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9. Cooking under pressure

Only hold the hot pressure cooker by its grips or handles. Always
handle the pressure cooker with extreme care, especially if it is filled
with hot liquid. If your pan has metallic handles, the use of oven
gloves may be necessary.
To avoid damage to the appliance, never allow the pressure
cooker to boil dry.
Never leave an empty pressure cooker on a hot hob.
This cooker is not suitable for the preparation of apple compote,
cranberries, porridge (oat flakes), barley or other cereals (except those
listed on page 89), peas, pasta, macaroni or rhubarb. These foods
tend to foam and froth and could block the valve.
In the case of problems during cooking: remove the pressure cooker
from the heat source and allow it to cool.
Place the properly closed cooker on a heat source commensurate with the size
of the pressure cooker base. See underside of cooker base for correct size.
(See section 14) Next turn the heat source up to full power.
As food begins to boil, any air present in the pressure cooker firstly escapes
through the valve. The valve cap will then move up. Now, the pressure indicator
stem rises with increasing pressure inside the pressure cooker. Please observe:
after a short while the first red (pressure indication) line will become visible indi-
cating that cooking level 1 has been reached.
The cooking time begins (see the cooking time table in section 16)
once the desired cooking level has been reached.
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