Releasing Pressure After Cooking - Fagor Innova Serie Notice D'utilisation

NOTE TO ELECTRIC STOVE USERS
Since the coils on an electric stove retain
heat for a long time, food often becomes
overcooked when the burner is turned
down for simmering (when cooking time
is started). To compensate for that, we
recommend using the following method:
Turn on one burner to medium heat and
bring your cooker to pressure. Once pres-
sure has been achieved and steam starts
to come out of the operating valve, turn
your burner to low and start your pres-
sure cooking time. Make sure you don't
lower your heat too much; there should
always be some steam coming out of the
operating valve. If there is no more steam
coming out of the operating valve and/
or the pressure indicator drops, raise the
heat until steam starts coming out of the
operating valve, and adjust the cooking
time by 1 or 2 minutes.
Releasing Pressure After
Cooking
Always check your recipe to determine
if the pressure cooker should be cooled
down naturally or whether the quick re-
lease method should be used. The Fagor
Innova pressure cooker also features an
automatic release position on the opera-
ting valve that can be used for releasing
pressure automatically when cooking
foods such as stews, meats, poultry,
soups. Do not use for vegetables or ten-
der foods as this will result in overcooking.
You can choose one of the following 3
methods to release the pressure.
1. Natural Release Method: To use
this method, remove the pressure
cooker from the hot burner and let
the pressure drop and cool down
naturally. Depending on the amount
of food and liquid in the cooker, this
method can take from 10-15 minu-
tes. Once pressure has totally been
released and there isn't any more
steam coming out of the operating
valve, go to # 4 in this section.
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2. Quick Release Method: Also called
the cold-water release method, is
used to release pressure as quickly
as possible, primarily used for vege-
tables, seafood and other tender
foods that can quickly overcook. To
use this method, remove the pres-
sure cooker from the burner, place
in the sink and run tap water gently
over the lid until steam dissipates
and the pressure indicator is lowered
(Fig 10).
IMPORTANT!
When using the quick release method,
always run mild temperature tap
water at a gentle flow over the metal
portion of the pressure cooker lid.
Never direct the faucet directly onto
the pressure valve located on upper
handle.
WARNING: By disregarding this
advice and deploying a strong cold
water stream directly onto the pres-
sure valve, you will create the risk of
sudden drop in pressure inside the
cooker, which can result in steam
being suddenly ejected from under
the pressure cooker lid. This steam
is extremely hot and can potentially
cause serious burns. When putting
the cooker in the sink, tilt it so the
cold water will run down the sides of
the cooker. Once the pressure has
been released completely and the
pressure indicator has dropped, go
to step # 4 in this section.
NEVER IMMERSE THE
PRESSURE COOKER IN WATER.
PLEASE NOTE: