Electrolux EKC603600, User Manual

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Knob Function
1 - 9 Heat settings
(1 - lowest heat setting, 9 -
highest heat setting)
1.
Turn the knob to a necessary heat
setting.
2. To stop the cooking, turn the knob to
the
0 position.
Use the residual heat to decrease
energy consumption. Deactivate
the cooking zone approximately 5
- 10 minutes before the cooking is
completed.
5.2 Residual heat indicator
The residual heat indicator comes on
when a cooking zone is hot.
WARNING!
Risk of burns from residual heat!
6. HOB - HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS
WARNING!
Refer to the Safety chapters.
6.1 Cookware
• The bottom of the cookware
must be as thick and flat as
possible.
• Cookware made of enamelled
steel and with aluminium or
copper bottoms can cause dis-
coloration on glass ceramic sur-
face.
6.2 Energy saving
• If possible, always put the lids
on the cookware.
• Put cookware on a cooking
zone before you start it.
• Stop the cooking zones before
the end of the cooking time to
use residual heat.
• The bottom of pans and cook-
ing zones must have the same
dimension.
6.3 Examples of cooking
applications
The data in the table is for guidance only.
Heat
set-
ting Use to: Time Hints
1 Keep cooked foods warm as re-
quired Cover
1-2 Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter,
chocolate, gelatine 5-25
min Mix occasionally
1-2 Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked
eggs 10-40
min Cook with a lid on
2-3 Simmer rice and milkbased
dishes, heating up ready-cooked
meals 25-50
min Add at least twice as much
liquid as rice, stir milk dishes
part way through
3-4 Steam vegetables, fish, meat 20-45
min Add a few tablespoons of liq-
uid
4-5 Steam potatoes 20-60
min Use max. ¼ l water for 750 g
of potatoes
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