ROASTING
Roasting is cooking by dry heat. Tender meat or poultry can be roasted uncovered in your oven. Roasting temperatures, which should be low and steady, keep spattering to a minimum.
Roasting is really a baking procedure used for meats. Therefore, the oven controls are set for Baking or Timed Baking. (You may hear a slight clicking sound, indicating the oven is working properly.) Timed Baking will turn the oven on and off automatically.
Most meats continue to cook slightly after being removed from the oven. The internal temperature will rise about 5° to 10°F during the recommened standing time of 10 to 20 minutes. This allows roasts to firm up and makes them easier to carve. To compensate for this rise in temperature, you may want to remove the roast sooner (at 5° to 10°F. less than the temperature in the Roasting Guide).
Remember that food will continue to cook in the hot oven and therefore should be removed when the desired internal temperature has been reached.
How to Set Your Range for Roasting
1.Place the shelf in A or B position. No preheating is necessary.
2. Check the weight of the |
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meat. Place it |
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up (or for poultry |
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roasting grid in a | B |
shallow pan. The |
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melting fat will baste | A |
the meat. Select a pan |
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as close to the size of the meat as possible. |
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(The broiler pan with grid is a good pan for this.) |
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3.Press the BAKE pad.
BAKE
4.Press the INCREASE or DECREASE pad until the desired
temperature is displayed.
The oven will start automatically. The word “ON” and “100°” will be displayed. As the oven heats up, the display will show the changing temperature. When the oven reaches the temperature you set,
a tone will sound.
| 5. Press the CLEAR/OFF pad when |
CLEAR | roasting is finished and then remove |
OFF | the food from the oven. |
NOTE: A fan may automatically turn on and off to cool internal parts. This is normal and the fan may continue to run after the oven is turned off.
To change the oven temperature during the roasting cycle, press the BAKE pad and then the INCREASE or DECREASE pad to get the new temperature.
Use of Aluminum Foil
You can use aluminum foil to line the broiler pan. This makes
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