COOKING TIPS
Cooking times may change according to the nature of the foods, their homogeneity and their volume. When cooking a certain food for the first time, it is advisable to choose the lowest values in the cooking time range given in the table and then increase them if necessary.
CONVENTIONAL oven cooking
Type of dish | Temperature | Cooking time | Type of dish | Temperature | Cooking time | |
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Pastries and cakes | 130 | Meat | 160 | |||
Fruit pie | Turkey | |||||
Meringues | 130 | Goose | 160 | |||
Sponge cake | 150 | Duck | 170 | 1½ | ||
Angel cake | 160 | Capon (2½ | 170 | |||
Madeira cake | 160 | Braised beef | 160 | |||
Chocolate cake | 170 | Leg of lamb | 160 | |||
Flat sweet loaf | 170 | Roast hare (2 kg.) | 160 | |||
Puffs | 200 | Roast pheasant | 160 | |||
Flaky pastry biscuits | 200 | Chicken | 170 | |||
Mille feuilles | 200 | Fish | 200 | |||
Short pastry | 200 | |||||
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GRILLING
Type of dish | Cooking time | Position of shelf | |
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Chops (0.5 kg.) | 60 | 3rd guide rail | |
Sausages | 15 | 2nd guide rail | |
Grilled chicken (1 kg) | 60 | 1st guide rail | |
Veal on the spit (0.6 kg.) | 60 | - | |
Chicken on the spit (1 kg.) | 60 | - | |
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The 1st guide rail is understood as being
the lowest position.
FAN ASSISTED cooking
Type of dish | Guide rail No. | Quantity | Temperature | Time | |
from bottom | kg. | ° C | (minutes) | ||
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Pastries and cakes | 1 | 175 | 60 | ||
* With beaten mix, in mould | |||||
* With beaten mix, without mould | 1 | 175 | 50 | ||
Short pastry, flan base | 0.5 | 175 | 30 | ||
Short pastry with wet filling | 1.5 | 175 | 70 | ||
Short pastry with dry filling | 1 | 175 | 45 | ||
* With natural leavened mix | 1 | 175 | 50 | ||
Small pastries and cakes | 0.5 | 160 | 30 | ||
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Roasts under grill | 2 | 1 | 180 | 60 | |
Veal | |||||
Beef | 2 | 1 | 180 | 70 | |
English roast beef | 2 | 1 | 220 | 50 | |
Pork | 2 | 1 | 180 | 70 | |
Chicken | 2 | 200 | 70 | ||
Roasts on tray | 1 | 160 | 80 | ||
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Beef | 1 | 160 | 90 | ||
Pork | 1 | 160 | 90 | ||
Chicken | 180 | 90 | |||
Turkey slices | 1.5 | 180 | 120 | ||
Duck | 180 | 120 | |||
Casseroles | 1 | 1 | 175 | 120 | |
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Braised veal | 1 | 1 | 175 | 110 | |
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Fish | 1 | 180 | 30 | ||
Fillets, steaks, cod hake, sole | |||||
Mackerel, turbot, salmon | 1.3 | 1 | 180 | 45 | |
Oysters |
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Timbales | 2 | 185 | 60 | ||
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Vegetable pudding | 2 | 185 | 50 | ||
* Sweet and savoury soufflés | 0.75 | 180 | 50 | ||
* Pizzas and savoury roll | 0.5 | 200 | 30 | ||
Toasted sandwiches | 0.5 | 190 | 15 | ||
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Defrosting | 1 | 200 | 45 | ||
Meat | 0.5 | 50 | 50 | ||
Meat | 0.75 | 50 | 70 | ||
Meat | 1 | 50 | 110 | ||
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Notes:
1)Cooking times do not include oven
2)The indication given in the table for the guide rails is the one that should preferably be used in the event of cooking on more than one level.
3)The indicated times refer to cooking on one shelf only; for cooking on more than one level, increase the time by 5 ÷ 10 min.
4)For roast beef, veal, pork and turkey, on the bone or rolled, increase the times by 20 min.
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