Hints and Tips
•Shelf positions are not critical, but make sure the shelves are evenly spaced.
•When cooking more than one dish in the fan oven, place dishes centrally on the shelves rather than several dishes on one shelf.
•When the oven is full, you may need to allow slightly longer cooking time.
•When the oven is full of the same food, e.g. equal trays of small cakes or equal size victoria sandwich cakes, then they will be cooked in the same time and removed from the oven together. When different sizes of trays or types of food, e.g. biscuits and cakes are cooked, they will not necessarily be ready together.
•The fan oven can be used to heat foods through without thawing first, e.g. fruit tarts, mince pies, sausage rolls, and other small pastry items. Use a temperature of
•The use of too high temperatures can cause uneven browning. Check with the recommendations for oven temperatures given in the cooking charts, but be prepared to adjust the temperature, if necessary. Remember to reduce temperatures by
about
•When roasting do use the trivet in the meat tin. Fat and meat juices will drain into the meat tin below and can be used to make gravy. The trivet also prevents splashes of fat from soiling the oven interior.
•The meat tin should not be placed on a heated hotplate as this may cause the enamel to crack.
The Conventional Oven
PRE-SET TEMPERATURE: 200°C
TEMPERATURE SELECTION: 30°C - 250 ° C
When using this setting, heat comes from both the top and bottom elements. This allows you to cook on a single level and is particularly suitable for dishes which require extra base browning such as quiches and flans. Gratins, lasagnes and hotpots which require extra top browning also cook well in the conventional oven. This form of cooking gives you the opportunity to cook without the fan in operation.
How to Use the Conventional Oven
1.Switch the oven ON.
2.Select the Conventional Oven Function by pressing the button Oven function until the symbol appears in the display.
3.If necessary adjust temperature setting
using the " + " or " - " buttons.
During cooking, the cooling fan will operate in the same way as described for the fan oven function.
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