Closing The Lid & Cooking - Fagor Rapid Express 6 qt User Manual

You can use water, broth, wine or any
other kind of liquid to cook, except
oil. You can use oil to brown meat or
soften onions directly in your pressure
cooker before adding the rest of
the ingredients, but the oil should
never be the ONLY cooking liquid.
WARNING: Pressure cookers are
NOT pressure fryers.
WARNING: Do not fill the pressure
cooker more than two thirds full
with liquid and food, or half full if
you're cooking foods that expand
during cooking (for example rice
or other grains).
2. Never fill the pressure cooker more
than two thirds full. It is necessary
to leave enough space in the cooker
for it to be able to build pressure.
Fill only halfway when cooking with
foods that will either expand in size
and/or produce foam as they cook,
such as dried beans or other legumes
and grains. Also fill only halfway when
preparing soups or stock.
3. You can add food and liquid directly into
the pressure cooker, or, optionally, you
can steam your food in the stainless
steel steamer basket. To use the
stainless steel steamer basket, place
the metal support trivet on the bottom
of the pressure cooker, add at least half
a cup of liquid, and place the steamer
basket containing the food on top.
Closing the Lid and Cooking
1. When you're ready to start cooking,
place the lid on the pressure cooker
pot by aligning the mark on the lid
with the mark on the top of the pot
handle (Fig. 6). Once these two marks
are aligned, press the lid down lightly,
then slide the lid handle to the left
(clockwise), bringing the pot and lid
handles together. Push the pressure
lock button up towards the center of
the lid to lock it (Fig. 7). If you don't
push the lock to the closed position,
the cooker will not build any pressure.
This is a safety measure designed
to prevent accidental opening of the
cooker while under pressure. The lock
will block automatically as soon as
the pressure indicator has risen, and
will unblock only when the pressure
indicator has dropped again.
2. Once the pressure cooker is locked,
turn the operating valve to the pressure
setting (Fig. 9 the picture of the pot).
This is the only setting you can cook
on; if you cook with the operating valve
turned to the picture of the steam, the
pressure cooker will not build pressure.
The level of pressure reached is a
high pressure, equivalent to 15 psi (15
pounds of pressure per square inch).
Pounds of
Selector's Pressure per
Position Square Inch
(psi)
0
0
15
3. Position the pressure cooker on the
center of the stove burner. The RAPID
EXPRESS Pressure Cooker can be
used on all types of burners including
gas, electric, ceramic and induction.
As to not discolor the sides of the pot,
Pressure level
Unlock Position
Steam Release Position
High
9