Electrolux 76331 KF-N user manual Examples of cooking applications, Melting

Tips on Cooking and Frying 19

Examples of cooking applications

The information given in the following table is for guidance only.

Heat	Cooking-	suitable for	Cooking	Tips/Hints
setting	process		time
0		Residual heat, Off position
1	Keeping	Keeping cooked foods warm	as required	Cover
	food warm
	Melting	Hollandaise sauce,
1-3		melting butter, chocolate,	5-25 mins.	Stir occasionally
		gelatine
	Solidifying	Fluffy omelettes, baked eggs	10-40 mins.	Cook with lid on
	Simmer-	Simmering rice and milk-		Add at least twice as
		based dishes		much liquid as rice, stir
3-5	ing on low		25-50 mins.
		Heating up ready-cooked		milk dishes part way
	heat
		meals		through cooking
	Steaming	Steaming vegetables, fish		With vegetables add only
5-7			20-45 mins.	a little liquid (a few table-
	Braising	braising meat
				spoons)
				Use only a little liquid, e.
		Steaming potatoes	20-60 mins.	g.: max. ¼ l water for
7-9	Boiling			750 g potatoes
		Cooking larger quantities of	60-150 mins.	Up to 3 l liquid plus in-
		food, stews and soups		gredients
	Gentle	Frying escalopes, veal cor-
9-12		don bleu, cutlets, rissoles,	Steady frying	Turn halfway through
	Frying	sausages, liver, roux, eggs,		cooking
		pancakes, doughnuts
	Heavy	Hash browns, loin steaks,	5-15 mins.	Turn halfway through
12-13		steaks, Flädle (pancakes for
	Frying		per pan	cooking
		garnishing soup)
	Boiling
14	Searing	Boiling large quantities of water, cooking pasta, searing meat (goulash,
	Deep	pot roast), deep frying chips
	frying