Use and Care Manual

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SLOW COOK
Slow Cook lets you make your favorite simmering and stewing recipes —
just like grandma used to make. This program does not use pressure to
cook food. Make sure steam release is set to Venting or use a glass lid
with a venting hole.
Choose from these settings in the Slow Cook Smart Program:
Setting
Less Normal More
Best for
‘Low and Slow’
cooking
Medium setting
equivalent on
traditional slow
cookers
High setting
equivalent on
traditional slow
cookers
Cooking Time
8 hours
(08:00)
6 hours
(06:00)
4 hours
(04:00)
How to slow cook
Prep
Cut, chop, season or marinate your ingredients according to your recipe.
Cook
1. Place the inner cooking pot into the cooker base.
2. Add ingredients to the inner cooking pot.
3. Place lid on top of the cooker base and lock the lid.
4. Press Slow Cook.
5. Cycle through temperature presets to select Less, Normal,
or More.
6. Press – / + to adjust cooking time.
7. Keep Warm setting is On by default. Press Keep Warm again to turn
it off.
8. After 10 seconds, the display shows On and displays timer.
Keep Warm
When cooking completes, the display shows End if Keep Warm is turned
off. If not, the timer begins counting from 00:00 up to 10 hours (10:00).
YOGURT MAKING
You can use your Instant Pot Duo to easily make delicious, fermented
dairy and non-dairy yogurt.
Choose from these settings in the Yogurt Smart Program:
Setting
Less Normal More
Cooking
Time
24 hours
(24:00)
8 hours*
(08:00)
Not adjustable
Best for
For lower temperature
fermentation or
Jiu Niang, a sweet,
fermented rice dessert
Use for
fermenting milk
Use for
pasteurizing milk
* You can adjust time from 30 to 99 minutes.
How to make yogurt
Pasteurizing Milk
1. Insert inner pot into the cooker base.
2. Add unpasteurized milk to the inner pot.
3. Place and close lid.
4. Press Yogurt.
5. Press Yogurt again to cycle through Less, Normal, More.
6. After 10 seconds, display shows boiL.
7. When pasteurization finishes, display shows End.
Note: Milk must reach a minimum of 161°F / 72°C for pasteurization to occur.
Adding Culture/Starter
1. Allow pasteurized milk to cool to 43°C / 110°F.
2. Add a starter culture to the milk according to package instructions.
If using plain yogurt as a starter, ensure that it contains an active culture. Mix in
2 tbsp (30 mL) of yogurt per 1 gallon (3.7 L) of milk or follow a trusted recipe.
3. Place and close lid.