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Cooking tips

Cooking times may vary 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 °C Cooking time
(minutes) Type of dish Temperature °C Cooking time
(hou r s )
Pastries and cakes
Fruit pie
Meringues
Sponge cake
Angel cake
Madeira cake
Chocolate cake
Flat sweet loaf
Puffs
Flaky pastry biscui ts
Mille feuilles
Short crust pastry
130
130
150
160
160
170
170
200
200
200
200
60-70
30-40
20-30
40-50
40-50
30-40
40-50
15-20
15-20
15-20
15-20
Meat
Turkey (4-8 kg)
Goose (4-5 kg)
Duck (2-4 kg)
Capon (2½-3 kg)
Braised beef (1-1½
kg)
Leg of lamb
Roast hare (2 kg)
Roast pheasant
Chicken (1-1½ kg)
Fish
160
160
170
170
160
160
160
160
170
200
3-4½
4-4½
1½-2½
2-2½
3-3½
1-1½
1-1½
1-1½
1-1½
15-25 minutes

GRILLING

Type of dish Cooking time

(minutes)

Position of

shelf

Chops (0.5 kg)

Saussages

Grilled chicken (1 kg)

Veal on the spit (0.6 kg)

Chicken on the spit (1 kg)

60

15

60
60
60

3rd guide rail

2nd guide rail

1st guide rail

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The 1st guide rail is understood as being the lowest position.

Notes:Notes:

Notes:Notes:

Notes:

1) Cooking times do not include oven pre-heating, except for those marked with an asterisk.

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 minutes.

4) For roast beef, veal, pork and turkey, on the bone or rolled, increase the times by 20 minutes.