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Your combi-steamer cooking programs
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Steaming
Temperature range
When you use the "Steam" cooking program, you are working in the 30 °C to 120 °C temperature
range.
The steaming process is classified according to temperature
ƒ Low-temperature steaming (30 - 99°C)
ƒ Steaming (100°C)
ƒ Quick steaming (101 - 120°C)
Usage
The "Steam" cooking program is suitable for the cooking methods
ƒ Cooking
ƒ Steaming
ƒ Blanching
ƒ Poaching
ƒ Preserving
Special programs in which "steaming" is used are
ƒ
low-oxygen slow cooking
ƒ Low-temperature cooking
ƒ Overnight cooking
Advantages of steaming at 100 °C
You enjoy the following benefits:
ƒ Steaming is particularly good at preserving vitamins, minerals and secondary plant substances such
as color and fiber.
ƒ You can work quickly because steam is constantly available.
Examples of use for steaming at 100 °C
The cooking program is suitable for instance for
ƒ
Vegetables
ƒ Rice
ƒ Durum wheat pasta
ƒ Potato dumplings
ƒ Dumplings
ƒ Small dumplings
ƒ Potatoes
Advantages of low-temperature steaming between 30 °C and 99 °C
You enjoy the following benefits:
ƒ You can prepare foods while preserving their goodness.
ƒ You can avoid burst skins when boiling or heating up sausages.
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You achieve optimum culinary results for sensitive foods such as terrines, galantines, flans, farces,
crème caramels and dietary foods.
ƒ Highly accurate cooking temperatures allow proteins in food to cook perfectly (such as with fish).