CONTENTS: Please read this Manual carefully BEFORE Contents: using the Pressure Cooker for your own Specifications safety. The Tower Pressure Cooker has 1.1 Components and accessories been designed to cook food under pressure in accordance with the instructions in this 1.2 Technical Information Manual.
SPECIFICATIONS Continued 1.2 Technical Specification Model No: T90103 Diameter: 22cm Capacity: 6 Litre Working Pressure: 80kPa (Approx 11.6psi) ± 10% Safety Pressure: Not exceeding 180kPa (Approx 26psi) Material: Stainless steel 18/8 body and lid Aluminium and steel encapsulated base Suitable for hob types:...
Safety and Instruction Manual 2 IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION Please read these notes carefully 2.1.2 Safety Valve BEFORE using your Tower • This will rise when the operating Pressure Cooker pressure reaches 4kPa – beware of any escaping steam 2.1 Safety Features as this can scald. 2.1.1 Pressure Limiting Valve and Pressure Indicator 2.1.3 Sealing Ring/Safety Window...
yourself so as to prevent injury 2.2 User Safety from escaping steam. • The pressure cooker heats food under pressure. 2.3 Safety during use • Always check the pressure • When the pressure cooker is at its operating pressure, the liquid limiting valve before use – hold boils at 120°C the cover up to the light and look through the valve to ensure that it...
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Safety and Instruction Manual before opening to avoid hot food • DO NOT pressure cook foods such as stewed fruit, apple spraying out as the pressure is sauce, cranberries, rhubarb, released. pearl barley, oatmeal, other • In the unlikely event the cereals, split peas, soup mixes appliance develops a fault, containing dried vegetables,...
3 USING YOUR PRESSURE COOKER Heating – Turn the hob to its highest setting in For the first time of use, clean the pressure cooker, fill with about 400ml of water and order to get the pressure cooker as quickly as heat for 30 minutes.
Safety and Instruction Manual To ensure your safety, the cover cannot be should be turned off and the pressure cooker opened until the indicating valve rod has allowed to cool. dropped. DO NOT force the pressure cooker 3.2.3 Caution open. DO NOT leave the pressure cooker unattended Under these circumstances, the safety valve may during cooking.
4. COOKING TIMES AND RECIPES 4.1 Cooking Times The cooking time starts from the moment that the heat is turned down after the pressure limiting valve rises and your pressure cooker starts to hiss; it finishes when you remove your pressure cooker from the heat. 4.1.1 Vegetable Cooking Times Vegetable Cooking time Vegetable...
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Safety and Instruction Manual Vegetable Cooking time Vegetable Cooking time (mins) (mins) Parsnips (5 mm slices) Swede (25 mm slices) Parsnips (25 mm slices) 2 - 4 Swiss chard Peas (in the pod) Tomatoes (in quarters) Peas (green) Tomatoes (whole) Potatoes (cut into 25 mm Turnip (small, in quarters) 5 - 7...
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4.1.2 Meat Cooking Times Meat Water Cooking Meat Water Cooking quantity time (mins) quantity time (mins) Beef, corned (3 to 4 950ml Pork shanks 625ml inches thick) Beef, flank steak 250ml Pork shoulder 375ml 35 - 40 Beef, liver; sliced 300ml Pork spareribs 250ml Beef, pot roast blade, Lamb shoulder (1300...
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Safety and Instruction Manual 4.1.3 Rice and Grain Cooking Times 4.1.3 Meat Cooking Times Grains Water Cooking Type Cut of Cooking (1 cup/250ml) quantity time (mins) Fish time (mins) White – Bass, Barley (pearl) 950 ml 15 - 20 Bream, Brill, Cod, Coley, Haddock, Halibut (454g) Steaks and Barley (pot) 750 ml Plaice,...
4.2 Sample Recipes Food Allergies Important Note: Some of these recipes may contain nuts and/or other allergens. Beef Stew Please be careful when making any of our sample recipes that you are NOT allergic to any of the ingredients. For more information on allergies, please visit the Ingredients Food Standards Agency’s website at: Serves: 8...
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Safety and Instruction Manual Leek and Hazelnut Risotto Ingredients Serves: 4 absorbed, and then pour the rest of the • 850ml hot meat or vegetable stock wine over the rice. Let the wine evaporate • 2 baby carrots again. Add the salt and the boiling stock to •...
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Chocolate Pudding Ingredients Serves: 4-6 • Butter 100g, plus a little extra • Golden caster sugar 100g • Eggs 2 • Vanilla extract 1 tsp • Self-raising flour 100g • Cocoa powder 1 tbsp • Grated dark chocolate 2 tbsp Method Butter a 1.2 litre pudding basin.
Safety and Instruction Manual 5 Cleaning, Storage and Maintenance Dry the seal and replace it in the cover. 5.1 Looking after your Pressure Cooker Your Tower Pressure Cooker is designed to 5.3 Maintaining the Safety Valve and Pressure give you many years of trouble free cooking, Limiting Valve if properly cared for. If the pressure limiting valve has become blocked After every use, the pressure cooker should be during the cooking process, the safety will carefully cleaned and dried before putting away.
6 TROUBLE SHOOTING If your Pressure Cooker is not performing as The table below details common problems and it should, remove it from the hob using oven how to solve them. gloves, place it in the sink and then run cold water over it to cool the appliance and to reduce the pressure.
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Safety and Instruction Manual 7 WARRANTY This product is guaranteed for 12 months from the date of original purchase. If any defect arises due to faulty materials of workmanship, the faulty products must be returned to the place of purchase. Refund or replacement is at the discretion of the retailer.
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thank you! We hope you enjoy your appliance for many years. As a thank you for purchasing one of our fantastic products, we are giving you an extra 9 years peace of mind. *To receive your extra 9 years guarantee, register your appliance online by visiting: www.towerhousewares.co.uk Should you have a problem with your...
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