Zanussi ZBS 862 manual Cooking with steam, Hints and tips about steam cooking

Cooking with steam

☞1 - Before any steam cooking, fill the water tank as described in the previous chapter. One liter of water allows about 1 hour of steam cooking.

2 - Place the food in suitable ovenproof pans or pots and place them on the oven shelf (Fig. 7). Set the shelf level according to the cooking table. The second shelf level from the bottom usually gives the best cooking results.

3 - Turn the oven function control knob on the "STEAM COOKING" function (symbol ) .

4 - Turn the thermostat control knob on the required temperature between 140° and 220°C. Consider that a temperature above 220°C will not give good cooking results.

Hints and tips about steam cooking

i	● Don't cover the pans or pots. This would not
	allow steam to come in contact with the food.
	● You can also place food directly on the oven
	shelf, as shown in Fig. 8. In that case, always
	place the dripping pan at the lowest level, with
	some water in it, to avoid smoke and
	unpleasant smells.
	● If you need to open the oven door and check
	the food, always remember to switch off the
	steam cooking function by turning the function
	control knob	on symbol	. After having
	checked it, turn back the function control knob
	on symbol	to make the steam function
	operate again.

Steam can condense and produce water droplets on the oven door glass. This is quite normal and is not caused by fault of the oven. We recommend you to wipe away condensation after all cookings.

Fig. 7

Fig. 8

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