AEG HK955420IB, User Manual

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Energy saving
• If it is possible, always put the lids on the cookware.
• Put cookware on a cooking zone before you start it.
Öko Timer (Eco Timer)
To save the energy, the heater of the cooking zone deactivates before the count down timer
signal. The difference in the operation time is depends of the heat setting level and the time
you cook.
The 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 nec -
essary
Put a lid on a cookware.
1-3 Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter, choco -
late, gelatine
5-25
min
Mix from time to time.
1-3 Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked eggs 10-40
min
Cook with a lid on.
3-5 Simmer rice and milkbased dishes, heat -
ing up ready-cooked meals
25-50
min
Add the minimum two times as
much liquid as rice, mix milk dishes
at some point of the procedure
through.
5-7 Steam vegetables, fish, meat 20-45
min
Add some tablespoons of liquid.
7-9 Steam potatoes 20-60
min
Use max. ¼ l water for 750 g of po -
tatoes.
7-9 Cook larger quantities of food, stews
and soups
60-150
min
Up to 3 l liquid plus ingredients.
9-12 Gentle fry: escalope, veal cordon bleu,
cutlets, rissoles, sausages, liver, roux,
eggs, pancakes, doughnuts
as nec -
essary
Turn halfway through.
12-13 Heavy fry, hash browns, loin steaks,
steaks
5-15
min
Turn halfway through.
14 Boil large quantities of water, cook pasta, sear meat (goulash, pot roast), deep fry chips.
The Power function is best to heat up large quantities of water.
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.
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