Zanussi ZM176ST, ZM175ST Table Cooking Fresh Vegetables, Adapting Recipes for Microwave Oven

COOKING CHARTS

TABLE: COOKING FRESH VEGETABLES

Vegetable	Quantity Power		Time	Hints	Added Water
	-g-	-Setting	-Min-		-tbsps/ml-
Leaf Spinach	300	800 W	5-7	wash dry well, cover, stir once or twice during cooking		-
Cauliflower	800	800 W	15-17	1 whole head, cover, divide into florets, stir		5-6tbsps
	500	800 W	10-12	during cooking		4-5tbsps
Broccoli	500	800 W	9-11	divide into florets, cover, stir occasionally during cooking		4-5tbsps
Mushrooms	500	800 W	8-10	whole heads, cover, stir occasionally during cooking		-
Chinese leaves	300	800 W	9-11	cut into strips, cover, stir occasionally during cooking		4-5tbsps
Peas	500	800 W	9-11	cover, stir occasionally during cooking		4-5tbsps
Fennel	500	800 W	9-11	cut into quarters, cover, stir occasionally during cooking		4-5tbsps
Onions	250	800 W	5-7	whole, cook in microwave cling film		-
Kohlrabi	500	800 W	10-12	dice, cover, stir occasionally during cooking		50ml
Carrots	500	800 W	10-12	cut into rings, cover, stir occasionally during cooking		4-5tbsps
	300	800 W	7-9
Green peppers	500	800 W	7-9	cut into strips, stir once or twice during cooking		4-5tbsps
Boiled potatoes (skins on) 500		800 W	9-11	cover, stir occasionally during cooking		4-5tbsps
Leeks	500	800 W	9-11	cut into rings, cover, stir occasionally during cooking		4-5tbsps
Red cabbage	500	800 W	15-17	cut into strips, stir once or twice		50ml
				during cooking
Brussels sprouts	500	800 W	9-11	whole sprouts, cover, stir occasionally during cooking		50ml
Boiled Potatoes (salted)	500	800 W	9-11	cut into large pieces of a similar size, add a little salt,		150ml
				cover, stir occasionally during cooking
Celery	500	800 W	9-11	dice finely, cover, stir occasionally during cooking		50ml
White cabbage	500	800 W	15-17	cut into strips, cover, stir occasionally during cooking		50ml
Courgettes	500	800 W	9-11	slice, cover, stir occasionally during cooking		4-5tbsps

RECIPES

ADAPTING RECIPES FOR THE

MICROWAVE OVEN

If you would like to adapt your favourite recipes for the microwave, you should take note of the following:

Shorten cooking times by a third to a half. Follow the example of the recipes in this book.

Foods which have a high moisture content such as meat, fish, poultry, vegetables, fruit, stews and soups can be prepared in your microwave without any difficulty. Foods which have little moisture, such as platters of food, should have the surface moistened prior to heating or cooking.

The amount of liquid to be added to raw foods, which are to be braised, should be reduced to about two thirds of the quantity in the original recipe. If necessary, add more liquid during cooking.

The amount of fat to be added can be reduced considerably. A small amount of butter, margarine or oil is sufficient to flavour food. For this reason your microwave is excellent for preparing low-fat foods as part of a diet.

HOW TO USE RECIPES

●All the recipes in this book are calculated on the basis of 4 servings - unless otherwise stated.

●Recommendations relating to suitable utensils and the total cooking times are given at the beginning of every recipe.

●As a rule the quantities shown are assumed to be wholly consumable, unless specifically indicated otherwise.

●When eggs are given in the recipes they are assumed to have weight of approx. 55 g (grade M).

ENGLISH

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