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may use a little washing-up liquid, if necessary.
7 Dry all surfaces thoroughly before re-using the slow cooker or storing it away.
8 After some time in use, the glaze on the cookpot may develop “crazing”, a network
of small cracks. This marking is superficial, and should not be a cause for concern.
9 You may wash the cookpot and lid in a dishwasher, but the harsh environment
inside the dishwasher may affect the surface finishes. Any damage should be
cosmetic, and should not affect the functionality of the cooker.
10 Don’t immerse the body of the slow cooker in water or any other liquid.
11 Don’t put the body of the slow cooker in a dishwasher.
12 Don’t use harsh or abrasive cleaners or solvents.
a few recipes to start you off
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Settings and times are in a box next to the recipe. e.g.
minestrone soup
.
This means you can cook it at setting 1 for anything from 7 to 10 hours,
or at setting 2 for anything from 4 to 5 hours. Some recipes have only
one setting.
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Cooking for more than an hour over these times may affect the flavour. Nevertheless,
if these times don’t suit you, feel free to experiment. Slow cooking is very forgiving.
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Use metric or imperial measures, don’t mix them, they’re not exact equivalents.
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Use the recipes to familiarise yourself with your slow cooker. Then use them as a
guide – vary the ingredients, vary the quantities, taste the results. Keep notes of any
changes you make, and you’ll build up a range of recipes that suit your taste. Keep
notes of the not so successful ones too, so you don’t repeat them.
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To adapt your own recipes, find a recipe in this booklet that uses similar ingredients,
and use that as a guide for timing and liquid quantity, along with the guidelines
given earlier. The table at the end also gives rough equivalents.
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Be careful with quantities. After all the ingredients are put into the cookpot, it
shouldn’t be more than about threequarters full, to allow for expansion. If you
overfill, it may spit hot water, and it may overflow during use.
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Put the cookpot in the slow cooker, fit the lid, then preheat at 2 for 20 minutes
before putting anything into the cookpot.
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Slow cooking can leave too much liquid. If you want to adjust this, remove the lid,
stir in a teaspoon of flour, and cook at 2, stirring, till the sauce thickens/reduces.
set hours
1
7-10
2
4-5
