Cooking advice
The oven offers a wide range of alternatives which allow you to cook any type of food in the best possible way. With time you will learn to make the best use of this versatile cooking appliance and the following directions are only a guideline which may be varied according to your own per- sonal experience.
Baking cakes
The oven should always be warm before putting in cakes wait till the end of preheating (about 15 min.).
Beaten cake mixtures should not be too soft as this could considerably lengthen cooking times. In general:
Pastry is too dry
Increase the temperature by 10°C and reduce the cooking time.
Pastry dropped
Use less liquid or lower the temperature by 10°C.
Pastry is too dark on top
Place it on a lower rack, lower the temperature, and increase the cooking time.
C o o k e d w e ll o n th e in s id e b u t s tic k y o n th e o u ts id e
U se le ss liquid, lo w er th e tem pe rature , an d increa se th e cooking tim e .
The pastry sticks to the pan
Grease the pan well and sprinkle it with a dusting of flour.
I used more than one level and they are not all at the same cooking point
Use a lower temperature setting. It is not necessary to remove the food from all the racks at the same time.
Cooking fish and meat
Meat must weigh at least one Kg. to stop it becoming too dry. When cooking white meat, fowl and fish use low temperatures.
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