Miele M 635 EG manual Cooking

Cooking

Place the food in a microwave-safe dish and cover it.

When cooking fresh vegetables, fish, meat, poultry first select power setting of 750 watts and then turn it down to 450 watts for more gentle continued cooking.

Vegetable cooking times depend on the texture of the vegetable. Fresh vegeta- bles contain more water than vegeta- bles which have been stored and usu- ally cook more quickly. Add a little wa- ter to vegetables which have been kept stored. Stir and turn food at least once during cooking.

Ensure that food, such as meat and fish, are cooked for an appropriate length of time.

For dishes such as rice or semolina pudding first select a power setting of 750 watts and then turn down to 150 watts to simmer.

Food with a thick skin or peel, such as tomatoes, sausages, jacket potatoes and aubergines, should be pierced or the skin cut in several places before cooking to allow steam to escape and prevent food from bursting.

Eggs can only be cooked in their shells in the microwave oven in a specially designed egg-boiling de- vice available from specialist shops. Similarly, hard-boiled eggs should not be reheated in the microwave oven as this may lead to the eggs bursting, even once they have been removed from the oven.

Eggs can be cooked without their shells in the microwave oven only if the yolk membrane has been punc- tured several times first. The pres- sure could otherwise cause the egg yolk to explode.

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