If you read yesterday’s post, you’ll know I’ve just got my hands on a pressure cooker. It’s a Prestige – who are almost the ‘Hoover’ or ‘Google’ of pressure cookers… Although I don’t think, ‘to Prestige’, will be becoming a verb any time soon. It’s a good, robust, basic model that’s already on its way to becoming a kitchen stalwart. I’m already hooked – it cooks food in about a ⅓ of the time of a conventional saucepan on the stove-top.
If you fancy something more fancy (and more pricey) Heston Blumenthal has developed one in collaboration with Sage which is a pressure cooker AND a slow cooker and has all the bells & whistles any kitchen scientist could wish for. The Swiss-made Kuhn Rikon example comes with two separate pans, which is handy if you don’t always cook in the same quantities.
- Prestige 6 litre high dome pressure cooker: £35.99, Argos
- Sage™ The Fast Slow Pro™: £199.99, Lakeland
- Kuhn Rikon Duromatic Supreme pressure cooker set, 2-piece, (4 L / 6 L): £362, Amazon