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Re-Fried Beans in 25 min instead of 2 hours!

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 to capture more...
The Stinking Rose - roasted garlic in just 20 minutes!

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...
Pressure Cooker Roasted Baby Potatoes

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 techniques. Piercing ...

Pressure Cooker Tomato, Tomato, Tomato Soup!

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 products for...
Julia Child's French Onion Soup, Pressure Cookerized! How to convert recipes to the pressure cooker

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 consider! In Julia...
Potage di Marroni - Pressure Cooked Chestnut Potage

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 dishes, they can be...
Better Pressure Cooker Pasta: Pipe Cacio e Pepe - the Roman Mac 'n Cheese

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 the...
American Three Bean Salad - Pressure Cooked TOGETHER!

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 realized...
Insalata di Patate: Italian Potato Salad (Pressure Cooker)

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.
Bengali Rasgulla - Pressure Cooked Puffed Cheese Spheres

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 at your local...
Hummus - Pressure Cooked Chickpea Dip

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 using...
5 Amazing Pressure Cooker Veggie Tips & Tricks!

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 out of your...
Smoky Baba Ganoush - Pressure Cooked Eggplant Dip

Baba Ganoush, Baba Ghannouj or Baba Ghannoug is an Arab dish traditionally made with eggplant that has been charred on an open fire, charcoal or the stove top flame. You cannot make a decent Baba...
Pasta e Ceci - Cozy Pressure Cooker Minestrone

A peasant dish has never been so tasty, or fast!
Faggiolini in Umido - "Wet" Freen Beans - Pressure Cooker

A multi-use recipe that can be served as a side dish, or used as a sauce to be enjoyed with pasta, polenta or rice! In umido, literally translated to "wet", is actually a reference to Italian cooking...
Pressure Cooker Cauliflower and Fennel Veloute' with Gorgonzola Garnish

Making creamy, thick, soups takes just minutes of cooking under pressure. With just 5 minutes of sautee and about 5 more of pressure cooking you can have a delicious, elegant soup from idea to table in under 15 minutes!

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