There is (in my opinion) nothing worse than thinking you are going to sit down to eat a delicious bowl of any sort of grain only to find out that, upon biting, you didn’t quite cook it enough. There are two specific problem grains for me…wheat berries and quinoa. My love of quinoa goes back […]
Pressure Cooker
Braised Tripe made in the Cuisinart Pressure Cooker
Tripe is not often available in the US supermarkets. When we saw some at our local Stop & Shop we had to get it. Tripe is the stomach of a cow. It is normally washed, boiled and bleached before sale. In this case we found the reticulum honeycomb and pocket tripe. Tripe can have a very […]
Pressure Cooker Sticky Ribs
Ribs. Who doesn’t love them? Fairly inexpensive, these came from our local market. If not already trimmed by your butcher, you’ll need to remove some of the extra sinew and fat…but don’t get too carried away. From watching shows like Iron Chef America we’ve become fascinated with pressure cooking as a technique. From previous […]
Pressure Cooker Oxtail Soup
This Christmas we received a pressure cooker. For our first test run we decided to make oxtail soup, one of our favorite soups for a cold winter’s day. We didn’t know what to expect from the process, but since lunchtime we have since used the pressure cooker three more times…so we think it is […]