Fagor Premium User Manual page 11

1. Keep Warm: Used to reheat or keep cooked food warm until ready to serve.
2. Steam: This function is used to steam meals such as vegetables and fish.
Simply add at least a half a cup of water into the bottom of your removable
cooking pot and insert the Fagor Stainless Steel Steamer Basket and Trivet.
Make sure that the steamer basket is positioned above the water. The Fagor
Stainless Steel Steamer Basket and Trivet can be purchased separately on
the Fagor website at www.fagoramerica.com.
3. Brown: This function is used to seal in flavor and juice by giving the food a
golden brown exterior.
4. Sauté: This function is used when cooking small pieces of food by preparing
them with very little oil at high heat before using the pressure cooking or meat
program.
5. Simmer: This function is used to make soup, stew, sauce or other entrees
that need to be cooked at a lower heat setting. This function is much gentler
than the boiling point of water and will make meat and vegetables very tender.
6. Pressure Cooking: HIGH-Use this function to cook at high pressure, 9 psi
(pounds per square inch). This pressure setting is more suitable to cook
tougher meats and vegetables or other foods that are not so delicate. LOW-
Use this function to cook at a low pressure, 5 psi. This pressure setting is
more suitable to cook delicate foods such as tender vegetables and certain
types of fish.
7. Meat: Starting at a preset time of 20 minutes, this program pressure cooks
meats to a tender perfection.
8. Beans: This program is used to pressure cook dried beans on high beginning
at a preset time of 7 minutes. The time can range depending on the bean
being pressure cooked.
9. White Rice: This program uses low pressure and gives you a preset time of
10 minutes to cook different types of white rice.
10. Brown Rice: This program uses high pressure and gives you a preset time of
20 minutes to cook a variety of different rices.
11. Risotto: This program uses high pressure and gives you a preset time of 6
minutes to create a gourmet risotto dish.
12. Start/Stop: To be used after a cooking selection has been made to begin the
cooking process or if you would like to cancel the cooking function.
13. Time Delay: Allows you to delay cooking time up to 6 hours. Simply push the
time delay button, which will increase by 30 minute increments until you reach
the 6 hour maximum time.
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