Although rice is usually soaked, the pressure cooker hurries the process along so that you can get in 1 minute what would ordinarily take 8 hours. This drink is refreshing, lightly sweetened with...

Although rice is usually soaked, the pressure cooker hurries the process along so that you can get in 1 minute what would ordinarily take 8 hours. This drink is refreshing, lightly sweetened with...
This Spanish dessert has been adapted to the pressure cooker Bain Marie method and will yield the same results as the original that has to be carefully and constantly stirred over an open flame -...
Making meatballs in the pressure cooker is easy, fast and splatter-free. I make them often so I've streamlined the whole process to dirty as few dishes as possible.
Meatballs in tomato sauce...
Sometimes you've just got to try something to believe it. Melting chocolate in the pressure cooker is one of those things.
Using the pressure cooker to melt chocolate goes against...
Make delicious ivory silky soy milk at home in minutes (after a day or two of soaking the beans) and without using any special equipment - other than your pressure cooker!
Making your own...
To make no-fail yogurt in Instant Pot, or your favorite yogurt maker in just three steps, sanitation, inoculation and incubation. None of these steps can be skipped!
You can...
Dulce de Leche is sweetened condensed milk which has been caramelized in its own can. Usually simmered for up to three hours, the pressure cooker can do it in just 15 minutes- plus a wholly...
A few weeks ago, I stumbled over a new pressure cooker blog. Buried in a recipe for steamed burgers a last-minute addition of a ramekin of cheese really stole the show for me. Michael indulged...
This recipe is the Roman version of Mac 'n Cheese - fresher, lighter and well... Italian! Even though you add the "sauce" after pressure cooking, this recipe takes advantage of the boiling...
Chilled, delectable portions of a creamy lemon custard are the perfect canvas for your favorite fruit garnish.
Pot de Creme, is the little-known cousin of Creme Caramel (which is a flan...
Surprising, refreshing and beautiful... this Indian dessert is perfect for a hot, sweltering summer. Though the result is exotic, the ingredients are not and most are easy to find at your local...
Babotie is a surprisingly and elegant casserole that is so diffused in South Africa that it has become the country's national dish. Traditionally, it would take 1 to 1 1/2 hours to prepare by...
Spicy, coconutty and filling... this curry can be served by itself as a rich little fish stew or on a fluffy pillow of Basmati rice. The trickiest part of this dish is obtaining all of the...
This French classic is usually an egg, in a ramekin baked in the oven for 15 minutes but it only takes 4 minutes in your pressure cooker!
The French tradition of en Cococotte says that you...
A rich, tower of chocolate that predictably rises out of the cup and stays there, without all of the work of beating egg whites into peaks, almost no dirty pots and pans - and an optional oooheey...
Five minutes under low pressure, and you'll have a healthy, delicious and unexpected side dish to accompany meat or poultry.It breaks all of the pressure cooking rules, using milk and flour, but...
This is a dessert that never fails to impress. It is incredibly easy, but requires you to learn a new skill - making caramel. Pressure cook this flan in 10 minutes and the transformation to...
This deceivingly simple recipe traveled through three countries to get here.
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Pressure cookers considerably shorten the cooking time of just about anything – including soups! Here are a few tricks, and coordinating recipes, to get you making soups like a pro –...
These little packages of deliciousness need to be unwrapped to be eaten. The exterior is a little bit bitter, the interior is creamy and salty with little leek and pine nut surprises every...
Laurie sends us her recipe from Fort Collins. Her kitchen sports 5 pressure cookers and she shares her twist from Lorna Sass's classic Pressure Cooker Cheesecake, recipe. After the recipe she has...
Do you have a special request? Maybe something you've been hesitant to tackle or a technique you have not seen before? Let me know by leaving a comment and I will cook it, and then show you...
This lasagna is layer, upon layer of decadent flavor. The polenta itself is infused with lemon thyme who's fresh bright flavor contrasts with the woody mushrooms and the salty, yet sweet,...
Clafoutis, pronounced KLA-foo-tea, is a French dessert which is traditionally made with un-pitted cherries. However, you can adapt this recipe to any kind of fruit of the season. If...
We have another reader from Italy that would like to share one of her recipes. Lina is from Grossetto, an area filled with Tuscan Hill Towns where the Etruscans used to live.
In Italian, meat...
You can thank Angelo's winning Cucumber cups on Top Chef for inspiring the look of this dish! I was going to make stuffed zucchini boats, but the cups really make a statement and happen to be...