About Slow Cooking; Suitable Foods - Morphy Richards 48730 Manual

48730MRU-DigiSlowCookerRev3
Children
• Never allow a child to operate this
appliance. Teach children to be aware of
dangers in the kitchen, warn them of the
dangers of reaching up to areas where
they cannot see properly or should not
be reaching.
Other safety considerations
• Do not use attachments or tools not
recommended by Morphy Richards as
this may cause fire, electric shock or
injury.
• Extreme caution must be used when
moving the cooker when containing hot
food, water, or other hot liquids.
• To open, lift the lid off towards yourself
but tilted away from you.
• Do not use any slow cooker parts in a
microwave or on any cooking/heated
surfaces.
• Do not place on or near a hot gas or
electric burner, or in a heated oven.
• Do not use the appliance for other than
intended use.
• Never leave the appliance connected to
the socket outlet when not in use.
• Do not switch on the appliance when it
is upside down or laid on its side.
• The glass lid and ceramic pot are fragile.
Handle them with care.
• Allow the lid and the crock pot to cool
before immersing in water.
• Do not use crock pot or glass lid if
cracked or chipped.
Check that the voltage on the rating
plate of your appliance corresponds with
your house electricity supply which must be
A.C. (Alternating Current).
If the socket outlets in your home are
not suitable for the plug supplied with this
appliance, the plug should be removed and
the appropriate one fitted.
WARNING: The plug removed from
the mains lead, if severed, must be
destroyed as a plug with bared flexible
cord is hazardous if engaged into a live
socket outlet.
WARNING: This appliance must be
earthed.
Features A
1. Glass lid
2. Ceramic crock pot
3. Base
4. Control panel
5. Power on/off bu on tt
6. Power indicator
7. Timer set button
8. Increase coo ing time button k
9. LCD display
10. Decrease cooking time button
11. Handles
Cooking capacity
The 6.5 litre digital slow cooker has a
maximum working capacity of 4.5 litres/8
pints. This allows a 3cm space between the
top of the cook pot and the food.
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Before using for the first
time.......................................
1 Remove all labels and tags from the
product.
2 Wash the crock pot and glass lid in hot
soapy water, with a sponge or a dish
cloth, rinse thoroughly and dry.
WARNING : Do not immerse the
appliance base in water.
• During initial use you may notice a slight
odour due to the burning off of
manufacturing residues. This is
completely normal and will disappear
after a few uses.
Using
1 Place the base 3. on a dry, level, heat
resistant surface, away from the edge of
the work surface.
2 Place the ingredients into the ceramic
crock pot 2., and place the pot into the
base. Cover with the glass lid 1..
• If you need to pre-cook or brown foods
prior to slow cooking, this must be done
in a pan. Do not try to brown or pre-
cook food in a slow cooker.
3 Plug the appliance into the mains
socket.
4 When plugged in, the red LED will glow
and the unit will display '06:00' as the
default cooking time.
5 If the recipe calls for 6 hours cooking
time, simply press the power on/off
button 5. and cooking will begin. If the
recipe calls for an alternative cooking
time, see following section 'Adjusting the
cooking time'.
6 The green LED will glow to show that
cooking has begun.
• During the cooking process, the display
will count down minute by minute to the
keep warm time when your meal is
ready.
• At the end of the cooking time the unit
will go into the keep warm function.
• 'WARM' will then be displayed on the
digital display showing that the cooking
process has stopped and the unit is on
keep warm.
7 Switch off and unplug the appliance
after cooking and remove the crock pot
using oven gloves.
WARNING: Be careful not to touch
the base unit after cooking as it
remains hot. \:\\ Unit is plugged in and
the default
В1 cooking time is showing. OH Unit is
cooking and there is 2 hours
В2 and 30 minutes left to cook. OH The
unit has finished cooking and is on
В3 keep warm. The meal is ready.
Adjusting the cooking time
If the recipe calls for an alternative
cooking time, procede as follows. •
Cooking time can be adjusted between
4 and 12 hours.
1 Press the set button 7., numbers will
flash.
2 Press +button 8. to increase the
cooking time in hours or the –button10.
to decrease cooking time until the
desired cooking time is shown.
3 Press the set button again to adjust the
3
cooking time by minutes in the same
way as above (time advances in 10
minute increments).
4 Press the set button again (numbers
stop flashing).

About slow cooking

Slow cooking has always been the best
way to prepare nutritious hot meal with
minimum preparation and maximum free
time away from the kitchen.
Traditionally slow cooking has centred
on soups and casseroles but with this slow
cooker you can also produce most modern
family meals and dinner party dishes. The
pot is convenient as well as looking good
enough to take straight to the table for
serving (always place crock pot on a heat
proof mat or surface).
Slow cooking is ideal for preparing
tougher cuts of meat, giving them the long,
gentle simmering that ensures that they
become tender and full of flavour.

Suitable foods

Most foods are suited to slow cooking
methods, however there are a few
guidelines that need to be followed.
• Make sure all frozen ingredients are well
thawed out.
• Cut root vegetables into small, even
pieces, as they take longer to cook than
meat. They should be gently sauted 2-3
minutes before slow cooking. Ensure
that root vegetables are always placed
at the bottom of the pot and all
ingredients are immersed in the cooking
liquid.
• Trim all excess fat from meat before
cooking, since the slow cooking method
does not allow fat to evaporate.
• If adapting an existing recipe from
conventional cooking, you may need to
cut down on the amount of liquid used.
Liquid will not evaporate from the slow
cooker to the same extent as with
conventional cooking.
• Never leave uncooked food at room
temperature in the slow cooker.
• Do not use the slow cooker to reheat
food.
• Uncooked red beans must be soaked
and boiled for at least 10 minutes to
remove toxins before use in a slow
cooker.
• Insert a meat thermometer into joints of
roasts, hams, or whole chickens to
ensure they are cooked to the desired
temperature.
Looking after the crock
pot
• Authentic stoneware is fired at high
temperatures therefore the crock pot
may have minor surface blemishes, the
glass lid may rock slightly due to these
imperfections. Low heat cooking does
not produce steam so there will be little
heat loss. Due to normal wear and tear
through the products life, the outer
surface may start appearing 'crazed'.
• Do not put the crock pot or glass lid in
an oven, freezer, microwave or on a