “minus” key – Fig. 10 to select a cooking time. If you don’t select a cooking time after 5 seconds, the light stops flashing, and the corresponding indicator light remains steady; the cooking time of the appliance is automatically programmed to 60 minutes and the appliance begins cooking.
•Select the cooking time: the appliance allows you to program between 60 minutes minimum and 9 hours maximum for the slow cooking mode. Choose the time so as to suit the chosen recipe while the red “slow cooking” light is flashing. Press repeatedly on the time key to increase the cooking time. You can also press continuously in order to speed up the process. The time increases in hourly increments from 60 minutes up to 9 hours maximum.
•When the red “slow cooking” light remains steady to begin the cooking process begins
Important instructions when slow cooking dried beans and dried peas
•If you are preparing a slow cooker recipe which contains dried beans or dried peas, for example red kidney beans or chick peas, they must be soaked in plenty of cold water overnight before cooking them. Drain and rinse them thoroughly, then place in a large saucepan and cover with fresh cold water. Bring to the boil and continue to boil rapidly for 10 minutes, uncovered, then drain before using in Slow Cooker recipes. This destroys any natural toxins in the beans or peas.
•Season pulses after cooking as the salt can toughen them during cooking.
•Soaking is not necessary for lentils, but they must still be boiled rapidly for 10 minutes.
•Canned beans and pulses can simply be drained and rinsed, and added 30 minutes before the end of the cooking time. They do not need to be boiled first.
Do not eat uncooked beans, peas or lentils. Never add pulses to slow cooker recipes without boiling them first.
Steam cooking (for vegetables, fruit and fish)
Measuring the ingredients
•The maximum quantity of water in the bowl should not exceed the 10 CUP mark (representing 1.8 litres of water) shown in “cups” on the bowl. Exceeding this level may cause overflows during use.
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