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TRAVEL CHEF THERMAL COOKER Instruction manual

Part No. 765311 Introduction What makes it work? The Travel Chef Thermal Cooker is designed for the outdoor traveller in mind. Most people find it hard to believe that food can cook so well without fuel and at Portable, time and energy efficient . Just 20 minutes on the stove is temperatures below . Thermal cooking has a similar result as stewing or boiling food. all the energy— and time— you will use! The pot and contents are heated to cooking temperature, and then sealed in the insulated thermal pot. FOUR EASY STEPS TO HEALTHIER, CONVENIENT COOKING The insulated thermal pot simply reduces heat loss to a minimum, so that the food remains at cooking temperature for a long time, and cooks without continued heating. The insulated wall of the cooker thermally insulates its contents from the environment, the food remains hot for several hours. Insulated cooking appeals to dishes that require prolonged 1. Place ingredients into the inner pot, and place it or . on the stove.

2. Cover, bring to boil and simmer on your stove for Uses For Your Cooking Pot approximately 20 minutes. It is essential to heat food Camping and Outdoors to a safe temperature before vacuum cooking (60°C for 10 minutes will kill most temperature-sensitive ). • Great in winter— after a long day out and about, come home to a lovely The food is then safe to cook for several hours. warm . • Ideal in summer: At times when you are out enjoying the great weather and sites of 3. Remove from stove, place into your thermal insulated pot, Australia. Keep your chicken salad and fruit salad cold in the perfectly sized thermos. cover and leave. Make sure not to open during cooking as the heat will escape. Ideal for the motor home, caravan or boating

• Takes up little space. • The steam creates a convection effect which circulates and continues cooking keeping the food warm for up • Stores away neatly. to 8 hours. • Use inner pots on their own to cook a meal or to prepare a meal for the end of a hard day. • Food is cooked in its own moisture and steam, allowing all the nutrients to be preserved. When you don’t want to be spending all your time cooking • Prepare the meal before you go on the boat or day trip. Camping, picnics and backyard

Simple Locking System • Forget all those pots and pans. Simply close to lock the lid and • G reat for also keeping the cooked meat moist and hot. Place meat in the inner ensure the heat remains trapped cooking pots, and store in the thermal insulated pot to keep hot while sitting back with inside. To unlock, press button. friends. To keep it extra cold, place food in the 7L pot and use the 2.5L pot to hold ice cubes and place on top. Then place in the outer insulated pot. • Store cold drinks and sandwiches whilst fishing with the kids.

2 3 Frequently asked questions? How do I use it to keep things cold? How do I clean the Portable You may place your inner pots in the freezer to bring them to a chill, and then place into the outer thermal Thermal Cooker? pot. Using the 2.5L inner pot, fill this with ice cubes The inner pots are made from a high quality stainless to further extend the chill period. Greater care must steel, and therefore can be washed as you would all be taken with foods that are more prone to building your other cooking pots. Even safe in the dishwasher. bacteria. DO NOT disperse the outer pot into water or in a Can I use both pots at once? dishwasher. Just wipe down with a damp cloth. Yes. Great idea when wanting to cook rice and Can I fry my food using my inner vegetables separately. cooking pot? Can I leave my meal in the Portable As we have made the 7L inner pot with a heavy based Thermal Cooker overnight? sandwich construction, you may safely sauté your DO NOT leave your meal overnight in the thermal vegetables or brown your meat to further seal and add pot. If you want to save some of your dish for flavour to your meal. later, you need to refrigerate the remaining food. Is there a safe temperature to use Faster cooling times limit the time the bacteria has whilst bringing food to the boil? to develop. You must re-heat your food to 60 degrees or The inner pots are capable of handling various hotter to avoid food bacteria. So if you have come heat temperatures. home after a very long day, it may mean that you How long will my food stay hot in the will have to remove the inner pots, and place on a stove and bring back to a boil for a Portable Thermal Cooker? few minutes. You lose about 4 degrees per hour, depending on the Do I have to make sure the ingredients level of liquid. The more liquid you have in the pot, the longer it will stay hot. are all cut to same size for even cooking? You can expect to find the food hot after six hours. No. You can cook a 2kg silverside with potatoes (NB: This is based on heating the inner pot to and carrots cut in half. After 4 hours, both the meat 100 degrees and filling it with liquid reaching 80% and vegetables are cooked to perfection. Just of the inner pot.) place all ingredients in, cover with water, boil and walk away. If preparing a smaller meal, place boiling water in the 2.5L inner pot and place on top, to help keep the heat a What is the difference between a slow suitable temperature. cooker and the thermal cooking pot?

The is used for a similar purpose. Instead of minimising heat loss, sufficient heat is applied to the non-insulated slow cooker to maintain a steady temperature somewhat below the boiling point of water. Thus requiring constant penetration of a heating appliance gas or electric.

4 5 Safety Instructions Meal Suggestions The following safety precautions must • The handle and lid of the inner pot may be To bake using the be followed. hot during heating process, use cloth to thermal cooker avoid being scalded. • Ensure the pot is placed on a stable surface; keep away from fire • “Bluish or rainbows” discolouration is Cakes can be cooked in the Thermal during operation. common on stainless steel cookware and Cooker by partly submerging the cake tin is caused by minerals or salts in food and in boiling water using the trivet to provide • Do not place the outer pot directly on water. Clean and dry well after using. some height between the base of the inner any heat surface or stove as the base pot and the cake tin. is made of plastic and may result in a • Do not use corrosive cleaners, metallic 1. Using your favorite cake recipe prepare Lockable food container hazardous fire. brush or finish power to clean the Part No. ST0284 inner pot. the mixture. Place the trivet on the base • Wipe clean the outer pot with cloth. of the large inner pot. Do not immerse the outer pot into water. • Do not leave cooked food in the appliance after it has dropped below 60ºC. It must 2. Pour enough tepid water into the pot so • Ensure the amount of food and water be re-heated to 90ºC, or refrigerated. that it comes halfway up the sides of the is not less than 50% of full capacity. cake tin when submerged into the pot. Do not fill the pot above 80% of capacity • The pot also can be used to keep food (to prevent over-flowing). warm for up to 8 hours, without the use 3. Bring the water to boil, submerge cake of power. tin onto the trivet, cover the pot and lock • Do not place food directly into the away for at least 4 hours or until ready. outer pot. • Close supervision is necessary when any appliance is used by or near children. 4. To test if the cake is ready, insert a • Do not constantly open the lid of the outer wooden skewer into the centre of the container during the thermal cooking cake, leave a few seconds then remove. time as the temperature will drop and the If the mixture sticks to the skewer, than process will not be satisfactory. it will not be ready as yet. The skewer needs to come away clean to be ready. If you do not have tongs handy then you can make a support strap to lift the tin in and out of the boiling water. This can be done by folding some foil - approximately 50cm in length. Fold a few times lengthwise making the width of the support strap WARNING approximately 4cm wide. DO NOT PLACE THE INSULATED CARRY POT Ensure you place the foil support strap in OVER OPEN FLAME OR HEAT SOURCE the pot at the start as this will help to raise the cake tin out once cooked.

6 7 Chicken & Vegetable Soup Hearty Spaghetti Bolognese

• 1 fresh whole chicken Place the ingredients into the large cooking • 2 tbs olive oil Heat the oil in the large inner pot over a low • 1 large onion halved pot, and pour over enough water to cover • 200g lardon (strips of pork fat) heat. When hot, add the lardon and cook the chicken Slowly bring this to the boil. for 4 minutes. Add the vegetables and garlic • 2 carrots - roughly chopped • 2 carrots, finely chopped, or grated Reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes. and cook gently, stirring occasionally to • 2 sticks of celery, finely chopped • 1/2 onion, finely chopped prevent sticking (do not allow to colour). Transfer the cooking pot to the thermal • 2 cloves of garlic, chopped or crushed • 200g mushrooms, finely chopped Add the meat and colour slightly for a cooker and lock the lid. Leave for a minimum minute or two. Add the paprika, thyme, • 1 tsp of pepper of 3 hours. Remove the chicken and celery • 1 garlic clove, finely chopped oregano and tomato purée. • 1 tbsp of sea salt from the cooking pot. • 250g minced beef Cook for 4-5 minutes (this ensures it acts as • Herbs - as desired Roughly shred the chicken into bite sized • 250g minced pork a thickening agent and does not overpower pieces and return to broth. (Broth can be • 1 tsp paprika the meat). Pour in the wine, made the day before, and refrigerated.) • 1 tsp thyme turn up the heat a little and allow to bubble Now enjoy a hearty chicken soup. Great for • 1 tsp oregano and reduce. Add the chicken stock. the winter blues! • 5 tbs tomato purée Bring back to the boil. Put on the lid, turn down to a simmer and simmer for 5 minutes • 100ml white or red wine to get everything to the same temperature. • 300ml chicken stock Turn off the heat and transfer the inner pot • 400g dried spaghetti to the insulated outer pot. • Salt and freshly ground black pepper Shut the lid and leave to cook for • Handful of grated Parmesan, to serve approximately 3 hours. 10 minutes before Pumpkin soup serving put on the spaghetti and cook until it is al dente. Check the seasoning • 2 tbsp butter Add one tablespoon of butter and oil then of the sauce and adjust. To serve put the • 2 tbsp olive oil saute the onions and garlic. Add bacon and spaghetti onto a warmed plate and spoon the • 2 onions, diced remaining butter in the pot and cook over bolognaise on top. Finish with some medium heat. Turn the heat down and add grated parmesan. • 3 garlic cloves the pumpkin and enough boiling water to fill • 3 rashers of bacon, trimmed the pot to approximately 80% then add the and diced stock cube, parsley, salt and pepper. • 1 stock cube Bring to boil, and then simmer for a further • 1 kg butter pumpkin, peeled and 5 minutes with the lid on. Turn off the heat cut into fairly large chunks and place cooking pot and lid into your • 6 chive stalks thermal cooker. • ½ cup milk Allow at least 2 hours before removing the • Salt and pepper to taste inner pot and puree the soup and add milk. • Sour cream and chopped chives Serve and garnish with the sour cream and for garnish when serving chopped chives and some crusty bread.

8 9 Red wine lamb shanks Sausages with Potato with herb mash and Peas

• 1 cup plain flour Place the flour, salt and pepper on a plate • 1 tbsp olive oil Put the olive oil in to the large inner pot • Sea salt and black pepper and stir to combine. Roll each of the lamb • 1 garlic clove, crushed over a medium heat. Add the onions and shanks in the flour and shake off the the garlic. Cook until the onions are soft. • 4-6 lamb shanks, depending on size • 1 large onion, sliced excess. Heat one tablespoon of the olive oil Put the sausages in the pot and cook • 4 tablespoons olive oil in the large pot. Add two of the shanks and • 1 Carrot, diced them until they colour slightly. Add the • 2 bay leaves brown on all sides. Set aside on a plate, • 454g of sausages of your choice chopped tomatoes, water, chicken stock • 1 brown onion, diced then repeat with another tablespoon of oil • 400g tin of chopped tomatoes cube, wine, Worcestershire sauce, and the other two shanks, so on. potatoes, and frozen peas. • 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped • 100ml of water • 2 cups full bodied red wine In the same pot, heat the remaining olive • 1 chicken stock cube Stir making sure that the stock cube oil, add the onion and saute for 5 minutes has mixed in, and bring to the boil. • 1 cup beef or chicken stock • 200ml white wine until just starting to brown. Add the garlic Turn down the heat and simmer for For the mash and cook for 1 minute further. Add the • 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce 10 minutes with the lid on. Put the inner • 4 large potatoes, diced wine, stock, bay leaves, salt and pepper • 500g baby potatoes, halved pot into the insulated outer container • 2 tablespoons butter and bring to the boil. Boil rapidly for • 250g frozen peas and shut the lid, Leave for a minimum 2 minutes then remove from the heat. of 3 hours. Before serving check the • 1/2 cup hot milk Place the lamb shanks in with the stock. • Salt seasoning and adjust. Serve with • 1 tablespoon chives, chopped Ensure the liquid fills about 80% of the • Freshly ground black pepper crusty bread. • 1 tablespoon chopped parsley pot. Continue to simmer for a further • Sea salt and black pepper 20 minutes. Place large pot into the outer pot and let it cook for about 4-5 hours. Just before you are ready to dish out your meal, place the potatoes in the smaller pot and fill with enough water to cover. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10-12 minutes until tender. Drain and mash with the hot milk, butter and herbs. Taste and season, then serve with the lamb shanks.

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