Cookworks 163203, Care & Instruction Manual

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Issue01 28/5/2018 7
 Arrange the food with spaces between pieces to allow for
maximum steam flow.
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When steaming larger quantities of food, remove cover about
halfway through the steaming time and stir using a long handled
utensil and wear oven gloves.

When steaming foods with different cooking times, place the
food with the longest cooking time in the lowest bowl. When the
remaining steaming time reaches the cooking time of next food,
carefully remove the cover (following safety instructions) and
place the second steamer bowl on top and replace the cover.

Food should be removed from the bowls as soon as the cooking
time has elapsed. If left in the bowls the food will continue to
cook.

Save the liquid in drip tray to use in soups, sauces and gravies.
Do not use fatty stock from steamed meat and poultry if you are
on a low fat diet or calorie counting.

After cooking, the steamer bowls should be placed on a plate, as
hot water condensed from the steam will drip from the steam
holes in the baskets.
Steaming charts

All the times stated in the Steaming Chart are based on the use
of cold water, but to slightly reduce the steaming time you may
begin using warm (but not boiling) water.

All the times stated in the Steaming Charts are based on single
layers of fresh food cooked in the lower bowl without the upper
bowls fitted. If using more than one steamer bowl fitted then the
cooking times will need to be extended. For example broccoli
cooked on the top layer may take up to 4 minutes longer than
when cooked in a single layer / bowl.

Check progress of cooking at intervals towards the end of the set
time.
Eggs Quantity Steaming
Time (minutes)
Comment
Medium eggs 6 5 – 6 (soft boiled)
10–12 (medium boiled)
16-26(hard boiled)
Turn half way
through cooking