User manual

HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS
EXAMPLES OF COOKING
APPLICATIONS FOR HOB
The data in the table is for guidance only.
Heat set-
ting
Use to: Time
(min)
Hints
1-2 Hollandaise sauce, melt:
butter, chocolate, gelatine
5 - 25 Mix occasionally
1-2 Solidify: fluffy omelettes,
baked eggs
10 - 40 Cook with a lid on
2-3 Simmer rice and milkbased
dishes, heating up ready-
cooked meals
25 - 50 Add at least twice as
much liquid as rice, stir
milk dishes part way
through
3-4 Steam vegetables, fish,
meat
20 - 45 Add a few tablespoons of
liquid
4-5 Steam potatoes 20 - 60 Use max. ¼ l water for 750
g of potatoes
4-5 Cook larger quantities of
food, stews and soups
60 - 150 Up to 3 l liquid plus ingre-
dients
6-7 Gentle fry: escalope, veal
cordon bleu, cutlets, ris-
soles, sausages, liver, roux,
eggs, pancakes, doughnuts
as re-
quired
Turn halfway through
7-8 Heavy fry, hash browns, loin
steaks, steaks
5 - 15 Turn halfway through
9 Boil large quantities of water, cook pasta, sear meat (goulash, pot
roast), deep fry chips
The temperature and baking
times in the tables are guidelines
only. They depend on the recipes,
quality and quantity of the ingre-
dients used.
BAKING
General instructions
• Your new oven may bake or roast differ-
ently to the appliance you had before.
Adapt your usual settings (temperature,
cooking times) and shelf positions to
the values in the tables.
• With longer baking times, the oven can
be switched off about 10 minutes be-
fore the end of baking time, to use the
residual heat.
When you use frozen food, the trays in
the oven can twist during baking. When
the trays get cold again, the distortion
will be gone.
How to use the Baking Tables
• We recommend to use the lower tem-
perature the first time.
• If you cannot find the settings for a spe-
cial recipe, look for the one that is al-
most the same.
• Baking time can be extended by 10-15
minutes, if you bake cakes on more
than one level.
• Cakes and pastries at different heights
do not always brown equally at first. If
this occurs, do not change the temper-
ature setting. The differences equalize
during the baking procedure.
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