Frozen Foods
• Fully thaw the food before cooking.
Thickening
•Cover the meat with the flour for casseroles or mix the cornflour with the water and add it at the end of cook- ing
Flavouring
•Flavours are held in the food because there is small evaporation. Adjust flavouring at the end of the cooking time.
Liquid
•Use less liquid as there is small evaporation during cooking. Always add milk and milk products, for exam- ple cream to the end of cooking to prevent them from curdling.
Reheating
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Do not reheat food with the slow cook setting.
Joints of meat and poultry
•Do not cook meat joints which are more then 2,7kg (6lb).
•Do not cook poultry which is more then 2 kg (4lb eight oz).
•Cook on or above the middle shelf of the oven.
•Cook the stuffing separately.
•Cook for minimum six hours.
•Only cook joints of pork if the temperature inside the joint is minimum 88°C. Use a meat thermometer to ex- amine the temperature.
•For good air circulation always put the joints on a rack in a roasting tin or casserole.
•Thaw all frozen meat and poultry before you cook it.
•Remove unwanted fat and skin unless it is browned first.
Soups, casseroles and stews
•Do not cook casseroles which are more than 2,7 (6lb).
•Let the dish boil on the hob and then cook it on the slow cook setting.
•Cook on or above the middle shelf of the oven.
•Use a lid or tin foil when you use slow cook setting.
Vegetables
•Cut the vegetables in small pieces.
•Before you add dried beans to a dish, soak the beans first and boil in an open pan for 15 minutes. .
•Put the vegetables below the meat in casseroles.
•Use a lid or tin foil when you use slow cook setting.
Oven - Care and Cleaning
Warning! Refer to "Safety information" chapter.
Warning! Before you clean the appliance, switch it off. Make sure that the appliance is cold.
Warning! Do not clean the appliance with steam cleaners or
Caution! Do not use corrosive or scouring cleaning agents, sharp objects, stain removers or abrasive
sponges.
Warning! Do not clean the glass door with abrasive cleaning agents or metal scraper. Heat resistant
surface of the inner glass can damage.
Caution! If you use an oven spray, follow the instructions from the manufacturer.
•Clean the front of the appliance with a soft cloth with warm water and cleaning agent.
•To clean metal surfaces use a usual cleaning agent
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•Clean the oven interior after each use. Thus you can re- move dirt more easily and it does not burn on.
•Clean stubborn dirt with a special oven cleaner.
•Clean all oven accessories (with a soft cloth with warm water and cleaning agent) after each use and let them dry.
•If you have nonstick accessories, do not clean them using an aggressive agents, sharp edged objects or dishwasher. It can destroy nonstick coating!
Stainless steel or aluminium appliances:
Clean the oven door with a wet sponge only. Dry it with a soft cloth.
Do not use steel wool, acids or abrasive materials as they can damage the oven surface. Clean the oven control pan- el with the same precautions