The oven
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Practical use
Never place aluminium foil, baking trays or oven
dishes directly on the bottom of the oven. Block-
ing heat from the bottom of the oven can damage
the enamel through overheating. The oven gets
hot when in use:
CHILDREN
NEARBY
MUST
BE
SUPERVISED
.
The baking tray may warp temporarily due to tempera-
ture fluctuations, or if the food, (pizza, etc.) is
unevenly distributed on its surface. The tray resumes
its shape when cool.
See below for practical advice on how to efficiently
use the oven functions for various ways of cooking:
Baking
Use a skewer to check whether sponge cakes are ready
when there are about 5 minutes left. You can then
shorten or lengthen the baking time. The material,
colour, shape and size of the baking tins as well as the
recipe can affect results.
TOP
/
BOTTOM
HEAT
gives an
even colour.
Fan-assisted baking
The
FAN
-
ASSISTED
OVEN
reduces the total baking time
as two trays can be in the oven at the same time. How-
ever, the bread or buns may not brown evenly particu-
larly if the dough had not risen well.
Didn’t you get quite the result you expected? In
“Practical tips & advice” on p. 26, we give you a few
tips on solutions to your baking problems.
Cooking
TOP
/
BOTTOM
HEAT
is normally best when using an
oven shelf.
