25Recipes
Recipes
All the recipes in this book are calculated on the basis of 4 servings unless otherwise stated.

Adapting recipes for the microwave oven

If you would like to adapt your favourite recipes for the microwave, you
should take note of the following: Shorten cooking times by a third to a half.
Follow the example of the recipes in this book.
Foods which have a high moisture content such as meat, fish, poultry,
vegetables, fruit, stews and soups can be prepared in your microwave without
any difficulty.
Foods which have little moisture, such as platters of food, should have the
surface moistened prior to heating or cooking.
The amount of liquid to be added to raw foods, which are to be braised, should
be reduced to about two thirds of the quantity in the original recipe. If
necessary, add more liquid during cooking.
The amount of fat to be added can be reduced considerably. A small amount of
butter, margarine or oil is sufficient to flavour food. For this reason your
microwave is excellent for preparing low-fat foods as part of a diet.

Onion soup

1. Grease the bowl, add the sliced onion, meat stock
and seasoning. Cover and cook.
9-11 min. 900 W
2. Toast the slices of bread, cut them into cubes and
divide them among the soup bowls. Pour the soup
over the toast cubes and sprinkle on the cheese.
3. Place the bowls on the turntable and cook.
1-3 min. 900 W
Utensils Bowl with lid (2 l capacity)
4 soup bowls (200 ml)
10 g butter or margarine
100 g onions, sliced
800 ml meat stock
salt and pepper
2 slices bread
40 g grated cheese

Sole fillets

1. Wash the fish and pat them dry. Remove any bones.
2. Cut the lemon and tomatoes into thin slices.
3. Grease the oven dish with butter. Place the fish
fillets in the dish and drizzle with vegetable oil.
4. Sprinkle parsley over the dish, place the tomato
slices on top and season. Place the lemon slices on
top of the tomatoes and pour the white wine over
them.
5. Place small pats of butter on top of the lemon,
cover and cook.
11-13 min. 630 W
After cooking, stand for approx. 2 min.
Utensils Shallow oval oven dish with
microwave cling film (approx. 26 cm
long)
400 g sole fillets
1 lemon, whole
150 g tomatoes
10 g butter
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp parsley, chopped
salt and pepper
4 tbsp white wine
20 g butter or margarine