Helpful hints and tips

Cookware

• The bottom of the cookware must be as thick and flat as possible.

Cookware made of enamelled steel and with aluminium or copper bottoms can cause discoloration on glass ceramic surface.

Energy saving

• If possible, always put the lids on the cookware.

Put cookware on a cooking zone before you start it.

Stop the cooking zones before the end of the cooking time to use residual heat.

The bottom of pans and cooking zones must have the same dimension.

Examples of cooking applications

The data in the table is for guidance only.

Heat

setting

1

1-2

1-2

3-4

4-5

5-6

5-6

7-8

8-9

10

Use to:

Time

Hints

Keep cooked foods warm

as re-

Cover

 

quired

 

Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter, chocolate, ge-

5-25 min

Mix occasionally

latine

 

 

Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked eggs

10-40

Cook with a lid on

 

min

 

Simmer rice and milkbased dishes, heating up

25-50

Add at least twice as much liquid as rice,

ready-cooked meals

min

stir milk dishes part way through

Steam vegetables, fish, meat

20-45

Add a few tablespoons of liquid

 

min

 

Steam potatoes

20-60

Use max. ¼ l water for 750 g of potatoes

 

min

 

Cook larger quantities of food, stews and soups

60-150

Up to 3 l liquid plus ingredients

 

min

 

Gentle fry: escalope, veal cordon bleu, cutlets,

as re-

Turn halfway through

rissoles, sausages, liver, roux, eggs, pancakes,

quired

 

doughnuts

 

 

Heavy fry, hash browns, loin steaks, steaks

5-15 min

Turn halfway through

Boil large quantities of water, cook pasta, sear meat (goulash, pot roast), deep fry chips

Information on acrylamides

Important! According to the newest scientific knowledge, if you brown food (specially the one which contains

starch), acrylamides can pose a health risk. Thus, we recommend that you cook at the lowest temperatures and do not brown food too much.

Care and cleaning

Clean the appliance after each use.

6

Always use cookware with clean bottom.

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Zanussi ZVM640F user manual Helpful hints and tips, Care and cleaning

ZVM640F specifications

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