Examples of cooking applications

The information given in the following table is for guidance only.

Heat

Cookingsuitable forCook timeTips/Hints

setting

process

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

Off position

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V

Keeping

Keeping cooked foods warm

as required

Cover

food warm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Melting

Hollandaise sauce,

5-25 mins.

Stir occasionally

1-2

melting butter, 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 dishes

 

 

Heating up ready-cooked meals

 

part way through cooking

 

 

 

 

 

3-4

Steaming

Steaming vegetables, fish

20-45 mins.

With vegetables add only a lit-

Braising

Braising meat

tle liquid (a few tablespoons)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use only a little liquid, e. g.:

 

 

Steaming potatoes

20-60 mins.

max. ¼ l water for 750 g of

4-5

Boiling

 

 

potatoes

 

 

Cooking larger quantities of food,

60-150 mins.

Up to 3 l liquid plus ingredi-

 

 

stews and soups

ents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frying escalope, veal cordon

 

 

6-7

Gentle

bleu, cutlets, rissoles, sausages,

as required

Turn halfway through cooking

frying

liver, roux, eggs, pancakes,

 

 

 

 

 

doughnuts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heavy

Hash browns, loin steaks, steaks,

5-15 mins.

 

7-8

Flädle (pancakes for garnishing

Turn halfway through cooking

frying

per pan

 

soup)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boiling

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

9

Searing

deep frying chips

 

 

Deep frying

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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