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00:00 This is the Calphalon Stovetop Pressure Cooker.
00:03 Pressure cooking is a great way to not only save you time, but also energy.
00:07 I love cooking this beef stew recipe in a pressure cooker because it reduces my cooking
00:11 time by at least half.
00:13 One great feature about this pressure cooker is the one button lock and unlock.
00:19 It is this easy to take off the lid.
00:22 I love that.
00:23 And to close it, you just hit the close button.
00:26 And look at how secure it is.
00:28 There's no need to match up the threading or make sure everything is perfectly aligned.
00:33 It's just the touch of a button.
00:37 Going to add the olive oil.
00:41 And I'll let that warm up before I add half the cubes of beef.
00:46 I've tossed my cubes of beef with a little flour, salt, and pepper.
00:49 And I'm only going to add about half right now.
00:52 We'll brown this half, remove them, and then we'll add the other half.
00:59 One great thing about the Stovetop Pressure Cooker is that when the lid is removed, you
01:03 can basically use the base as a normal pot or pan.
01:07 It's really handy.
01:14 My beef is nicely browned, so I'm now going to add the red wine and bring this up to a
01:20 simmer while at the same time using a wooden spatula to just scrape off the brown bits
01:28 on the bottom of the pan.
01:30 I love these Stay Cool handles, so I can keep the pan secure while I'm doing this.
01:37 The wine has come up to a simmer, so I'm going to add the beef back in along with the rest
01:42 of the ingredients.
01:46 Some potatoes.
01:49 Carrots.
01:51 Celery.
01:52 Some chopped onion.
01:54 A couple of cloves of garlic.
01:59 Tomato paste.
02:01 Just a pinch of thyme.
02:05 And finally, some stock.
02:11 When you're cooking with a pressure cooker, you want to make sure you have at least a
02:15 half cup of liquid.
02:16 Here, no problem.
02:19 Now to put the lid on.
02:20 And you'll notice on the back of the lid, this rubber part is the gasket, and this is
02:24 what ensures a really tight seal when we're cooking with pressure.
02:29 Lid goes on.
02:31 Hit the close button.
02:32 Next, I'm going to adjust the level of pressure with this dial right here, from low pressure
02:37 up to high.
02:38 And since this is a beef stew, we're going to cook on high pressure.
02:41 I'm now going to turn up the stove so we can build the pressure inside the pressure cooker.
02:47 This indicator tells me that we've come up to pressure, so I'm now going to turn down
02:50 the stove and let the stew continue cooking for about 20 minutes.
02:56 My stew is ready, so I'm going to turn off the burner.
03:00 Great.
03:01 Now, I just need to release the pressure.
03:05 There are two ways of doing that.
03:06 I can either let the pressure cooker come down in pressure naturally.
03:10 That'll take 20 minutes or so.
03:13 Or I can do the quick release by turning down this dial.
03:16 I will say that there's a great built-in safety mechanism, and that is even if I tried to
03:20 open the lid, it wouldn't let me.
03:22 As long as this pressure indicator is up, I cannot open it.
03:26 Put on a pot holder, and I'm just going to release the pressure by turning down the dial
03:30 to low.
03:41 So not only can you hear the pressure release, but the indicator drops, letting me know that
03:45 it's now safe to open the lid.
03:49 And just to be safe, I am going to open it away from me, just to let all this hot steam
03:54 come out.
03:55 My stew looks amazing.
03:59 It smells delicious.
04:06 I can tell my potatoes are cooked.
04:10 The carrots look soft.
04:12 The beef looks nice and tender.
04:17 And here we have beef stew, ready in just 20 minutes in the Calphalon pressure cooker.
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