Glass Lid
Slow Cooker Housing
Keep Warm
Setting Button
Indicator Lights
High Temperature
Setting Button
Increase Time
Button
Decrease Time
Button
Low Temperature
Setting Button
Medium
Temperature
Setting Button
Removable Enamel
Crock
Control Panel
Display Screen
Cancel Button
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Introduction to Using Your Slow Cooker
Calculating Cooking Time
Decide when you want to eat and when
you want to start cooking. If you want
to eat at 6p.m., and you need to start
cooking at 8a.m., find a recipe that
takes 8-10 hours. If you’re slow cooking
at the low temperature setting, an extra
hour or so at the end of the cooking
time does not make much difference, as
long as there’s sufficient cooking liquid
to prevent the food from drying out or
burning.
Cutting Vegetables
An unusual characteristic of slow-
cooking is that most vegetables,
depending on their age, generally
cook slower than most meats. Most
vegetables should be cut into small
pieces, or at least quartered and placed
near the sides, or close to the bottom
of the slow cooker. Carrots should be
peeled and placed where they will be
completely covered with liquid.
Using Spices
Meats will pick up flavours from the
vegetables that they are cooked with.
This might give you more flavour
than you are used to. You can reduce
quantities of vegetables, such as onions
and carrots, if desired, to suit your
personal taste. The same applies to
fresh spices; a little goes a long way
in the slow cooker. Meats, especially
cubed for a stew, if not browned first,
should be cleaned and carefully wiped
to remove particles normally disposed
of during browning to ensure the best
flavour, before cooking.
Due to the unique “wrap-around
side” heating element, low cooking
temperatures and long cooking times,
slow cooking cannot be compared
to oven or frying pan cooking. Slow
cooking is cooking at a very low
temperature, just below boiling point.
Since liquids do not boil there is little,
if any steam and no evaporation, foods
do not stick and virtually no stirring is
required.
• On the Low Temperature Setting,
the slow cooker can operate all day
and night if required.
• When set to the High Temperature
Setting, it is very much like a
covered pot on the stove. Foods
will cook in half the time required
for Low.
Preparing Meals in Advance
Prepare a recipe in advance the night
before in the removable enamel crock
and store it, covered in the refrigerator.
Do not put frozen food into the slow
cooker. All food must be fully thawed.
When you are ready to cook, transfer
the enamel crock to the slow cooker.
Important:
The cooking vessel within
the slow cooker is enamel and it will
not withstand the shock of sudden
temperature changes. Do not place any
frozen or very cold foods, or store in
the refrigerator if the enamel crock has
been pre-heated or is hot to the touch.
The enamel crock is not suitable for
storing foods in the freezer.
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