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Uniformity
12. For uniform cooking:
a) Try to cut all pieces of food in a basket to roughly the same size
b) Put larger pieces, or food with long cooking times, nearest the reservoir
c) Put smaller pieces, or food with short cooking times, furthest from the
reservoir
d) Don’t worry too much about overcooking — steaming is a relatively
gentle cooking method and a few minutes extra generally won’t matter
e) Don’t overcook fish — it’ll chew like rubber and taste like cardboard
NB Juices from the upper basket(s) will drip into the basket(s) below. Don’t
put delicate flavours below strong ones, or vegetables below greasy foods.
Fit the lid
13. Put the lid on top, so that its rim fits inside the wall of the topmost basket.
14. Don’t try to steam without the lid in place. The food won’t cook, the water
won’t last, and you’ll fill the kitchen with steam.
Plug it in
15. Plug the base unit into the power socket (switch the socket on, if
switchable).
16. The timer will beep and the display will show 00
MIN
.
Set the timer
17. Press and release the
TIME button to increase the time in 5 minute steps till
it shows the time you want.
18. If you go past 60 minutes, it’ll revert to 00.
Start
19. Press the START button.
20. The indicator light will come on to let you know the element is working,
MIN will flash on the display, and the timer will count down.
21. When the timer returns to 0, the element will switch off, the light will go
out, and the timer will beep to nag you into emptying the baskets.
Emptying
22. Press the START button to cut off the beeper.
23. Unplug the base unit from the power socket.
24. Everything will be hot — use oven gloves or a cloth — use the handles.
25. Steam will escape from the baskets — keep hands, face, etc. away from
the area above the steamer. Don’t lean over it.
26. When you lift the lid, angle it to direct steam away from your body.
27. Put the lid on a plate or tray.
28. Lift the baskets off and set them down on plates or a tray before serving.
29. Take care when removing the diffuser — apart from being very hot, the
juices are likely to stain if spilt.
30. Leave any water remaining in the reservoir to cool, then pour it out via
one of the handles, to avoid getting the controls or the mains lead wet.
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