The Pressure Cooker Gourmet: 225 Recipes for Great-Tasting, Long-Simmered Flavors in Just Minutes

by Victoria Wise

Overview

“This book and the pressure cooker will become ‘must-haves’ in the kitchen of any smart cook who wants gourmet meals in half the time.” —Diane Phillips, author of The Ultimate Rotisserie Cookbook and The Soup Mix Gourmet

The Pressure Cooker Gourmet is by far the most creative collection of recipes available for this remarkable appliance. It gives you vast new possibilities for weekday cooking and expanded creative options for weekends, helping you prepare wonderful stews, roasts, and other traditionally labor-intensive dishes in a matter of minutes. Make these fantastic recipes and more in a fraction of the usual time! ·Quick Chicken with Garlic, Tarragon, and Red Wine (6 minutes) ·Mediterranean Lamb and Green Bean Stew (23 minutes) ·Brown Rice Risotto with Leeks, Fennel, and Fontina Cheese (33 minutes) ·Indian-Style Shrimp Curry with Potatoes and Tomatoes (10 minutes) ·Pork and Clams Portuguese Style (15 minutes) ·Not-So-Classic Red Beans and Rice with Thyme and Andouille Sausage (36 minutes) ·Acorn Squash with Celery Sage Stuffing and Tangerine Juice (15 minutes) ·Chocolate Almond Pudding Cake with Raspberry Sauce (17 minutes)

“Thanks to Victoria Wise I have learned every secret I always wanted to know when cooking with a pressure cooker.” —Teresa Barrenechea, author of The Basque Table

“Anyone committed to serving nontraditional foods fast and easy will find new ideas aplenty here.” —Booklist

“Provides dozens of recipes for today’s “100% Safe” pressure cookers, from streamlined versions of pot roast to more contemporary, elegant dishes.” —Library Journal

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781558324992
Publisher:	Quarto Publishing Group USA
Publication date:	08/31/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
File size:	831 KB

Editorial Reviews

As Wise notes in a thorough introduction that covers general methods, the pressure cooker is a time-saver; she then offers a nice range of recipes, from a relatively simple Trout la Vapeur with Toasted Almonds and Parsley Sauce to a more complex Salmon Terrine with Asparagus Tip and Spinach Root Garnish that is packed into a loaf pan and steamed. However, Wise (who was the first chef at Chez Panisse) often undermines that savings in time. For example, a recipe for beef broth calls for roasting the bones for 30 minutes before cooking the broth. Other recipes simply would be almost as quick when prepared using normal stovetop methods, like a Spring Spinach and Scallion Soup that takes six to seven minutes to come to pressure, then sits for eight minutes as the pressure escapes. The pressure cooker works best for braised dishes such as Chicken Marengo with Porcini-Topped Fried Bread Rounds and Rabbit with Fennel Seed, Parsnip, and Prunes in Brandy Cream, but perhaps is not the optimal choice for delicate vegetables such as Asparagus with Shallot, Lemon, and Olive Oil Dressing. While the writing in their headers tends to be awkward (Chilled Potato Soup Mexican-style with Cantaloupe and Toasted Almonds begins: "It was the gazpacho in Grenada that showed, in the right setting at the right time, cold soup is an oxymoron of a notion but a lilt in the day's repasts"), the recipes themselves are clear and simple. (Jan.) Forecast: This is a good effort, especially in the context of a small field, but not the equal of earlier pressure-cooker books like Pressure Cooking for Everyone, by Rick Rodgers and Arlene Ward, and other titles from Lorna Sass.

Publishers Weekly

Wise is the author and coauthor of numerous other cookbooks, including The Well-Filled Microwave Cookbook. Here she provides dozens of recipes for today's "100% Safe" pressure cookers, from streamlined versions of pot roast to more contemporary, elegant dishes such as Pheasant Braised with Walnuts and Shallots. There are stews of all sorts, or course, but there are also quick (no-stir) risottos, vegetable dishes ranging from Baby Artichokes and Two Sauces to an easy Ratatouille, preserves like Green Tomato Chutney, and even desserts. A good companion to Lorna Sass's now-classic Cooking Under Pressure and its follow-up, The Pressured Cook, this is recommended for most collections. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal