THE FAN OVEN
USES OF THE FAN OVEN
The fan oven is particularly suitable for cooking larger quantities of food.
The advantages of fan oven cooking are:
PREHEATING
The fan oven quickly reaches its temperature so it is not usually necessary to preheat the oven. Without preheating however you may need to add an extra 5
–10 minutes on the recommended cooking times. For recipes needing high temperatures e.g. bread, pastries, scones, soufflés etc., best results are achieved if the oven is preheated first. For best results when cooking frozen or cooked chilled ready meals preheat the oven first.
COOKING TEMPERATURES
Fan oven cooking generally requires lower temperatures than conventional cooking. Follow the temperatures recommended in the chart on page 21 until you are familiar with the lower temperatures associated with Fan oven cooking. As a guide reduce temperatures by 20°C - 25°C for your own recipes, using a conventional oven.
BATCH BAKING
The fan oven cooks evenly on all shelf levels, especially useful when batch baking.
HOW TO USE THE FAN OVEN
1.Turn the oven temperature control to the required setting.
THINGS TO NOTE
The oven light will come on when the control is turned.
The oven fan will operate continually during cooking.
The cooling fan for the controls will operate after a time. See page 7 for further details on the operation of the cooling fan.
The fan oven indicator neon will glow until it has reached the desired temperature. It will turn on and off periodically during cooking showing that the temperature is being maintained.
If an automatic programme has been set, the oven fan and oven light do not come on until the cook time begins.
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