Cotechino in pressure cooker is easy to make and thanks to steam cooking, the fat will drip to the bottom, and the cotechino will be flavorful but less greasy, and most importantly, you won’t risk it breaking during cooking, nor do you need to prick it. Fresh cotechino is definitely much better than the pre-cooked version, but many people avoid buying it because the cooking time is long. Indeed, to get a good fresh cotechino, you need to cook it for more than 2 hours, but thanks to the pressure cooker, it will be really easy, and the time will be greatly reduced. You can then serve the cotechino cooked in a pressure cooker with lentils or mashed potatoes depending on what you prefer. In Veneto, we call cotechino “musetto.” If you have some slices left after cooking the cotechino, no problem, you can try the risotto with cotechino and other recipes with cotechino. Now let’s see how to cook cotechino in a pressure cooker, and if you try it, let me know. Barbara

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Difficulty: Very Easy
Cost: Very Cheap
Preparation time: 5 Minutes
Portions: 4
Cooking methods: Pressure Cooker, Stove
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: All Seasons

Ingredients

1 cotechino
20 oz water

Tools

Pressure Cooker
Steamer Basket

How to prepare cotechino in a pressure cooker

Let’s start preparing the Cotechino in pressure cooker, take a sheet of aluminum foil and place the cotechino in the center,
wrap it well like a candy, close again with a second sheet of aluminum foil.
Pour the water into the pressure cooker, place the steamer basket and lay the cotechino inside. Close with the lid and put on high heat. When you hear the whistle, lower the heat to the minimum and let it cook for 80 minutes, the time may vary slightly depending on the weight of the cotechino.
Once cooking is finished, turn off the heat, let the steam escape, and when the safety valve lowers, open the pot, remove the cotechino from the steamer basket, open the aluminum foil, you will see that it is cooked and less greasy.
Take the cotechino, make a lengthwise incision on the skin, and remove it, then cut the cotechino cooked in a pressure cooker into slices and serve it as you prefer.