I got myself a pressure cooker and think I'm addicted, i nearly put my cornflakes in it this morning.?!
Answers: but my question is...I want to cook a joint of beef in it on sunday, the book says 1 and a half cups of stock is enough liquid for 40mins cooking. how big is a cup? ie expresso cup or mug? or any old cup? oh and any other tips or resipies would be very welcome... many thanx
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I too just LOVE my pressure cooker...
I do a whole chicken in it from frozen to falling off the bones in about 35 minutes.....
Can't beat that......
I do most meats in that trusty old pressure cooker of mine, and then brown the meat in a pan with a little oil afterward.
Try it, especially if you need to get the meat crispy, like the rind of pork or the fatty bits on mutton.
The best......
I use about 300ml of water in it, or just enough to cover the meat cut by half......
Usually no more than 500ml is needed.
A standard cup is really 250ml or just a little more.....
Cup is American measure
I use half pint = 1 cup
Using pressure cooker doesn't need much fluids
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a cup if u want to know is a mug that u dirnk from or a typical glass of water
a pint of stock is what i use, makes the meat tender.
How about a glass or two of red wine instead. That's what Ive done in the past with beef. I've even used half a quart of milk for a piece of pork in the pressure cooker.
I too am a fan of the pressure cooker and find it to be a great & tasty way to get some dishes to the table.
To be exact, 1 1/2 cups equals 12 ounces, which would be 354.84 mL.
One cup in cooking is 8 fluid ounces; or one half pint. (A pint is a pound the world around, so it's one half pound of water as well.)
Purchase beef stock at the supermarket (look in the canned soup section. It usually comes in 12 oz. or 24 oz. cans.
Use the directions that came with your cooker.
Enjoy!
I love to see or hear about people discovering pressure cookers!! I own a couple and they are a well kept secret.
If you look through your book, you should find a table referring to the measurements that are used. That is pretty common in most cookbooks and instruction manuals with recipes. The biggest clue is the country the book was written for. Each country uses its own standard cup measurement in cooking.
I'm in Australia and we use the metric system, thus a cup is 250ml.
happy cook and good luck
Recipes calling for a cup are referring to liquid measure of 8 ounces, so you will need 12 ounces of stock.
a cup is the measurement of an average coffee cup. i.e. 25cl or 1/2 pint so 1 1/2 cup is 37-38cl or 3/4 of a pint
BTW let us know how those cornflakes turned out.