Comments on: Pressure Cooking: French Pork Stew with White Beans http://notwithoutsalt.com/2013/02/02/pressure-cooking-french-pork-stew-with-white-beans/ “Where would we be without salt?” - James Beard Wed, 22 May 2013 16:58:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jill, The Veggie Queen http://notwithoutsalt.com/2013/02/02/pressure-cooking-french-pork-stew-with-white-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-26632 Jill, The Veggie Queen Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:56:59 +0000 http://notwithoutsalt.com/?p=4597#comment-26632 Tracy,
You asked about changing the cooking time in half if you halve the recipe. Here is one of the best things about a pressure cooker – you don’t have to adjust the cooking time if you halve a recipe, or double it or triple it. You have to pay attention to not overfill the pot but you can cook a small amount.

The pressure cooker self-adjusts the time by coming to pressure sooner if there is less in the pot. You do not have to do any calculations.

People ask me this quite frequently but it’s not an issue, unless there is so little in the cooker that it cannot maintain pressure. This is not likely to happen.

Enjoy cooking a smaller amount.

]]> By: Eva | Adventures in Cooking http://notwithoutsalt.com/2013/02/02/pressure-cooking-french-pork-stew-with-white-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-26630 Eva | Adventures in Cooking Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:45:40 +0000 http://notwithoutsalt.com/?p=4597#comment-26630 I’ve always been afraid of using pressure cookers, too! I’ve just always had this irrational fear that they’ll randomly combust and send boiling hot stew all over my kitchen. BUT, I see it worked quite well for you, and that flavor combination sounds wonderful (I’ve never heard of combining pork and lavender before, delicious!) and of course the photos look beautiful as well :)

]]> By: Katelyn http://notwithoutsalt.com/2013/02/02/pressure-cooking-french-pork-stew-with-white-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-26514 Katelyn Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:40:54 +0000 http://notwithoutsalt.com/?p=4597#comment-26514 Oh goodness, my boys (by boys I mean my husband and adult brother who I feed at least three days a week) would love this! I am so glad to hear someone else share their first time story of being terrified (I swear every time I can anything that the silly thing will explode).

]]> By: Mikaela Cowles http://notwithoutsalt.com/2013/02/02/pressure-cooking-french-pork-stew-with-white-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-26510 Mikaela Cowles Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:02:02 +0000 http://notwithoutsalt.com/?p=4597#comment-26510 Man! What an adventure with steam. So great. But what’s even better is the color of that broth and the fact that there is fennel in it. Fennel. A day like today really needs a rich root vegetable like that.

]]> By: Ang http://notwithoutsalt.com/2013/02/02/pressure-cooking-french-pork-stew-with-white-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-26484 Ang Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:28:13 +0000 http://notwithoutsalt.com/?p=4597#comment-26484 My husband and I got our first pressure cooker a few months ago! We use it endlessly! It has become, by far, one of our favorite kitchen tools!

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