Care Of Ceramic Pot And Cooker - KitchenAid KSC700 Instructions

Tips for Better Slow Cooking
A Slow Cooker is a Moist Environment
Slow cookers use a food's own moisture
to cook the food. With the lid kept
on while cooking, very little moisture
evaporates and natural juices from the
food accumulates. For that reason, use less
liquid when using your favorite traditional
recipes for slow cooking.
Enhancing Texture and Flavor
The amount of seasonings, types of
ingredients, and when you add ingredients
can improve the texture and flavor of your
slow-cooked meals.
As a general rule for using your favorite
recipes in the slow cooker, increase the
amounts of herbs and seasonings to offset
the effect of longer cooking times.
Add garnishes, fresh herbs, and quick-
cooking vegetables toward the end of the
cooking cycle. For example, you can add
peas, corn and freshly sliced squash in the
last 10 to 20 minutes.
Also consider the differences between
related ingredients when cooking for
extended times. Dark meat poultry will
retain moisture better than white meat in
recipes cooked more than 7 to 9 hours.
Whole-grain rice, such as brown or wild
rice, retains its texture better than white
rice when it's slow cooked. Over extended
periods, white rice can overcook and
become mushy.

Care of Ceramic Pot and Cooker

Here are a few simple tips to assure your
slow cooker gives you years of service.
• This is a large-capacity slow cooker and
it is recommended that you cook with at
least 1 qt (1 L) of food in the ceramic pot.
• Do not store the ceramic pot in the
refrigerator.
• If the ceramic pot has been inadvertently
left in the refrigerator, do not immediately
fill with hot or warm liquids. Wait until
the pot is at room temperature.
Cut Food to Proper Size
The size you cut food into can affect its
taste and texture. To assure uniformity of
cooking, cut vegetables of similar density,
such as potatoes, carrots and parsnips
into similar-sized pieces. In general, dense
vegetables should be slightly smaller than
more tender vegetables.
Cutting meats into large pieces
allows longer cooking times and avoids
overcooking.
Serving Leftovers
Before placing in the slow cooker, leftovers
should be thoroughly heated to 165°F
(74°C), and sauces and soups should be
brought to a rolling boil, then kept warm
in slow cooker on buffet setting.
Reheating of leftovers in the slow cooker
is not recommended. A microwave oven
is ideal for this function. Do not use the
ceramic pot or glass lid in an oven, a
microwave, or on a cooktop, to reheat foods.
• If assembling a recipe in advance of
cooking, store ingredients in a covered,
separate container.
• After each use, always follow the "Care
and Cleaning" instructions.
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