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Perfect Cooker Recipes tried

MKR14 — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 18:13:47 GMT

@Kindaglizy The bread would be nice to do on a cool rainy or snowy day. Nothing smells a kitchen up better than bread. Good for portion control in this cooker too.
Yesterday I had 2 cups of small cherry tomatoes and a few small regular tomatoes to use up so I put them all in the perfect Cooker with a touch of olive oil and a tablespoon of sugar and salt and pepper. I put about an 1/8 cup of water and set the Cook time to 30 minutes. I opened them up and stirred them and added another 30 minutes and the sauce was very good. I will make a small amount of pasta and will add this to it later for my lunch. I find myself experiencing with this as I don't have to watch over it and if it needs more time I just check the contents , add more time and walk away. It is super easy to clean in just a few minutes.

@Kindaglitzy I made the French bread and it is delicious and it came out perfect. I did do the 40 minutes first. Flipped it over and did 20 minutes and then 15 minutes resting with the lid on turned off. I think all you have to do is tweet whatever recipe we do by how it comes out. I was pleased and thank you for posting.
So far I have made mac and cheese, 2 cheesecakes, the bread, rice twice, and fresh tomatoes cooked down to a sauce (with a little olive oil and salt and pepper). Then I added dry macaroni to the sauce and cooked it. ALL recipes were perfect. It is just set it and forget it after you get the recipes tweeted to the time it comes out perfect. I am glad I took a chance to try this. I really like the digital panel for time. My label over it is nice and intact. I posted this but wanted to be sure anyone wanting to try the bread would see the review. The French bread is made by Pillsbury in the refrigerated section and is not a real sweet bread but very good.

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hopi — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 17:44:34 GMT

Glad to know it is working for you. Please keep us updated on what has been successful for you.

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tassimo — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 01:53:11 GMT

I tried the fettuccine Alfredo (page 8) today. I put the nests of the noodles in first (4 were too many and I couldn't close it properly so used 3). I mixed the rest of the ingredients together in a separate bowl and then poured it over the noodles. The noodles were cooked but the sauce looked curdled and wasn't appealing to look at. It was bland tasting. I didn't add any salt because of the Parmesan cheese which is salty. Any suggestions?

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MKR14 — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 15:21:07 GMT

@tassimo I have everything to make this. I will make it and see how it comes out for you and see if mine comes out the same. I will put three nests in it like yours. I will cook mine longer as I don't like mine pasta al dente. I will write down any changes I do to the recipe. Thanks for posting.

** I guess the recipe should include pasta not store bought in the nest. I boiled the regular fettuccine for 5 minutes, rinsed and put about 4 cups loosely in the cooker and poured the liquid on top. Closed the lid and set for 60 minutes. I will post back when it is finished.

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MKR14 — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 15:20:22 GMT

The Alfredo Fettuccine I made took 60 minutes with 20 minutes on warm. I stirred it twice while cooking. I do not like my pasta al dente. It is delicious and the next time I will add fresh mushroom that I saute to it also. I noted in my previous post what I added. Right now I have the Raspberry Bread Pudding cooking in the cooker to try. On all recipes, the time on what I have made my recipes, has to be more. I have kept notes on paper that I will transfer to the recipe booklet of the recipes with the final time needed and ingredients that I use. The bread pudding is way over the time listed so far.

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tassimo — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 16:39:42 GMT

I also cooked the fettuccini Alfredo for 60 minutes. Did yours look curdled? Mine did. It did not look very appetizing. What about flavor....did you add salt? I didn't because of the Parmesan cheese being salty.

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MKR14 — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 17:27:51 GMT

@tassimo It did look a little curdled but I think that was because of the heavy cream and parm cheese mixing when they melted. Mac and cheese looks like that also. I did add salt as it tasted bland but better with the salt. The Raspberry Pudding said 2 1/2 cups of bread but it was not enough in the recipe. The corrected recipes Meridith Lawrence put on her blog has "corrected" many of them and the time. The Raspberry Pudding took "way over 60 minutes" and was too soupy to turn over as the directions said. I took it out of the cooker and put in my Skinny Mini and tried to finish it but it still wasn't right. Then I found the updated recipe that said "3 cups of bread" and I forgot there was another part that was different in the corrected recipe. I can still eat it when is cold but not what the texture I wanted. The bottom under the cooker had quite a bit of water on the counter afterwards. Someone else had said that on the forum also.

I had decided to send it back. Then I decided to try a couple more recipes to be sure. I am going to try the hard boiled eggs and the meatloaf in the next few days. That will justify keeping it just for the cheesecake. That was very good!

I really enjoy others posting their experiences in cooking in this. We might be able to help another not ruin their recipe with their hints and tricks.

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tassimo — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 18:25:27 GMT

When you try more recipes will you post how they turn out? I will do the same. Tomorrow I plan to make the meatloaf and will let you know how it turns out.

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MKR14 — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 18:29:52 GMT

@tassimo I will post the results. I really love the cooker but got frustrated with the wrong times and ingredient changes in the updated versions. It would have been a better experience doing the right thing first.

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tassimo — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 18:37:46 GMT

I'm also going to try the French bread. I found the Pillsbury dough today when I went to the store.

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tassimo — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 18:42:47 GMT

To MKR - NY..........where did you get or find the recipe for the French bread? I just looked in the recipe that came with the cooker but didn't see a recipe there.

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MKR14 — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 20:13:17 GMT

I made hard boiled eggs in the cooker for 25 minutes. They were perfectly cooked. I am pleased with that recipe. It stated 20 minutes for soft boiled. This was not in the recipe booklet.

The french bread was one a poster on this forum posted. Pop open the bread and roll it into a ball. Spray the inside of the cooker with Pam. I cooked mine for 40-50 minutes and turned over and cooked another 20 minutes. The top has to set up before you turn it. Make sure it is not real sticky. When you turn it the bottom will be a nice light brown. When done, I let it set another 10 minutes in the cooker as the one who posted it suggested. When done I took it out and flipped it onto a small plate and buttered the top of mine. It was cooked perfect.

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Marp — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 21:02:26 GMT

@MKR14, do you think making the bread pudding into patties and lightly frying would fix the texture or at least make it more to your liking? Just a thought. I know that works with stuffing that is a bit too moist.

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Kindaglitzy — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 21:57:58 GMT

I still think the Pillsbury refrigerated French bread dough works the best. I tried the frozen bread dough but could only find the 16oz loaves so had to cut off some because was afraid 16oz too much for machine to handle. I did not like it as well as using the French Bread dough. Thanks for the tip about brushing a little butter on top when it comes out.

I made individual pizza's yesterday using the the Pillsbury Refrigerated thin crust dough. I got five mini pizzas out of one can. To be honest don't know if I would bother making them again. Took a total of more then three hours to do all of them. Sprayed pan with Pam butter spray and dropped round of dough in. Cooked for about 20 min in one side then flipped dough and did another 5-10 before adding toppings. I put my tomato sauce mixture on then some peppers, mushrooms and onion that I had sautéed. On top of that the mozzarella cheese. Have to watch it but 10-15 minutes for me. I normally don't sauté my vegetables for pizza in the oven but was afraid they would become too soggy if u did not. Only tried this because in my neck of woods too hot right now for oven pizza.

Also made banana bread using a box mix. After mixing dough divided in two batches. Each batch took about an hour. Turned out okay but for one person two loaves is too much. Not sure I would do this again either.

Have made the recipe in Marian's cookbook for pork chop with stuffing only I used chicken. Think it may work better with the pork chop because chicken released to much liquid making stuffing to moist for my liking. If I try it again will use a pork chop and see how it turns out.

As Meridith said this is not a fast cooker do requires dedication of time to experiment. I would like to try the bread pudding in Marian's cookbook.

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MKR14 — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 23:57:47 GMT

@Marp The bread pudding was almost soup so unfortunately would not have been able to put in a patty to fry it. I let it get firm and set up and then tried it. It was delicious. I found I forgot the egg and later found the updated recipe that said 3 cups of bread and I had 2 1/2 cups in it. I would make again but add enough bread up until it looked firmer after the liquid soaked in. Fresh raspberries were awesome in it. I bet blackberries would be good too.

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ssandlin — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 05:07:54 GMT

I had the same problem with the bread pudding I made - it stayed too wet, more like thick oatmeal and I added more time, up to 45 minutes more. I used blueberries. Next time I'll use more bread and see how that works out. I'm not in a hurry to try it again, anytime soon though.