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About Slow
cooking
•
Slow cooking has always
been the best way to
prepare a nutritious hot meal
with minimum preparation
and maximum free time
away from the kitchen.
•
Slow cooking gives you
convenient, versatile and
flavoursome food. The longer
cooking times allow better
distribution of flavours,
giving them time to blend
and season the food. A slow
cooker heats food gently,
making it a great way to
cook meats - in particular,
less expensive cuts, such as
stewing beef, which are
tenderised through the long
cooking process. Remember
there are no limits to the
potential uses of your slow
cooking, only in your
imagination!
•
IMPORTANT: The slow
cooker works by building up
heat and maintaining an
even temperature. To get the
best cooking results, do not
remove the lid during
cooking, since this will lose
heat and therefore slow
down the cooking time. The
transparent lid allows you to
monitor the cooking
progress without interrupting
the cooking time.
USING FOR
THE FIRST TIME
Before use, wash the
ceramic pot and glass lid in
hot soapy water, rinse
thoroughly and dry.
During initial use, you may
notice a slight odour due to
the burning off of
manufacturing residues. This
is completely normal and will
disappear after a few uses.
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR USE
•
Assemble the slow cooker
by placing the ceramic pot
into the base.
•
Place ingredients and
stock/sauce into the ceramic
pot.
•
This 5 litre slow cooker has a
working capacity of 4 litres,
space must be left between
the top of the ceramic pot
and the food surface to
allow for simmering. We
recommend 2.5cm (1 inch)
of space is left.
•
We advise you to brown the
meat prior to slow cooking,
this must be done in a pan.
Do not try and brown food in
the slow cooker.
•
Plug in the appliance, four
small dashes will appear on
the display. This indicates
the product is in standby
mode.
TIME
SETTINGS
•
This slow cooker has two
settings, Low and High. The
Low setting has a range of
between 7 – 10 hours and
the High setting between
3 – 8 hours.
•
Select the Low or High
setting by pressing the
Select button. Press once
for the Low setting or twice
for the High setting.
•
For the Low setting a default
time of 7 hours will appear
and for High setting 3 hours.
A red indicator light will
appear and the display will
flash.
•
To adjust the cook time
press the Time button whilst
the display is flashing or
even once the flashing has
stopped. The time scale be
adjusted within a time range.
•
Refer to the cooking times
required in the recipes.
Low range
7 – 10 hours
High range
3 – 8 hours
COOKING
•
The slow cooker starts
cooking automatically once
the display has stopped
flashing. Once cooking has
started the display will begin
to count down, indicating
the amount of time
remaining.
•
Never leave uncooked food
at room temperature in the
slow cooker.
KEEP WARM
•
When cooking has finished,
the display will show zero
hours and minutes and will
automatically switch into
Keep Warm function.
•
A green indicator light will
appear and the display will
count up in minutes to a
maximum of 2 hours until
you are ready to serve.
•
Food should not be kept in a
warm state for more than 2
hours, if food is left over and
you need to keep it, allow
the food to cool and freeze.
SERVING
•
To serve the food, switch off
at the power socket and
unplug.
•
We recommend food is
served directly from the slow
cooker. If you choose to
remove the ceramic pot,
oven gloves must be worn
and great care must be
taken as the pot is heavy.
•
Always place the ceramic
pot on a heat proof mat or
surface if removed.
•
CAUTION: be careful not to
touch the base unit after
cooking as it remains hot.
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