• If a previously cooked recipe has
gone cold, use the stew setting at
1:30hrs to reheat the food.
Depending on the recipe, this can
take 30-45 minutes to reheat.
Ensure the food is hot before
serving.
• If you are cooking half quantities,
cooking time can usually be
reduced to two thirds. Check that
the food is thoroughly cooked
before serving.
• Adapting existing recipes from
conventional cooking to use in a
slow cooker may require reducing
the liquid used, as liquid does not
evaporate to the same extent.
• Where stock is required, use
boiling water.
• When cooking joints of meat, start
by covering with boiling water or
stock. This can be reduced
towards the end of the cooking
time.
• Uncooked red kidney beans must
be soaked and boiled for 10
minutes to remove toxins before
use in the Flavour Savour.
• If required pour off excess oil after
browning.
• If using stock or sauces from jars
or containers, heat first in a
microwave and then add to the
pan. Alternatively add 30 minutes
to the cooking time.
Explanation of
Terms
Browning/Sealing:
Before stewing or slow cooking
meat, it is important that the meat
is sealed / browned first. This
means to cook the meat lightly on
the outside in hot oil before
starting the stewing or slow
cooking process (the meat should
still be raw in the middle). Sealing
/ browning your meat in this way
helps it to retain flavour as well as
moisture.
Stewing:
With respect to the Flavour
Savour, stewing means to cook
your meat and / or vegetables in a
liquid (eg wine, stock, water) in
between 1 hour 30 minutes and 1
hour 45 minutes.
Slow Cooking:
Slow cooking is a way of cooking
food over a long period of time
(usually between 4 and 10 hours)
in a liquid (eg wine, stock, water).
As the name suggests, food is
cooked more slowly and gently,
often meaning that meat will be
more tender. Meats with a higher
fat content are well suited to slow
cooking as the process allows the
fat to melt, leaving the meat very
tender.
Instructions for
Use
Place the base
fi
on to a dry,
level, heat resistant surface, away
from the edge of the work surface.
Do not use on the floor.
Please note:
If the product is switched on and
not in use, the timer display light
will switch off to standby mode
after 30 minutes.
Flavour Savour
Sealing/Browning
Function
Place the pan
‹
on to the base
unit
fi
and plug the Flavour
Savour in.
The display
fl
will show the
default screen
B
.
The time display
‚
and the
Sealing Function icon
‰
will both
be flashing. Add an appropriate
amount of oil to the pan for the
quantity of meat you wish to seal.
See recipes on pages 9-11 of this
instruction booklet.
We recommend that
approximately two tablespoons of
vegetable oil is suitable to seal
between 800g-1200g of meat. This
can however be varied depending
on personal taste and the amount
of fat in the meat being sealed.
To select the Sealing function,
press the ‘Accept’ button
„
once.
The Flavour Savour will beep for
approximately 2 seconds and the
display will stop flashing. The pan
will then start to heat up and the
timer
‚
will begin to countdown.
The oil will take approximately 5
minutes to reach the correct
temperature for sealing / browning
meat (i.e. when the timer reads
00:10). A good way to test if the
oil if hot enough is to add a small
piece of meat or onion to the pan.
If it sizzles when it hits the oil, the
temperature is sufficient to seal /
brown. If it does not sizzle, let the
pan heat up for another minute or
so and then test it again.
Add the meat to pan and stir
regularly until the outside of the
meat is sealed / browned. When
the timer reaches zero, the base
will beep and the cooking process
will stop. If your meat is sealed
before the timer reaches zero, hold
down the ‘Accept’ button
„
for
approximately 3 seconds. The
base will beep, the cooking
process will stop and the screen
will return to the default display
B
.
If your meat needs a few extra
minutes sealing after the timer has
reached zero, simply press the
‘Accept’ button to start the
sealing/browning function again.
As explained above, to cancel the
sealing function before the timer
reaches zero, hold down the
‘Accept’ button
„
for
approximately 3 seconds.
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