Using the Fan Oven, Cooking Chart, Lower Temperatures

Using the Fan Oven

The air inside the oven is heated by the element around the fan situated behind the back panel. The fan circulates hot air to maintain an even temperature inside the oven.

The advantages of cooking with this function are:

Faster Preheating

As the fan oven quickly reaches temperature, it is not usually necessary to preheat the oven although you may find that you need to allow an extra 5-7 minutes on cooking times. For recipes which require higher temperatures, best results are achieved if the oven is preheated first, e.g. bread, pastries, scones, souffles, etc.

Lower Temperatures

Fan oven cooking generally requires lower temperatures than conventional cooking.

Follow the temperatures recommended in the chart at page. 11 or remember to reduce temperatures by about 20-25°C for your own recipes which use conventional cooking.

Even Heating for Baking

The fan oven has uniform heating on all runner positions. This means that batches of the same food can be cooked in the oven at the same time. However, the top shelf may brown slightly quicker than the lower one.

This is quite usual. There is no mixing of flavours between dishes.

How to use the Fan Oven

1.Turn the oven function control knob to .

2.Turn the thermostat control to the required

THINGS TO NOTE

During cooking, the cooling fan and the thermostat control light will operate in the same way as described for the conventional oven function.

Cooking Chart

This chart is intended as a guide only. It may be necessary to increase or decrease the temperature to suit your individual requirements. Only experience will enable you to determine the correct setting for your personal requirements.

When roasting, ensure the meat is cooked thoroughly, use a meat thermometer if preferred to check the centre temperature has reached the required temperature (see table below).

MEAT	TEMPERATURES

Beef	Rare - 60°C
	Medium - 70°C
	Well Done - 80°C

Pork	Well Done - 80°C

Lamb	Medium - 70°C
	Well Done - 80°C

Food			Shelf	Cooking
			Position	Temp (°C)

Biscuits				180-190
Bread				210-220
Casseroles			Shelf	130-140
Cakes:	Small and queen		Shelf	160-170
	Sponges		positions	160-170
	Madeira		are not	140-150
	Rich Fruit		critical but	130-140
	Christmas		ensure	130-140
	Meringues		that oven	90-100
Fish			shelves	170-190
Fish			are evenly	170-190
Fruit Pies and Crumbles			are evenly	190-200
Milk Puddings			spaced	130-140
Milk Puddings			when	130-140
Pastry:	Choux		when
Pastry:	Choux		more than
	Shortcrust		more than
	Flaky	}	one is
	Flaky		used.
	Puff		used.
Plate Tarts				180
Quiches/Flans				170-180
Scones				210-220
Roasting: Meat & Poultry				160-180

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