Add 2 litres/3½ pints water to the pressure cooker. Add the duck legs, shiitake mushrooms, leek, onion, carrot, cinnamon, star anise, ginger, salt and peppercorns.

The quintessential comfort food — chicken noodle soup — most often comes from a can, a retail food counter or a school cafeteria. We may romanticize the fresh taste and aroma of the hom… ...

1 cup chopped onion. 1 cup chopped celery. 1 cup chopped carrots. 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts. 1 small bay leaf. 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme ...