18 When cooking any doughy food, shake the pressure cooker gently before opening, to avoid
food being ejected when you open it.
19 When cooking meat with a skin (e.g. ox tongue), the skin may swell under steam pressure
– don’t prick the skin while it’s swollen, you may be scalded by escaping water/steam.
20 Don’t tamper with the pressure cooker. You may damage the safety systems, and prevent
their operation. Don’t dismantle any part of the pressure cooker unless directed to do so in
these instructions.
21 Don’t put the pressure cooker in an oven.
22 Don’t use the pressure cooker for anything other than cooking food under steam pressure in
the home. Any other use may be dangerous.
23 Use only authentic spare parts supplied for this model. Use the body only with the lid
supplied, and vice versa.
24 This pressure cooker may be used with halogen or ceramic hobs, solid elements, electric ring
elements, and gas cooking rings, but not induction hobs.
household use only
before using for the first time
The weight, separator, and spare fusible discs are packed in the top of the polystyrene packing.
Turn to “care and maintenance” on page 8 and clean the pressure cooker.
capacity
The pressure cooker holds 4 litres. The usable capacity is two thirds of this, 2.7 litres, but if you’re
cooking food that may expand or foam, don’t fill it more than half full (2 litres).
safety checks – before each use
1 Check that the weight, vent pipe, and both safety valves are free of blockages.
2 Lift the spring safety valve by its wire loop, to check it
moves freely.
3 Turn the lid over, and check that the pressure indicator
moves freely.
4 Remove the gasket, and stretch it gently in all directions
(like an elastic band).
5 Rub the gasket with a little vegetable oil, to lubricate it,
then replace it under the lid flanges.
6 Turn the lid the right way up.
filling the pressure cooker
7 Put the ingredients in the pressure cooker with the recommended amount of water or liquid.
8 Don’t fill the body of the pressure cooker more than two thirds full – this includes the space
taken up by the basket.
9 Don’t fill more than half full (2 litres) if you’re cooking foods that expand or may foam up (like
rice, dehydrated vegetables, pulses, cereals, apple sauce, cranberries, rhubarb and spaghetti).
For “non-expanding” foods or liquids, you can fill it up to two thirds full (2.7 litres).
10 Use at least 300ml (½pt) of liquid. This will suffice for up to 15
minutes cooking. When cooking for more than 15 minutes,
increase the amount of water by 150ml (¼pt) for each additional
15 minute period or part period.
closing the pressure cooker
11 Align the mark on the lid with the mark on the body handle.
12 Put the lid on the body, and push down, to compress the gasket.
13 Turn the lid clockwise till the lid and body handles are aligned, to
engage the lid and body flanges.
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