Electrolux E5731-4 manual Uses, Tables and Tips, Cooking table

Uses, Tables and Tips

Cooking table

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

Heat	Cooking-		Cooking
set-		suitable for		Tips/Hints
	process		time
ting
0		Residual heat, Off posi-
		tion
	Keeping	Keeping cooked foods
1	food		as required	Cover
		warm
	warm
	Melting	Hollandaise sauce,
		melting butter, chocolate,	5-25 mins.	Stir occasionally
1-2		gelatine
	Solidi-	Fluffy omelettes, baked	10-40 mins.	Cook with lid on
	fying	eggs
	Simmer-	Simmering rice and milk-		Add at least twice as
		based dishes		much liquid as rice, stir
2-3	ing on		25-50 mins.
	low heat	Heating up ready-cooked		milk dishes part way
		meals		through cooking
	Steaming	Steaming vegetables, fish		With vegetables add
3-4			20-45 mins.	only a little liquid (a
	Braising	braising meat		few tablespoons)
				Use only a little liquid,
		Steaming potatoes	20-60 mins.	e. g.: max. ¼ l water
4-5	Boiling			for 750 g potatoes
		Cooking larger quantities	60-150	Up to 3 l liquid plus in-
		of food, stews and soups	mins.	gredients
		Frying escalopes, veal
	Gentle	cordon bleu, cutlets, ris-	Steady	Turn halfway through
6-7		soles, sausages, liver, roux,
	Frying		frying	cooking
		eggs, pancakes, dough-
		nuts
	Heavy	Hash browns, loin steaks,	5-15 mins.	Turn halfway through
7-8		steaks, Flädle (pancakes
	Frying		per pan	cooking
		for garnishing soup)
	Boiling
9	Searing	Boiling large quantities of water, cooking pasta, searing meat
	Deep	(goulash, pot roast), deep frying chips
	frying

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