Fan Oven Cookery Notes
When all three shelves are used to cook large quantities of food for
for home freezing or parties, it may be necessary to increase the cook-
ing times given in the charts by a few minutes, to allow for the loss
of heat due to the extra time taken to load the oven, and the larger
mass of food. Baking trays should allow an equal gap on all sides of
the oven.
(a) Wipe the meat or poultry, dry well and weigh it. Meat which has
been stored in a refrigerator should be allowed to come to room
temperature before cooking, and frozen
meat or poultry must
be completely defrosted before placing in the oven.
(b) The weight of any stuffing used should be added before
calculating the cooking time.
(c) Place meat/poultry in the main oven meat pan supplied with your
cooker. Small joints weighing less than 1.75kg (31/2 lbs) should be
roasted in a smaller meat pan/tin – or they may be ‘pot roasted’
- a small joint or a large meat pan causes unnecessary oven
splashing and evaporation of meat juices.
(d) Additional fat should not be added, except for veal, very lean
meat or poultry which can either be ‘larded’ with fat bacon or
brushed very sparingly with cooking oil or melted fat.
(e) Beef, lamb, mutton and poultry may be dusted lightly with
seasoned flour to give a crisp outer surface. The skin of duck and
goose should be pricked to release excess fat during cooking, and
the rind of pork should be scored, brushed lightly with oil, and
rubbed with salt to give crisp crackling.
(
f
)
Meat and poultry wrapped in, or covered with a tent of
aluminium foil will be juicy and tender. Roasting bags offer the
same advantages. Always follow the manufacturer’s pack
instructions, and remember to reduce the temperatures given
for conventional ovens by approximately 25°C and the time by
approximately 10 minutes per hour.
(g) Potatoes for roasting only require to be brushed with cooking
oil or melted fat.
(h) It is not necessary to baste when roasting in an electric oven
and stock or liquid should not be added to the meat pan since
this only causes unnecessary soiling, steam and condensation.
Joints of meat and whole birds should be defrosted slowly,
preferably in a domestic refrigerator (allowing 5-6 hours per 450g, 1
lb), or at room temperature (allowing 2-3 hours per 450g, 1 lb).
Frozen meat or poultry must be completely defrosted before placing
in the oven.
It is essential to wash thoroughly and cook meat and poultry
immediately after defrosting.
Temperature
and
Time
To prepare
Meat and
Poultry for
Roasting in
your
Fan Oven
Frozen Meat
and Poultry
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