Quick Arborio (short-grained) Rice - 2-qt. Pressure Cooker

Total Time: 12 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups water
• 1 cup arborio rice or 1 cup carnaroli rice or 1 cup other risotto rice, rinsed and drained

Recipe

• 1 in pressure cooker, pour in water and bring it to a rolling boil.
• 2 pour in well-drained rice, stir well. (note: for grains, do not exceed the 1/2 full marker.).
• 3 secure lid, and bring to low pressure (8 psi, 1 bar). once pot has reached low pressure, adjust heat to stabilize at low pressure. (you may want to use a heat diffuser between the heat and your pot to make it easier to maintain low pressure. sometimes i stack a 2nd burner grate on top of one burner grate. if i forget, i press the steam valve of my kuhn rikon p.c. lid to keep the pressure at 1 bar.) once low pressure has been reached, begin timing for 5 minutes and cook for 5 minutes.
• 4 remove from heat. let pressure reduce naturally (this will absorb some of the excess water, if any).
• 5 remove lid and serve.