Bosch BEL520MS0, User Manual And Installation Instructions

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How it works
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13.5 Cooking
With your appliance you can cook food.
Cooking food
WARNING ‒ Risk of burns!
Heated food gives off heat. The cookware may become
hot.
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Always use oven gloves to remove cookware or ac-
cessories from the cooking compartment.
1.
Check whether the cookware fits in the cooking
compartment and that the turntable can turn freely.
– For roasting, use a deep dish.
– For bakes or gratins, use large, flat cookware.
2.
Distribute the food flat in the cookware.
3.
When cooking with the microwave, cover the food
with a suitable lid, a plate or special microwave foil.
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Do not cover the food when grilling.
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Do not cover the food when combining the mi-
crowave and grill.
4.
Always place the cookware on the turntable.
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Always place the wire rack on the turntable when
grilling. Do not preheat.
5.
Start the operation.
6.
To even out the temperature, leave the heated food
to stand at room temperature for approx. 2–5
minutes.
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Leave the meat to sit for 5–10 minutes before
cutting it.
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Leave bakes and gratins to stand for five minutes
in the appliance while it is switched off.
Tip:
Always use wooden skewers for fish skewers or
vegetable skewers.
Cooking with the microwave
Food Amount Accessories Mi-
crowave
power
setting
in W Type of
heating Cooking
time
in mins Information
Whole chicken, fresh,
without giblets 1200 g Cookware with
lid 600 - 25–30 Turn halfway through the
cooking time.
Chicken pieces, e.g.
chicken quarters 800 g Cookware
without lid
+
Wire rack 360 ​⁠ 30–40 Place with the skin side up.
Do not turn the food.
Chicken wings, mar-
inated and frozen 800 g Cookware
without lid
+
Wire rack 360 ​⁠ 15–25 Do not turn the food.
Pork without rind, e.g.
neck 750 g Cookware
without lid 360 ​⁠ 40–50 Turn the food once or
twice.
Bacon rashers Ap-
prox. 8 ra
shers Wire rack 180 ​⁠ 10–15 -
Meat loaf 750 g Cookware
without lid
1.
600
2.
360
1.
-
2.
​⁠
1.
20–25
2.
25–35
Cook the food uncovered.
The maximum thickness of
the food is 6 cm.
Fish, e.g. fillet pieces 400 g Cookware
without lid 600 - 10–15 Add a little water, lemon
juice or wine to the food.
Fish fillet, gratinated 400 g Cookware
without lid 360 ​⁠ 10–15 Defrost frozen fish before
cooking.
Fish skewers 4–
5 pieces Wire rack 180 ​⁠ 10–15 Use wooden skewers.
Bake, sweet,
e.g. quark bake with
fruit 1000 g Cookware
without lid 360 ​⁠ 30–35 The maximum thickness of
the food is 5 cm.
Bake, savoury from
raw ingredients,
e.g. pasta bake 1000 g Cookware
without lid 360 ​⁠ 30–35 Sprinkle cheese over the
food. The maximum thick-
ness of the food is 5 cm.
Bake, savoury, made
from cooked ingredi-
ents, e.g. potato
gratin 1000 g Cookware
without lid 360 ​⁠ 30–40 The maximum thickness of
the food is 4 cm.
1 Carefully stir the food occasionally.