Quick Start Guide
Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Recipes
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Red Wine Poached Pears By Laura Pazzaglia 
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eel the pears but leave the stems attached. 
Pour the bottle of wine in the pressure cooker. 
Add the bay, cloves, cinnamon, ginger and sugar. Mix well to dissolve. Add 
the pears to the pressure cooker. 
Close and lock the lid of the Instant Pot. Press [Manual] and then use the [+] or [-] 
button to choose 9 minutes pressure cooking time . 
When time is up, open the cooker using Quick Pressure Release (see page 5). 
Pull out the pears carefully using tongs and pulling them from their stems. Set the pears 
aside and put the pressure cooker on [Saute], without the top, to reduce the cooking 
liquid to about half. Filter and then drizzle spiced wine syrup on pears, decorate with 
herbs and serve room temperature or chilled. 
6 firm pears, peeled 
1 bottle of Red Wine - a dry, 
tarty, tannic red wine like 
Sangiovese or Barbaresco 
1 Bay Laurel leaf 
4 cloves (the spice) 
1 stick or 1 tsp of Cinnamon 
1 piece of fresh or 1 tsp of 
Ginger 
1 1/3 cups of sugar 
(optional)1 Bunch of Herbs 
for decoration -sage, mint, 
oregano or basil 
Stuffed Peaches By Laura Pazzaglia 
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repare the Instant pot by adding two cups of 
water and adding the steaming rack. 
Combine the cookie crumbs, almonds and 
lemon zest. Stuff the peaches and place on 
the rack—top each peach with a pat of butter. 
Close and lock the lid of the Instant Pot. Press [Manual] 
and then use the [+] or [-] button to choose 4 minutes 
pressure cooking time. 
When time is up, open the cooker using Quick Pressure 
Release (see page 5). Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla Ice cream. 
2 cups water 
8 Amaretto or Gingersnap 
Cookies, crumbled 
2 tbsps almonds, chopped 
2 tbsps butter 
1 tsp lemon zest 
3 firm peaches, halved and 
pitted 










