Key; Hints On Using Your Slow Cooker; Using Your Slow Cooker - Kenwood SCM650 Instructions Manual

before plugging in
• Make sure your electricty supply
is the same as the one shown on
the underside of your mahcine.
WARNING: THIS APPLIANCE
MUST BE EARTHED.
before using for the first time
• Wash the part 'see cleaning'

key

lid

cooking pot

base unit

handles

control knob

using your slow cooker
1 Follow the recipe and place the
ingredients into the cooking pot.
2 Place the cooking pot into the
base unit.
3 Place the lid in position
4 Select the desired setting ie High
or Low and then plug into the
power supply.
5 Allow to cook for the desired
time.
6 After cooking, switch off and
unplug the slow cooker.
The following times are a guide
only and will vary according to the
type of food being cooked
Low Setting will gradually cook
food during the day or throughout
the night and takes approximately
8 hours. This setting can also be
used when cooking more delicate
foods which would benefit from a
slightly lower rate of cooking such
as baked apples, poached fruit.
High Setting will quicken up the
cooking process compared to the
Low setting with cooking times
between 3 and 5 hours.
Keep Warm Setting - Use
this setting once food has been
cooked to keep food warm. We
recommend that food is not kept
warm for longer than 1 hour after
cooking and then switch off after
use.
hints on using your
slow cooker
1 Prepare and use ingredient at
room temperature rather than
straight from the refreigerator.
However ingredients such as
meat and fish should not be left
out of the refrigerator for longer
than is necessary, so remove
from refrigerator just to take the
chill off and keep covered with
cling flim or plastic wrap.
2 Cut root vegetables such as
carrots, onions, swedes etc into
fairly small pieces as they
take longer to cook than meat.
3 Cut each type of ingredient into
even sized pieces, this will assist
with even cooking.
4 Browning the meat and sauteing
the vegetables first in a separate
pan will help to remove a certain
amount of flat from the meat and
also improve the apperance and
flavour of both meat and
vegetables. However this is not
essential.
5 Do not lift the lid more than
necessary during cooking as this
will cause loos of heat and
evaporation of liquid. It may be
necessary depending upon how
often the lid is removed and for
how long, to allow an extra 20
minutes to half an hour cooking
time.
6 Cooking always takes place in
the cooking pot. Never place
food directly into the base unit.
7 Never plunge the hot cooking pot
into cold water immediately after
use or pour boiling water into an
empty cold cooking pot.
Subjecting it to a sudden change
in temperature could cause it to
crack.
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