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2. Using Your Pressure Cooker - Step by Step Guide
2.3. Steam cooking preparation
Model no 46640 is a small capacity pressure
cooker and the manufacturer does not
supply any steamer basket or trivet, when
you choose to steam cook any food, please
make sure the food or container must not
come to within 2.5cm (1”) of the top of the
cooker body.
Any steamer basket or container should
be placed on top of a trivet in the pressure
cooker to allow the steam to circulate freely
in and around the food. At least 750ml
or 1 ¼ pints of water should be used
for steam cooking. The water level must
not exceed the level of the steamer trivet
otherwise the food will be immersed in
the water instead of cooking in steam.
Some heatproof containers may be used
in the pressure cooker i.e. metal, enamel,
glass, earthenware or boilable plastic.
Do not use any containers that are cracked.
Containers should easily fit into the cooker.
Caution: Always use oven gloves when
handling any hot containers.
Pre-steaming
Some recipes, such as Christmas pudding,
require pre-steaming before being brought
to cooking temperature. Pre-steaming can
be carried out in a closed pressure cooker,
over a medium heat with the pressure
regulator left off.
Make sure there is enough water in the
pressure cooker to cover the pre-steaming
and the normal cooking time. Once steaming
begins, the heat should be turned down
as low as possible in order to reduce the
amount of steam that escapes and the
amount of water that is consumed. Once
pre-steaming is complete, check that there
is still sufficient water remaining to complete
the cooking stage. If in doubt, remove the
lid and check the water level before moving
from pre-steaming to pressure cooking.
The lid should be locked into position,
the pressure regulator fitted and the heat
turned up to bring the pressure cooker
up to cooking pressure.
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