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Oven cooking guide
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Meat | Mark | from Top | Approximate Cooking Time |
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Beef (no bone) | 3 |
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Thoroughly thaw frozen joints | |||||
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| roasted at Mk. 7 and the cooking | ||||
Lamb | 3 | ||||
time adjusted accordingly. For | |||||
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| approx. 10 min. per 500g. or cook | ||||
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Pork and Veal | 3 | ||||
at Mk. 6 or 20min, then Mk. 3 for | |||||
| 6 | the remainder. |
Poultry
Chicken (2.3kg) | 3 | ||
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Turkey (4.5kg) | 3 | ||
| 6 | 20mins. per 500g.+20 mins. | |
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(over 4.5kg) | 3 | 4 | 20mins. per 500g.+20 mins. |
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| 6 | 4 | 15mins. per 500g.+15 mins. |
Duck/ duckling | 3 | 4 | |
| 6 | 4 | 20mins. per 500g. |
For stuffed poultry, you could cook at Mk. 6 for 20mins. and then Mk.3 for remainder. Don’t forget to include the weight of the stuffing. For fresh or frozen
prepacked poultry, follow instructions on the pack.
Thoroughly thaw frozen poultry
before cooking.
Casseroles
Yorkshire Pudding
7 2Large tin
Fish
5 | 2 | Fillets |
5 | 2 | Steaks according to thickness. |
Cakes
Very rich fruit | 1 | 4 | |
Christmas/ wedding etc. |
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Fruit 180mm tin | 2 | 4 | 2 to 21/2 hours. |
Fruit 230mm tin | 2 | 4 | Up to 31/2 hours. |
Madeira 180mm | 3 | 4 | |
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Queen cakes | 5 | 2 & 4 or 3 | |
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Scones | 7 | 2 & 4 or 3 | |
Victoria sandwich |
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When two tier cooking leave at least one runner space between shelves. Position the baking tray with the front edge along the front of the oven shelf.
Rich fruit cakes made with self- raising flour should be cooked on Mk.4 for the first half hour at least and then finished at the setting shown.
180mm tin | 4 | 2 & 4 or 3 |
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230mm tin | 4 | 2 & 4 or 3 |
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Desserts |
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Shortcrust tarts | 6 | 2 & 4 | the same time, swap them over | ||
at approx. 25 mins. For even | |||||
Fruit pies | 6 | ||||
browning the maximum size of | |||||
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Tartlets | 6 | ||||
320mm x 305mm. This ensures | |||||
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Flaky/rough puff | 7 | ||||
free heat circulation. | |||||
Puff pastry | 8 | If cooking a two tier load, when | |||
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Meringues | ‘S’ | 3 | 11/2 to 2 hrs. | ||
in the lower position should be | |||||
Baked egg custard | 3 | 3 | |||
raised to the higher shelf, or the | |||||
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Baked sponge pud | 5 | 3 | |||
remaining cooking time. | |||||
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Milk pudding | 3 | ||||
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