Electrolux EHD 60150 IAU Examples of cooking applications, Tips/Hints, Keeping, Melting, Boiling

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Examples of cooking applications

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

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

The power function is suitable for heating large quantities of liquid.