AEG 41056VH-MN, User Manual

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HOB - HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS
WARNING!
Refer to "Safety information" chapter.
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
Use to: Time Hints
1 Keep cooked foods warm as re -
quired
Cover
1-2 Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter, choco -
late, gelatine
5-25
min
Mix occasionally
1-2 Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked eggs 10-40
min
Cook with a lid on
2-3 Simmer rice and milkbased dishes, heat -
ing up ready-cooked meals
25-50
min
Add at least twice as much liquid as
rice, stir milk dishes part way
through
3-4 Steam vegetables, fish, meat 20-45
min
Add a few tablespoons of liquid
4-5 Steam potatoes 20-60
min
Use max. ¼ l water for 750 g of po -
tatoes
4-5 Cook larger quantities of food, stews
and soups
60-150
min
Up to 3 l liquid plus ingredients
6-7 Gentle fry: escalope, veal cordon bleu,
cutlets, rissoles, sausages, liver, roux,
eggs, pancakes, doughnuts
as re -
quired
Turn halfway through
7-8 Heavy fry, hash browns, loin steaks,
steaks
5-15
min
Turn halfway through
9 Boil large quantities of water, cook pasta, sear meat (goulash, pot roast), deep fry chips
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