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instant

pot gadget to the test to see if it deserves a place in our kitchen now in the spirit of fair testing and

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experimentation . I've already been playing with this kit in my own home for several weeks and have now chosen five recipes for our normals to try.

Why do I feel like it's not just the device that's being tested today, but the

instant

pot is a standalone plug-in appliance that has a lot of active functions, so it has slow cooking, it has steam, it has

pressure

cooking, it has function specific for yogurt or rice, we are going to try a lot and if you are one of the first 50 people to order it right now, we will give it to you with a special discount price yes, you have a job mate, this first recipe a pot of lamb orzo and the I have chosen because you are going to try high

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sautéing and slow cooking, the first step switch to sauté mode, it will beep three times, add a little oil in the instant pot and then brown the lamb like any pan in the plate, you want to give it enough time. to warm before adding the lamb, otherwise you risk braising the lamb instead of browning it.

Did dad check to make sure the clamps work? Yes, this recipe is already very easy. I'm interested to see how much. More simply, this makes you take a look at how to beat the lamb and then place it in a bowl and will add the sliced ​​red onion if I'm cutting the lamb in a pan where there is all that fat and oil everywhere. hole all over my entire kitchen hob this has such deep sides it barely comes out once the onions soften add a clove of sliced ​​garlic paprika oregano a little cinnamon salt and pepper then a can of tomatoes about the same amount of water and your lamb can get back in also hit the lid make sure the vent is sealed then cancel it pressure

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on high 30 minutes job done the good thing is that while your lamb has been cooking under pressure in a fraction of the time you can Do whatever you want, recipe number two while our lamb pressure cooks for half an hour.

Let's try the steam function by making a steamed pudding, something sweet. I've never done anything like this before. Benson really has to hold my hand, I think. I'm going to be honest here, he hadn't done it until about a week ago. I tried a Sussex pond pudding. I asked on Twitter for a better option. Guards pudding was suggested. I didn't know what I was looking for. This is a version of. that Sussex pond pudding, yeah, it looks like this can't get more British than that, so guards pudding is breadcrumbs in a bowl to which you'll add sugar, flour, baking powder, lemon zest and vanilla too , this is very, very thrifty. pudding, I've never heard of it before, mix the dry ingredients together and then you'll add melted butter, warm jam or we'll use ginger preserve and three beaten eggs.

I have a pudding container for you that has been greased and lined with greaseproof paper so that it is easy to take out later and all the mixture to go in. I think this really shows the difference between regular cooking and

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cooking because if you say steamer to me, I'm thinking steaming vegetables or maybe. salmon with a poke, see, no, we're making puddings, no, that's it, that's it, there's something about Ben's diet, so this little liner here is just to lift it up later with aluminum foil on top so that in your steaming container does not stick. any water inside is a hood shower on the instant steam function we are going to use low pressure it is already set remember what you did last time on the theory that you often end up cooking the same things multiple times and we are off , see you in two hours.

He says well, yeah, and we're on, but we're off. It's like an alarm clock is ringing. Quickly release pressure. If we take a look, add the oils. I give it a stir what is what the meat looks like uh the meat looks very tender does your area need more water to cook? There could be tons of injuries and that's why you should follow the instant pot recipes because it's the correct ratio of ingredients based on pressure cooking based on what's left and everything should work by covering the pressure cooking again for six minutes six minutes, so thinking about how we would cook this dish without the instant pot, the biggest thing we're saving is time because this would have bubbled for a couple of hours just in a regular saucepan, whereas we've done it in 30 minutes and in theory this it will also work fine if you don't have access to a normal gas hob or whatever because it's just a plug it's a standalone thing spinach and victoria olives come in like they stop cooking but they would also wilt the spinach edwards I think we're there .

I must say it smells very good. We have chosen a very pretty bowl, but it looks good. well we'll see how you eat health this is a little bit of my this is very tender lamb tender lamb well cooked pasta and then the spinach at the last minute I think it has everything you want in a kind of comforting dish the process was incredibly easy as really really easy flavor wise, I love it, but do you feel like you're compromising on flavor over time and that lamb is sitting still because it's a pretty nice fatty cut that takes a long time to cook under pressure? past that but you still have that unctuous lamb and it melts well in your mouth first test as a pressure

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it works it comes ok ok it finished smoking with the aluminum foil oh ok, I'm with you, I've done it I made a pudding at steam, I never thought it would do that, cheers, I'm going to say a word I hate, but it's incredibly moist, it has the sticky substance of bread pudding, yes, very sweet, the ginger and lemon keep it that way. clean excellent as a steamer there is no doubt that it works very well I cook a lot at home there is already a lot of fish a lot of vegetables that is even simpler but a little exaggerated just for a steamer peppers what's next beans so this is a recipe from our cookbook how we cook and how to cook dried beans under pressure without soaking them overnight in the pot.

Throw away the beans. What beans are these pintos? Virtually any dried bean is good. Cold water six times more than beans. Some flavors. for the aromas, that's onion, garlic, lemon, thyme, a generous splash of olive oil, a pinch of salt, cover and you're going to cook it on high pressure for 45 minutes, so this bean recipe is from our book kitchen that was not originally created in an instant. pot, so what do I need to know to change the recipe to make it suitable for cooking in an Instant Pot depending on what grains, multigrain beans you are using?

It's a different ratio, it's trapped inside, so you're cooking in this ratio. It's six to one while the beans are ready for some thin ice let's stomp it all down and cook rice why do I have to be here for this? I think this is one of the most talked about is using an instant pot to cook rice, I don't want to invent anything, we are going to follow exactly the official recipe book that comes with the instant pot to get your perfect basmati rice, it sounds pretty daring, foolproof, soak two cups of rice in cold water for 15 minutes, at which point we drain it and then add it to the pot with three cups of cold water so that the rice goes in, if it is well drained, do the usual, above , down, up, down, no, no, just, no, look, what are you? talking about yeah, look how much water comes out of it, oh my god, seriously, put it in the pot, all the rice, oh, it's getting really annoying with me, seriously, every grave on a spatula, yeah, well, that one It's step one, three cups of water, cover there.

We pressure cook for four minutes, then keep it warm for ten and then release, so how is the Instant Pot different from a rice cooker? This makes it faster because of the pressure cooker, okay, it's been kept warm for 10 minutes, release the pressure rice and it's ready. a little experiment when you close the lid and start it, I set a timer because although it says it pressure cooked for four minutes, it actually took 22 and a half minutes to pressure cook for four minutes and then keep warm for 10. No I'm sure exactly what I'm looking for, but it's a little stickier than I expected.

I would say it is overcooked, so normally for basmati rice I would prefer individual grains, each long and fluffy, identical here, some are soft and mushy. and soft, some are longer but still very sticky. I'm not sure about this. You shouldn't be able to do that with basmati rice. You shouldn't play with your food either. I think you have lost all the beautiful fragrance of basmati rice. Yes, that is not good basmati rice, but to me it is the perfect basmati rice in the official instant pot cookbook. I know I would say this, but I prefer our method of how to cook rice with absorption because you can do it with a single portion of rice or 10 portions of rice.

These two cups really are the minimum. You could make a lot more but it is very difficult to cook smaller portions of rice. in those feathers you're on what are we doing now I know what you're thinking this video just has a classic pudding, let's make another one you haven't seen in a decade or two, chrome candy. The point of this is that I wanted to try it because a lot of the instant weed blogs and stuff had desserts and flan. or flan was very popular and I thought it couldn't work in an Instant Pot because you're supposed to cook in a bain-marie very gently.

Let's see how to heat the cream, milk, sugar and vanilla in a pan once it's hot. I'll pour it over three beaten eggs while whisking the caramel part of the flan. I made a caramel and put it in the bottom of four molds. I poured it and removed the air bubbles. The best way to remove it. the air bubbles are gone, that's the rack that comes with the pot to keep things off the ground. It can go that way and then you can always pick things up nice and easy. A little water in the lower molds.

The reason Evers loves this experiment so much is because in the past you weren't allowed to make a soft cap, you put it on high pressure for nine minutes and then it releases naturally and then you can take them out and let them cool so that you can literally just walk away and let the instant pot have control over your custard you don't need to worry okay so this has been pressure cooked it's cooled naturally and the reason I love this dessert It's just that it's a make-ahead dessert that's actually pretty impressive, but I like it. a molten lava cake there's only one way to know if it worked fantastic what do you want?

Oh I'm quite happy with that, the process was very easy, I guess the proof is in the pudding or eating it, now apparently there is a cream caramel. challenge floating around youtube and jade, remember this, oh but this is way more adult jello than ever. Cheers, it's tasty, a little more done, jay, you won't notice it, but when you cut it, it seems soft, wobbly, that's what it looks like. perfect in my opinion, strong p word, but I agree that it is a very good caramel cream, what p word are you going for? A little more, wow, my beans have had 45 minutes cooking under pressure, then they had 30 minutes just relaxing please.

It wasn't as exciting as I expected it to be well, it already had a sort of natural heart release within 32 minutes, oh it smells amazing, what's next? Take out the little pieces that you don't want to eat, the lemon, the garlic. You can squeeze out the pulp, but you don't want all the peel and thyme. Season with a ladle and serve. We're going to serve it with a little bit of salsa verde, just give it a little punch because you're basically going to stir it up. while you're eating it I don't have a point of reference to know if this is important this is that puddle plate the pond is this part of Sussex it's a starting pond applause applause applause I mean, I know most of the day has been me wearing shoes old, classic stuff that I would never otherwise be able to cook on the canal, but I love it, it's a very comforting dish, isn't it really comforting?

The reason I chose it is because in the Instant Pot, the simple pressure cooking with natural release means that you can cook dried beans or dried chickpeas without soaking overnight and thus literally saving 12 hours at least of This recipe, while two out of three of us don't have the slightest idea what we're eating, I think we can confidently say that the pot has been cooked without soaking. beans very quick very well five recipes now, given that an instant pot will cost you just a hundred pounds around 96 at the moment with varying prices online,What do you think is the first time I heard the price?

I'm not surprised, it looks like it should weigh around 100 pounds. It doesn't appear to be a great rice cooker, but it has three or four other features that we haven't tested today and would be good to look into. a place in the stafford kitchen. I hadn't bought a new slow cooker last year yes, but I don't see the point in having both, so for me I think £100 is fine because I'm paying for the most important thing in my house, which is security, It is a very good pressure cooker, if I had it I would never need to buy a slow cooker, also, having now lived with this machine trying a lot of things, it has changed my point of view on it because I think it is the best and safest pressure cooker I've ever used it and since it was there, I also used it for a lot of other things I probably wouldn't normally use, but it was there so I wouldn't go out of my way to get one for six of the seven functions. but I would do it for the pressure cooker and then you sew them and since they are there I would use them as always now it's your turn, have you used an instant pot before?

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