One of our wedding gifts was this neat looking pressure cooker. We
hadn't actually asked for one (I've always been mildly afraid of them),
but there it was! It's manufactured by WMF, and it's a two-pot set (3
liter & 6.5 liter) that uses the same lid for both. Very snazzy
looking. You can see the 6.5 l version here:
I tried it out last night for the first time, since I had bought some
tough lamb neck pieces and was starting dinner after 8 pm. First, I
removed as much meat off of the bones as I could, then I browned all of
it (bones and meat pieces) in a little bit of olive oil. Tossed in
about a cup or so of water, put the pressure on for 15 minutes, and
then checked to see what happened. Pretty tender - not bad! I removed
the bones and threw in chopped onions, potatoes, tomato paste (would've
been better w/actual tomatoes, but I forgot to buy them), minced
garlic, cumin, tumeric, ground coriander, and another spice that I'm
forgetting now, and pressure cooked it for another five minutes.
It came out a little bland (plus I think I overcooked a little bit b/c
the potatoes had lost their oomph), but we ate it w/rice and had a good
dinner anyway. I'm not as afraid of the cooker as I was before. I
think I'll even use it again! 🙂
June