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Can anyone tell me how to/or find instructions to use my old prestige pressure cooker?
It has no model name or number but it's old, so maybe original model. It's the type with a weight on top which can be unscrewed into three separate 'weights' or pressures. I tried to cook a steak and kidney pudding but it boiled dry (twice) rendering it inedible! When do I know it's cooking at the right pressure? When the Safety Valve isn't steaming? I don't understand how it boiled dry if I used the correct amount of water. It has new seals so it isn't leaking. Also, good people how do I clean the resulting black stain effectively, is there anything I can use? It's stainless steel.
Hi Crusader,
When your cooker reaches pressure (steam shoots out the middle nozzle), put your weights on and turn down the heat, until it just sizzles. If it is turned down too low, it will lose pressure, turn it up again until sizzling. Are you sure that the new gasket (the large rubber ring that sits in the lid), is new and the correct type, BECAUSE if you have a stainless Steel Cooker, it does require a different gasket to an aluminium cooker. If the lid is not on correctly, but seems to be locked, check that you are not losing water/steam down the outside.
If the black stain is inside, simmer some cooking apples and lemon juice, the acid will clear it. If on the outside steep in boiling water to which Dishwasher powder has been added.
Good Luck!!