AEG 41056VH-MN user manual HOB Helpful Hints and Tips, Cookware, Energy saving

Hob - Helpful hints and tips
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HOB - HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS

WARNING!

Refer to "Safety information" chapter.

Cookware

• The bottom of the cookware must be as thick and flat as possible.

•Cookware made of enamelled steel and with aluminium or copper bottoms can cause discoloration on glass ceramic surface.

Energy saving

•If possible, always put the lids on the cookware.

•Put cookware on a cooking zone before you start it.

•Stop the cooking zones before the end of the cooking time to use residual heat.

•The bottom of pans and cooking zones must have the same dimension.

Examples of cooking applications

The data in the table is for guidance only.

Heat	Use to:	Time	Hints
setting
1	Keep cooked foods warm	as re-	Cover
		quired
1-2	Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter, choco-	5-25	Mix occasionally
	late, gelatine	min
1-2	Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked eggs	10-40	Cook with a lid on
		min
2-3	Simmer rice and milkbased dishes, heat-	25-50	Add at least twice as much liquid as
	ing up ready-cooked meals	min	rice, stir milk dishes part way
			through
3-4	Steam vegetables, fish, meat	20-45	Add a few tablespoons of liquid
		min
4-5	Steam potatoes	20-60	Use max. ¼ l water for 750 g of po-
		min	tatoes
4-5	Cook larger quantities of food, stews	60-150	Up to 3 l liquid plus ingredients
	and soups	min
6-7	Gentle fry: escalope, veal cordon bleu,	as re-	Turn halfway through
	cutlets, rissoles, sausages, liver, roux,	quired
	eggs, pancakes, doughnuts
7-8	Heavy fry, hash browns, loin steaks,	5-15	Turn halfway through
	steaks	min
9	Boil large quantities of water, cook pasta, sear meat (goulash, pot roast), deep fry chips