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Calamari Sauce or Side via Pressure Cooker

Calamari Sauce or Side via Pressure Cooker by Laura Pazzaglia

You can double this recipe and serve it as a side dish - Italians actually use it as a second course - or make it as written and mix it in with spaghetti, serve it with rice... or surprise your guests by serving it on a little warm rectangle of white polenta - as seafood is served in the Friuli and Veneto regions of Italy.

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Caponatina - Sicillian Summer Vegetable Medley

Caponatina - Sicillian Summer Vegetable Medley by Laura Pazzaglia

Caponatina is a lighter and easier version to make than its cousin Caponata – which requires frying three ingredients separately. With this recipe, you lightly brown all of the vegetables together and give them a quick spin in the pressure cooker for only four minutes! You can make a complete meal of this dish by serving it with…

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What size pressure cooker should I purchase? Is bigger better?

What size pressure cooker should I purchase? Is bigger better? by Laura Pazzaglia

For home cooks that are just looking to make dinner, and not restaurant-quantity stock: bigger is not better. We recommend getting the smallest pressure cooker to fit your needs because a bigger the pressure cooker will take longer to reach pressure,…

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Barbara’s Chunky Sweet Potato Soup

Barbara’s Chunky Sweet Potato Soup by Laura Pazzaglia

It’s never too hot for soup – this soup is the perfect antidote for the waning crispy evening dinner!We’re proud to share with you the latest creation who is an up-and-coming pressure cooking blogger – but not a newcomer to cooking!Barbara started Barbara Bakes in 2008 so she could share her family recipes with her daughter. When…

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Mother-in-law’s Pressure Cooked Stuffed Artichokes

Mother-in-law’s Pressure Cooked Stuffed Artichokes by Laura Pazzaglia

Pressure Cooker Recipe: Stuffed ArtichokesPressure CookerAccessoriesPr. Cook TimePr. LevelOpen6 L or largernone5-7 min.High(2)NormalIf your artichokes come with stems, peel them and – if they are very thick – slice them in half. Then toss the stems in the base of the cooker to help balance the artichokes. To trim slice off the top 1/3…

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Pressure Cooker Review: WMF Perfect Plus – Excellent

Pressure Cooker Review: WMF Perfect Plus – Excellent by Laura Pazzaglia

If Kuhn Rikon is known as the Mercedes of pressure cookers, then WMF is the BMW- in a class of its own with emphasis on quality, usability and durability. The WMF Perfect Plus pressure cooker has a couple of features that are brilliant – like a sound to let you know it’s gone into over-pressure and a completely new way to release it…

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Minimalist Strawberry Jam: Two Ingredients + Pressure Cooker

Minimalist Strawberry Jam: Two Ingredients + Pressure Cooker by Laura Pazzaglia

Pressure Cooker Recipe: Pectin-Free Honey-Sweetened Strawberry JamPressure CookerAccessoriesPr. Cook TimePr. LevelOpen6 L or largernone2 min.High(2)NaturalWhen pressure cooking fruit, do not fill the pressure cooker more than half-way. For venting…

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HOT!!! One Pot New Orleans Dirty Rice – pressure cooker recipe

HOT!!! One Pot New Orleans Dirty Rice – pressure cooker recipe by Laura Pazzaglia

Pressure Cooker Recipe: One Pot New Orleans Dirty RicePressure CookerAccessoriesPr. Cook TimePr. LevelOpen4 L or largernone4 min.High(2)NaturalEach cook will have their own mix of meats and vegetables to make this dish. Also popular is the addition of…

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Fancy in a FLASH! Pressure Cooker Porcini Mushroom Pate’

Fancy in a FLASH! Pressure Cooker Porcini Mushroom Pate’ by Laura Pazzaglia

Pressure Cooker Recipe: Porcini Mushroom Pate’Pressure CookerAccessoriesPr. Cook TimePr. LevelOpen6 L or largernone10 min.High(2)NormalFor completely different flavor, but still intensely flavored spread, swap out the procini with dried oyster mushrooms!In a one-cup heat-proof measuring cup add dry porcini up to the 3/4 mark. Then,…

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ALMOST! Spring Roast with Cauliflower and Potato Mash (pressure cooker one pot meal)

ALMOST! Spring Roast with Cauliflower and Potato Mash (pressure cooker one pot meal) by Laura Pazzaglia

Pressure Cooker Recipe: Spring Roast with Cauliflower and Potato Mash One Pot MealPressure CookerAccessoriesPr. Cook TimePr. LevelOpen6 L or largerheat-proof bowl25 min.High(2)NaturalDouble the recipe by putting two roasts in the base of the pressure…

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