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Cooking Under Pressure

by Lorna J. Sass

A broad guide to pressure-cooker cooking

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A broad guide to pressure-cooker cooking

Lorna J. Sass’s anniversary edition brings together recipes and techniques built around the pressure cooker, spanning quick weeknight meals, soups and stews, risotto, and desserts. The selection ranges from classic dishes such as ossobuco to chocolate cheesecake, showing how the appliance can be used for both savory cooking and sweets. Revised instructions cover electric and stovetop cookers, giving the book a practical focus on adapting pressure-cooker methods to different machines. Across its 320 pages, the emphasis is on using pressure cooking to shorten preparation while retaining the moisture and flavor associated with longer-cooked dishes.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Home cooks who want recipes specifically designed for pressure cookers.
  • Cooks seeking ideas across dinners, soups, stews, risotto, and desserts.
  • Owners of electric or stovetop pressure cookers looking for instructions tailored to their appliance.

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Pressure-cooker methodsTime-saving home cookingSoups and stewsRisotto and desserts

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The 20th Anniversary Edition of the classic cookbook from the leading authority on speed-cooking, Cooking Under Pressure by Lorna Sass offers a mouthwatering array of extraordinary dishes that can be prepared in minutes--from classic ossobucco to chocolate cheesecake--using a pressure cooker. A James Beard Award-winning cookbook author and food writer who has written for the Washington Post, New York Times, Food & Wine, Woman's Day and other publications, Lorna Sass shows you how to turn out meals in one-third the time of conventional methods without sacrificing moisture, flavor, aroma, or nutritional content. Newly updated and revised for contemporary tastes and more efficient machines, Cooking Under Pressure is the cookbook that inspired a whole generation of home cooks to dust off their pressure cookers.

 

Rediscover the magic of speed-cooking with time-tested techniques and recipes for:

 

  • Quick and Easy Recipes: Master weeknight dinners that go from prep to table in a fraction of the time, without sacrificing the flavor, moisture, or nutrients of conventional cooking.
  • Hearty Soups and Stews: Create soulful, long-simmered flavor in minutes, with comforting classics like ossobucco and rich beef broth made effortlessly.
  • Fast, No-Stir Risotto: Unlock the secret to perfect, creamy risotto in just 4 minutes under pressure--no constant stirring required.
  • Modern and Classic Cookers: Updated and revised instructions for today's more efficient machines, including both electric and stovetop models.
  • Surprising Desserts: Go beyond savory with show-stopping desserts like a rich chocolate cheesecake, all made possible with the speed of your pressure cooker.
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