Forgot to soak your dried fruit overnight? Want fruit cake or a tea loaf and want it now? Ready to make your Christmas Pudding but no soaked fruit to be had? You need to know How To Quickly Soak Dried Fruit in the Pressure Cooker.
Great for your Christmas Pudding in fact, above all if you forget to soak the fruit overnight.
This time comes straight from Catherine Phipps, she posted in my pressure cooking group years ago and it pops up every year.
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Why pressure cook dried fruit
It is more effective than soaking large amounts of fruit in the tiny amounts of liquid most recipes call for.
If you use this method, your fruit will be immediately plump and glossy.
Simply put your dried fruit in the pressure cooker and add whatever liquid your recipe calls for.
Instructions
Simply put your dried fruit in the pressure cooker and add whatever liquid your recipe calls for.
A general rule of thumb is 500g dried fruit needs around 150ml liquid to just cover it.
When not to use this quick soak method
In Catherine's words:
Unless I am making a Caribbean black cake, which uses dried fruit which has weeks, if not months (once, well over a year) completely covered in strong rum, this is the method I usually use for soaking.
Catherine Phipps
More Christmas Recipes
From your meat like pressure cooked Turkey Crown and Gammon (including Cranberry-Glazed Gammon in the Instant Pot or Ninja Foodi) to pressure cooked sides like Red Cabbage, Brussels Sprouts and Parsnips and, of course, delicious Cranberry Sauce. Oh and don't forget the Stuffing, whether Paxo or homemade, both great in the air fryer. The air fryer is also handy for a Roast Beef Dinner.
All Christmas recipes for your pressure cooker
📖 Recipe
How To Quickly Soak Dried Fruit in the Pressure Cooker
Equipment
- 1 Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
- 500 g dried fruit see note
- 150 ml of the liquid that your recipe requires
Instructions
- Place dried fruit and liquid in the pressure cooker.
- Make sure the sealing ring is properly in place. Steam release set to Sealing
- Electric pressure cookers: Pressure cook zero minutes, high pressure (if your pressure cooker doesn't go down to zero minutes, pressure cook one minutes. Natural pressure release (i.e. let the float valve pop down on its own, go put your feet up)
- Stove-Top Pressure Cookers: Bring up to high pressure and immediately remove from the heat. Allow to drop pressure naturally.
- Stir in a couple more tablespoons of alcohol for flavour - it will absorb quickly in the residual heat - and leave to cool.
- It's now ready to use in your Christmas Pudding or whatever you decide to make
Notes
Next step: Make Christmas Pudding
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