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Pressure Cooked Coconut Fish Curry
Posted by pazzaglia Conutty and filling... this curry can be served by itself as a rich little fish stew or on a fluffy pillow of Basmati Rice. The trickiest part of this dish is obtaining all of the...
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5 Amazing Pressure Cooker Veggie Tips & Tricks!
Posted by pazzaglia Pressure cooking your vegetables can preserve the most flavor, color and vitamins - but a moment of inattention can reduce them to dull pulp. Here are my tips for getting the most...
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Hummus - Pressure Cooked Chickpea Dip
Posted by pazzaglia The trick is in the details that can raise your hummus from simply pureed chickpeas to wow! The most important step, of course, is to pressure cook the beans yourself instead of...
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Bengali Rasgulla - Pressure Cooked Puffed Cheese Spheres
Posted by pazzaglia Surprising, refreshing and beautiful... this Indian dessert is perfect for a hot, sweltering summer. Though the result is exotic, the ingredients are not and most are easy to find...
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Pressure Cooked Babotie - South African Mince Meat Pie
Posted by pazzaglia can have this dish ready in 30 minutes - including the grill finish! When bringing you a recipe that's new to me too, like this South African dish, I read and research hundreds...
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Easy Pressure Steamed Fish alla Mediterranea
Posted by pazzaglia Do you always eat fish with lemon? Try using tarty and sweet cherry tomatoes and vinegary capers, instead! Salty olives and husky Thyme add excitement to an otherwise ho-hum white...
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Insalata di Patate: Italian Potato Salad (Pressure Cooker)
Posted by pazzaglia This salad, and slight variations of the same in France (Salade de Pommes de Terre), Germany and Austria (Kartoffelsalat), is a popular summer dish in Europe.
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American Three Bean Salad - Pressure Cooked TOGETHER!
Posted by pazzaglia With it's unique sweet and tart dressing and stunning color combination, this salad made quite an impression at a recent Italian BBQ! Admiration came with recipe requests and I...
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Blackberry Italian Soda from your pressure cooker Making Extracts or Steam...
Posted by pazzaglia An easy and little-known technique for extracting juice in the pressure cooker to make a fruti, herb or veggie extract. Don't let the name fool you. Italian Soda was not invented...
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Pots de Cremè au Citron - French Pressure Cooked Lemon Creme "Pots" with...
Posted by pazzaglia Chilled, delectable portions of a creamy lemon custard are the perfect canvas for your favorite fruit garnish.Pot de Creme, is the little-known cousin of Creme Caramel (which is a...
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Black Quinoa Salad pressure cooked in just a minute - really!
Posted by pazzaglia Quinoa is getting attention because it's high in protein, gluten-free, and contains all the essential in amino acids your body needs. Although the pressure cooker is not...
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Pressure Cooker Wine "Poached" Figs on Yougurt Creme (it's low-fat, shhhh!)
Posted by pazzaglia Sticky sweet figs burst with flavor and freshness when paired with yogurt creme and crunchy pine nuts! The wine used in the steaming liquid and then reduced with a little sugar or...
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Pressure Cooker Pasta: Farfalle all'Arrabbiata - Angry (spicy) Butterflies -...
Posted by pazzaglia The literal translation of Arrabiata is Angry but that what Italians call something hot and spicy like this pasta! Cooked in the sauce, and not just coated with it, the pasta...
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Better Pressure Cooker Pasta: Pipe Cacio e Pepe - the Roman Mac 'n Cheese
Posted by pazzaglia This recipe is the Roman version of Mac 'n Cheese - fresher, lighter and well... Italian! Even though you add the "sauce" after pressure cooking, this recipe takes advantage of...
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Better Pressure Cooker Pasta: Mezzemaniche Pasticciate - "Baked" Half-sleeve...
Posted by pazzaglia In Italy, whenever you bake a pasta that is not a specifically designed to be baked (like lasagne and cannelloni) you get a delicious pasticcio... mess! This recipe can actually...
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Potage di Marroni - Pressure Cooked Chestnut Potage
Posted by pazzaglia The fruits of autumn are a bright spot of what would ordinarily be a dull, gray season. Chestnuts, in particular, are so versatile. They can be served both in savory and sweet...
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Julia Child's French Onion Soup, Pressure Cookerized! How to convert recipes...
Posted by pazzaglia Pressure cookbooks, websites and even manuals say that you only need to cut down the cooking time to convert a recipe to the pressure cooker – but there is so much more to...
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Pressure Cooker Tomato, Tomato, Tomato Soup!
Posted by pazzaglia Although tomato soup is American, I made a version that exemplifies Italian cookery: Exalting one ingredient and making it sing. To this end, this soup includes three tomato...
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Pressure Cooker Cranberry Braised Turkey Wings
Posted by pazzaglia Poultry wings don't get much respect - they are small, bony and often chucked into stock. Turkey wings, because of their size, are the exception. The meat from a turkey wing is...
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Crema Catalana - Spain's Creme Brulee from your pressure cooker
Posted by pazzaglia This Spanish dessert has been adapted the pressure cooker Bain Marie method and will yield the same results as the original that has to be carefully and constantly stirred over an...
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Kohl mit Bier und Speck- Savoy Cabbage Stewed with Beer and Bacon in the...
Posted by pazzaglia If you're not a big fan of cabbage this Austrian recipe is about to change your mind. Everything is better with bacon and beer!
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Pressure Cooker Roasted Baby Potatoes
Posted by pazzaglia Fluffy on the inside with a lovely browned skin on the outside, baby or fingerling potatoes can be perfectly cooked in no time by combining traditional and pressure cooking...
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Bollito con Salsa Verde Rustica- Italian Pressure Cooker Boiled Beef with...
Posted by pazzaglia Boiling meat in the pressure cooker can turn chewy nerves and ligaments from a cheap cut of eat into gelatin in about an hour. What really makes this dish unique is the rustic...
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Mescuia- Ligurian Pressure Cooked Bean Stew (with new technique!)
Posted by pazzaglia The January cover of La Cucina Italiana caught my eye with a wonderfully wintery soup. The recipe seemed like a perfect candidate for the pressure cooker - and improvisation! The...
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Carbonara ai Carciofi - Arichoke, Pancetta & Egg Sauce (Pressure Cooker)
Posted by pazzaglia The luxurious and silky Carbonara sauce, dotted with smoky pancetta, helps the artichoke's naturally nutty and sweet flavor bloom. Carbonara is a fairly new traditional dish in...
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Super-Fast Pressure Cooker Lemon Marmalade
Posted by pazzaglia A pressure cooker and mandolin work together to make a delicious marmalade in under an hour. If you find yourself with abundant fruit and not a lot of time - this fantastic sweet,...
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The Stinking Rose - roasted garlic in just 20 minutes!
Posted by pazzaglia Delicious, perfectly "roasted" and caramelized garlic in just 5 minutes under pressure and 5 more under the broiler - not an hour in the oven! The folks who published Modernist...
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Whole White Beets - Pressure Cooker Recipe
Posted by pazzaglia Fresh beets are two vegetables in one. Delicious greens and earthy tuber. You can pressure cook the beet and then wilt the greens using the residual heat from the cooker....
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Spanish Rice- Mexican Pressure Cooker Recipe
Posted by pazzaglia In America, the basic rice used in Mexican cuisine is referred to as "Spanish Rice" - which confuses Spaniards because they have never heard of it. My guess: the rice got...
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Pressure Cooker Carnitas - pulled pork fast!
Posted by pazzaglia Mexican pulled pork for tamales, tacos, burritos, sandwiches and... lettuce cups! Thanks to the magic of pressure cooking the meat is tender enough to be pulled apart with two...
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Re-Fried Beans in 25 min instead of 2 hours!
Posted by pazzaglia Re-fried beans, much like carnitas, are usually cooked twice (boiled and then fried). Your pressure cooker can infuse flavor while boiling; so, I switch this classic recipe around...
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Insalata di Riso - Italian Rice Salad (Pressure Cooker)
Posted by pazzaglia Simple, refreshing and wholly Italian, salad should be an addition to summer repertoire. It is called a salad, but it is often served as a meal in a plate - with nothing other...
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Pressure Cooker Bread: with less heat, time & energy!
Posted by pazzaglia You can make bread in the pressure cooker with our new technique! It's fast, delicious, and only uses minutes not hours of energy Energy consumption is a concern for boaters and...
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Bessara - Pressure Cooked Moroccan Fava Bean Dip
Posted by pazzaglia The moroccan version of Hummus, this dip is made with favas, instead of chickpeas. This recipe is easy, exotic and, most of all, fast! The main ingredient here is dry Fava Beans....
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Dulce de Leche in the Pressure Cooker!
Posted by pazzaglia Dulce de Leche is sweetened condensed milk which has been caramelized in it's own can. Usually simmered for up to three hours, the pressure cooker can do it in just 15 minutes-...
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1-minute quinoa golden pilaf
Posted by pazzaglia This fluffy and spicy quinoa pilaf is pressure cooked in just 1 minute. It continues cooking using the cooker's own residual heat and steam - without any energy at all!
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Pressure Cooked Porcini Mushroom Pate'
Posted by pazzaglia We are sneaky! We made this spread with dry porcini -supermarket mushrooms add volume and fresh creds to this fancy pressure cooked spread. While you might ordinarily remove the...
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I can't believe it's not pesto!
Posted by pazzaglia Don't tell the picky eater in your household that this pasta sauce is a vitamin-charged Zucchini puree'- at least not until after they take the first bite. Only then should you...
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Two Ways to Pressure Cook Rice!
Posted by pazzaglia The pressure cooker's sealed environment and boundless steam make it the perfect kitchen appliance to cook rice. Grains, and in particular rice, demand precise amounts of time and...
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PERFECT Pressure Cooker Chicken & Rice
Posted by pazzaglia Pressure Cooker Chicken & Rice dishes tend to have either gummy rice or raw chicken - this method gauntness perfect results for both!
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Green Bean & Porcini Casserole
Posted by pazzaglia I came up with this recipe and flavor combination on my own - wanting to highlight mushrooms but turn them into a fulll veggie meal. In fact - this recipe can make EITHER a salad...
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Pressure Cooker Cottage Pie
Posted by pazzaglia We've made this classic dish not just faster, but easier, too - there is very little prep and we pressure cooked the meat and potatoes at the same time!
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Porcini Mushroom and Green Bean Salad
Posted by pazzaglia An unexpected combination turns a boring green bean slad into something exciting.
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Pressure Cooker Soy Milk Technique
Posted by pazzaglia Make soy milk in the pressure cooker without using any fancy tools other than the pressure cooker!
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Easy Peasy Tapioca Pudding
Posted by pazzaglia Tapioca Pudding without soaking, waiting or stirring - thanks to the pressure cooker!
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Perfect Spaghetti Squash in Minutes!
Posted by pazzaglia Tease long al-dente strands of squash not a shaggy pulp by cooking it with pressure. It only takes 3 minutes and the result is spectacular!!
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Cream of Mushroom Soup - from scratch!
Posted by pazzaglia Pressure Cooked Cozy Cream of Mushroom Soup - made from scratch in minutes. Toss the can!
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Pressure Cooker Healthy Onepot!
Posted by pazzaglia Pressure Cooker Sweet Potato & Black-eyed Pea One Pot Meal - the potatoes steam while the spicy beans cook!
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Split Pea & Bacon Soup - yum!
Posted by pazzaglia Pressure Cooker Split-pea & Bacon soup - you're not *supposed* to pressure cook split-peas but this article tells you how.
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Candied Lemon Peels – new pressure cooker technique!
Posted by pazzaglia Another pressure cooker first that will save you loads of time (10 min of pressure cooking vs. 60-90 simmering) and preserve lemon peels to use in your recipes or as home-made candy.
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