COOKING GUIDELINES

The information given in the following table is for guidance only

Heat

Cooking

Suitable For

Cook Time

Tips/Hints

Setting

Process

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

Residual heat, off position

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Melting

Hollandaise sauce, melting butter,

5-25 mins

Stir occasionally

1-2

 

chocolate, gelatine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solidifying

Fluffy omelettes, baked eggs

10-40 mins

Cook with lid on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simmering rice and milk-based

 

Add at least twice as much

2-3

Simmering

dishes

25-50 mins

liquid as rice, stir milk dish-

 

 

Heating up ready-cooked meals

 

es part way through cook-

 

 

 

 

ing

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steaming

Steaming vegetables, fish

 

With vegetables add only a

3-4

Braising

Braising meat

20-45 mins

little liquid (a few table-

 

 

 

 

spoons)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use only a little liquid, e.g.:

 

 

Steaming Potatoes

20-60 mins

max. 1/4 I water for 750g

4-5

Boiling

 

 

of potatoes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cooking larger quantities of food,

60-150 mins.

Up to 3 I liquid plus

 

 

stews and soups

 

ingredients

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frying escalope, veal cordon bleu,

as required

Turn halfway through

6-7

Gentle frying

cutlets, rissoles, sausages, liver, roux,

 

cooking

 

 

eggs, pancakes, doughnuts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7-8

Heavy Frying

Hash browns, loin steaks, steaks

5-15 mins. per

Turn halfway through

 

 

flädle (pancakes for garnishing soup)

pan

cooking

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boiling

Boiling large quantities of water, cooking pasta, searing meat (goulash, pot roast)

9

Searing

deep frying chips

 

 

Deep Frying

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

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