Gaggenau VK 230 714 Regenerating warming up, Keeping warm, Extracting juice soft fruits, Food

▯Place the vegetables or meat in water and allow them to boil.

▯Remove the food. Chill vegetables in icy water. First rinse meat hot, and then cold.

▯Use the pasta basket (accessory FK 023 000) for easy insertion and removal of food.

▯You can salt the water, but then you should clean the appliance particularly thoroughly afterwards. Salt residues can produce corrosion.

Regenerating (warming up)

▯Fill the appliance with 1 quart (1 liter) of water and preheat it to the steam cooking setting.

▯Place the unperforated cooking insert with the prepared meal in the basis and switch back to 200°F (95°C).

▯The glass cover must be fitted.

Food	Water	Cooking	Setting	Cooking	Notes
	quantity	insert		time
Plated meal with meat	1 quart	Unperforated	200°F	12 - 15 min.
	(1 liter)		(95°C)
Pastas, starch-based side	1 quart	Unperforated	200°F	10 - 12 min.	Lightly butter the cooking insert base
dishes (500 g/1 lb)	(1 liter)		(95°C)
Vegetables (500 g/1 lb)	1 quart	Unperforated	200°F	10 - 12 min.
	(1 liter)		(95°C)

Keeping warm

▯Fill the appliance with 1 quart (1 liter) of water and preheat it to the steam cooking setting.

▯Put the unperforated cooking insert with the hot food into the appliance, switch back to the 170 - 180°F (80 - 85°C) position and close the glass cover.

▯If you wish to use two cooking inserts at the same time, first put the perforated insert into the appliance and then the unperforated insert over it.

▯The glass cover must be fitted.

Extracting juice (soft fruits)

▯Fill the appliance with 1 quart (1 liter) of water and preheat it to the steam cooking setting.

▯Place the unperforated cooking insert in the basin first and then the perforated cooking insert with the berries and close the glass cover.

▯You should leave the fruit in the appliance until no more juice appears (about 120 minutes).

▯You can then squeeze the berries dry in a dishtowel to preserved the last remainders of juice.

Boiling down

▯Fill the appliance with 1 quart (1 liter) of water and preheat it to the steam cooking setting.

▯Boil down foodstuffs directly after shopping or harvesting. Prolonged storage reduces vitamin content and leads easily to fermentation.

▯Use only fruit and vegetables that are in a perfect state.

▯Meat is not suitable for boiling down in the steamer.

▯Check and thoroughly clean preserving jars, rubber rings, clamps and springs.

▯Disinfect the rinsed jars before boiling down in the steam (see Section entitled "Disinfecting").

▯Place jars in the perforated cooking insert in such a way that they do not touch each other.

▯Open the glass cover after the cooking time has ended and remove the jars once they have cooled down fully.

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