AEG HK854080XB Energy saving, Öko Timer Eco Timer, Examples of cooking applications, Heat setting

Helpful hints and tips 11

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.

Öko Timer (Eco Timer)

To save the energy, the heater of the cooking zone switches itself off earlier than count down timer signal. The heating time reduction depends on cooking level and cooking time.

Examples of cooking applications

The data in the table is for guidance only.

Heat

setting

1

1-3

1-3

3-5

5-7

7-9

7-9

9-12

12-13

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Use to:	Time	Hints
Keep cooked foods warm	as re-	Cover
	quired
Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter, choco-	5-25	Mix occasionally
late, gelatine	min
Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked eggs	10-40	Cook with a lid on
	min
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
Steam vegetables, fish, meat	20-45	Add a few tablespoons of liquid
	min
Steam potatoes	20-60	Use max. ¼ l water for 750 g of po-
	min	tatoes
Cook larger quantities of food, stews	60-150	Up to 3 l liquid plus ingredients
and soups	min
Gentle fry: escalope, veal cordon bleu,	as re-	Turn halfway through
cutlets, rissoles, sausages, liver, roux,	quired
eggs, pancakes, doughnuts
Heavy fry, hash browns, loin steaks,	5-15	Turn halfway through
steaks	min

Boil large quantities of water, cook pasta, sear meat (goulash, pot roast), deep fry chips

Information on acrylamides

According to the newest scientific knowledge, if you brown food (specially the one which contains starch), acrylamides can pose a health risk. Thus, we recommend that you cook at the lowest temperatures and do not brown food too much.