Home Canning With Your Pressure Cooker - Zavor ZCWDU01 Manual De Usuario

Home Canning with your Pressure
Cooker
THE SECTION ON HOME CANNING
APPLIES TO THE DUO 10 QT MODEL
(ITEM # ZCWDU04) AND THE DUO 9-PIECE
PRESSURE CANNING
ZCWDU06) ONLY.
HOME CANNING OVERVIEW:
Home canning is a method of preserving
food that provides a gratifying method for
producing and storing some of our favorite
recipes. Canning enables us to store
recipes and enjoy them later or give as gifts
to friends & loved ones. Understanding
the basic steps for preparation and right
equipment are all you need to create a
fabulous array of provisions to stock in
your pantry. Once the method has been
mastered, most people find that canning
is one of the most simple and rewarding
ways to ensure having your favorite fruits,
vegetables, and even meats year-round.
Canning food at home has increased
in popularity . Families are educating
themselves on the methods of canning .
These basic guidelines will teach you
how to can your most favorite recipes
in your ZAVOR Pressure Cooker .
Why Can Foods?
Canning can be a safe and cost-effective
way to preserve quality food at home. It is an
important, safe method of food preservation
if practiced properly. The canning process
involves placing foods in jars and heating
them to a temperature which destroys
microorganisms that could be a health
hazard or cause the food to spoil. Air is
driven from the jar during heating, and as it
cools, a vacuum seal is formed. The vacuum
seal prevents air from getting back into the
product, protecting it from microorganisms
that could re-contaminate the food.
Before You Begin:
Recommended tools for Canning
1. Wire Rack to safely maneuver the hot
jars in and out of the pressure cooker.
2. Jar Lifter to safely grab the hot jars.
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3. Ladle to scoop food into the jars.
4. Bubble freer to prevent bubbles of air
from remaining trapped in the jar and
causing contamination.
5. Jar Wrench to close the lids safely.
6. Magnetic Lid wand to safely lift the
sterilized lids out of the hot water in the
pressure cooker
7. Wide mouth funnel to make sure all the
food goes into the jar!
8. Glass jars: Use only standard home
canning jars. Also commonly referred
as "Mason Jars"
9. Canning Lids: These flat metal lids
with sealing compound and a metal
screw band are the most popular and
recommended type of lid for home
canned products.
NOTE: You will find all the tools mentioned
above (except the glass jars and canning lids)
in the Duo 9-piece Pressure Canning Set .
1 . Jar selection, Preparation and Use:
Examine jars and discard those with
nicks, cracks and rough edges. These
defects will not permit an airtight seal on
the jar, and food spoilage will result. All
canning jars should be washed in soapy
water, rinsed well and then kept hot before
use. This could be done in the dishwasher
or by placing the jars in the water that is
heating in your canner. The jars need to
be kept hot to prevent breakage when
they're filled with a hot product and placed
in the canner for processing.
Jars processed in a boiling water bath
canner for 10 minutes or more or in a
pressure cooker will be sterilized during
processing. Jars that will be filled with
food and processed for less than 10
minutes in a boiling water bath canner
need to be sterilized by boiling them
for 10 minutes. NOTE: If you are at an
altitude of 1000 feet or more, boil an
additional minute for each 1000 feet
of additional altitude. See below for
canning methods and recipe timing.
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