Cooking Guide - Kenwood PC400 Mode D'emploi

cooking guide

Important - always maintain the correct levels: see 'maximum amounts' and 'minimum amounts', page 3.
cereals, pulses, rice
Don't cook pasta or oatmeal in this appliance.
Amount
cereal
Pearl barley 100g (3
pulses
Butter beans 200g (7oz)
Chick peas 200g (7oz)
Green lentils 200g (7oz)
Haricot beans 200g (7oz)
Soya beans 200g (7oz)
Split peas 200g (7oz)
rice
Brown, eg American 200g (7oz)
Brown, easy cook 200g (7oz)
White, eg basmati 150g (5oz)
White, easy cook 150g (5oz)
fish
Casserole
Fillets, rolled, eg plaice
Steaks, eg salmon, 2.5cm (1") thick
Whole, eg sardines, small mackeral, mullet
fruit
Preparation
fresh fruit
Apples (cooking) Peel, core and slice
Apricots Halve and stone
Blackcurrants, Cook in a bowl in own juice.
redcurrants etc. Cover with two layers of
greaseproof paper tied securely
Gooseberries Top and tail
Peaches Halve and stone
Pears Skin and leave whole
Plums Halve and stone
Rhubarb Trim and cut into short lengths
dried fruit
Apricots Cover 225g (8oz) fruit with 300ml No
1 ⁄
Fruit salad ( pt) boiling water and soak
2
Prunes for 10 minutes first. Before
cooking, ensure you have
enough liquid.
hints
●
To avoid overcooking, cook soft fruit in a bowl on its own; to other fruit add 150ml (
the rack. Add liquid. Cooking may take longer.
●
For whole fruit, pierce the skin with a fork.
Method
1 ⁄ 1 ⁄
oz) Pour 750ml (1 pt) boiling water into the
2 4
cooking pot.
Don't mix pulses - some cook faster and
could block the safety devices.
Cover with plenty of boiling water and soak
for 1 hour first till fully swollen. Strain. To each
200g (7oz) pre-soaked weight of pulses add
568ml (1pt) cold water. Add salt after cooking. No
Wash the rice in several lots of clean water.
3 ⁄
Add salt and 1 litre (1 pt) boiling water. To
4
dry after cooking, strain and put in a
warm oven.
Put the rice in a bowl with 300ml (10fl oz)
water. Cover with greaseproof paper and tie
securely. Pour 300ml (10fl oz) boiling water
into the cooking pot. To dry after cooking,
strain and put in a warm oven for a few minutes.
Basket and Rack
No
Optional
Optional
Optional
Basket and Rack
No
No
Rack only
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Basket & Rack Pressure
No High
No High
No High
No High
No High
No High
High
No Low
No Low
Rack only High
Rack only High
Pressure Approx minutes
Low 6-8
Low 4
Low 5
Low 7 per 454g (1lb)
Pressure Approx minutes
Low 3-4
Low 3-5
Low 10
Low 4
Low 4
Low 6
Low 3-5
Low 3-5
High 5
High 15
High 5
1 ⁄
pt) liquid. Cover with two layers of greaseproof paper tied securely. Put the bowl on
4
4
Approx. minutes Use pressure release button
20 No
20 No
35 No
5 No
20 No
30 No
10 No
1-2 No
3-4 No
9 No
11 No
Use pressure release button
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Use pressure release button
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No