Editorial Reviews

Book Description:

Under pressure to get a tasty, nutritious dinner on the table in a flash? Like the idea of preparing fork-tender beef stew in thirty minutes and pot roast in under an hour? All this and more is made possible by the pressure cooker, a magical appliance that produces soul-satisfying, homemade food in one-third (or less) the standard cooking time.

In Pressure Perfect, Lorna Sass, the country’s leading authority on pressure cooking, distills her two decades of experience into one comprehensive volume. First learn everything you need to know about buying and using today’s 100% safe cookers. Then enjoy more than 200 recipes for preparing soups, meats, poultry, grains, beans, vegetables, and desserts in record time. How about whipping up a savory risotto in 4 minutes, chicken cacciatore in 12 minutes, or a delectable chocolate cheesecake in 25 minutes?

Because the pressure cooker tenderizes tough cuts of meat quickly, you can prepare fall-off-the-bone beef short ribs or lamb shanks on weekday nights instead of waiting for a special occasion. The pressure cooker also allows you to make delectable one-pot meals in minutes. Among the many innovative recipes and techniques, you’ll learn to cook meatloaf and potatoes simultaneously in 10 minutes, and meatballs, pasta, and sauce at the same time in only 5 minutes. Many recipes also suggest Cook-Along ideas for preparing vegetables and grains along with the entrée.

To further help those cooking under pressure (and who isn’t nowadays?), each chapter contains timing charts for quick reference. Tips and Pressure Points in every recipe ensure optimum results.

This ultimate guide to pressure cooking is a must for all busy cooks, boaters, brides, college students, and anyone looking for a great way to make irresistible, healthy, home-made food fast.

Customer Reviews

Not what I’d hoped for by CDOI
I’d hoped for a good old-fashion pressure cookery resource, with basic, clear and handy instructions and guidlines on timing & liquid amounts. My guess is that most cooks who use pressure cookers are simply looking for a quicker way to get dinner on the table, adapting their own commonly used recipes. This book is not representative of the ‘grandma’s kitchen’ type of pressure cookery that I was personally looking for.

The first 20 and last 20 pages offer a lot of helpful information though (especially for the novice PC cook) including the different types of pressure cookers, where to get them, how to use them, timing charts for meats, grains, beans and rice. For many this may balance what I felt the book was laking - just basic pressure cookery instructions and good old-fashioned recipes.

Great by Sara K. Webb
This was a gift to my daughter for whom I had purchased the Demi Pressure Cooker. She is very pleased with this cookbook in comparisson with others she had purchased.

Great all around treatise of pressure cookery by L. Shoff
This book is very thorough and interesting. I highly recommend it for any first time pressure cooker consumer.

It has a great variety of recipes in it and covers quite a broad number of types of pressure cooking.

We loved the Pork with mustard and apples, simply delicious!

Bought 5 by Vicky J. Merrifield
After reading the reviews on different pressure cooker cookbooks here on Amazon, we bought 5 of these to go along with pressure cookers we were giving our children for Christmas. Two of the kids (adults, obivously) have reported back with good reviews on the recipes, but especially liked the information about how to use the pressure cooker and revise your own recipes.

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