Anna N

Yeah I heard my grandma’s voice. “What will hold a lot will hold a little.”

Nice connection. And fabulous report back from the talk. I wish I could've attended. Can hardly wait now for the book(s) to come out.

Never say never.

Did they bake the breads at George Brown?

My thoughts exactly.

I have taken the mini out of my Amazon basket. I really thought I could not live without it but a few days of weighing it up have cured me of that. It would gain me a minuscule amount of additional space if I got rid of the 6 quart but I guarantee that would never happen. Aside from that the more I thought about it the less reason there was for getting it. There is nothing it can do better than the 6 quart and I would need to start looking for all the accessories again that won't fit in the mini. I'm a sucker for baby things.

Isi's Portuguese bread done in the Thermomix. The round loaf was cooked in the regular oven and the long loaf in the CSO ( Cuisinart steam oven). Both were cooked at the same temperature 425°F and one in the steam oven was finished sooner ( 200°F +) by about five minutes than the one in the regular oven. For the one in the regular oven I sprayed the door when I went into the oven and then again at the two minute mark. I should really have shaped them both the same but I believe that the round loaf done in the regular oven had a better oven spring than the one done in the CSO. I admit that could be subjective. Both are very small loaves made using 500 g of flour.

Lazy? I couldn't think of a word any further from the truth to describe you.

Savoury steel cut oats. Oats cooked in Instant Pot using the PIP (pot in pot) method then grated cheddar stirred in along with some salt and pepper. Bacon, fried egg and scallions complete it.

So far I'm quite pleased with the book both the recipes and the copy editing.

if you are the world's biggest wimp then I'm in second place. I throw a towel over it, well folded, and then use some very long barbecue tongs to turn the vent. My four-legged houseguests disappear into the ether when it starts releasing steam. The folded towel does reduce the noise somewhat.

One take on when you might use low pressure. According to this article it is the least used function on an electric pressure cooker. The instant pot manual notes that all functions use high-pressure EXCEPT the rice setting which uses low pressure by default.

According to the manual for the instant pot the steam function can be used to steam vegetables, seafood or to reheat food with the steam rack in place. It also cautions that using the natural release methid will likely overcook the food and that you should use the quick release. Using one or 2 cups of water should be sufficient to steam fresh or frozen vegetables using 1 to 2 minutes at pressure. They offer another caution that the steam function works at full power continuously and that it may burn food that is not on a rack/trivet. I have paraphrased the manual.

Not to be contrary but Click Click Click

Looks like another plate lifter it to me.

Plate lifter?

Baste. I suspect this is the more generally accepted meaning for most of us. I would consider covering it with the lid as steaming. But as always to each their own.

Not sure I would attempt to freeze these but if you need mashed potatoes that you can freeze you might want to try these. Click

Yep. And I discovered with one of these you don't only have a spoon to clean you have a stand to clean and a stainless steel bowl to clean.

Not by any means suitable for all occasions but this recipe has saved my bacon more than once. And speaking of bacon, adding crumbled, cooked bacon to the mix does no harm whatsoever. Click

Me too. Mine are smaller and square and the box seems like it's going to last for eternity. Also useful on the scales when I'm weighing things and I found other uses also.

No photo a) because I forgot and b) because it wasn't very photogenic anyway but I dug out the lamb ribs and rice that I had frozen a week or so ago. I had frozen it in a disposable container rather than my usual Ziploc bag thinking it might look more attractive. It didn't. And the container took up considerably more room than would a bag. But after a tiring day it was sustenance.

It's not too different from using a sponge which is fairly common with other breads. I think most recipes I have run across use a different terminology so that rather than calling it the first rise they will say let the dough rest for a prescribed time before adding the remaining flour and other ingredients.

I don't know. The "keep warm mode" on the Instant Pot operates between 145°F and 172°F but it's not, as far as I know, controllable so I am guessing that it cycles between these two temperatures. It is certainly lower down the lowest temperature of a slow cooker (I think). The temperature of the slow cooker function is 190°F to 210°F. Read through this and see if it's any help. Click

It's very large and very prominent to ignore.