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electrolux
hints and tips
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For economy leave the door open
for the shortest possible time,
particularly when placing food into a
pre-heated oven.
Hints and tips when using fan
cooking
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Arrange the shelves in the required
positions before switching the oven
on. Shelf positions are counted
from the bottom upwards.
6
5
4
3
2
1
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When cooking more than one dish in
the fan oven, place dishes centrally
on different shelves rather than
cluster several dishes on one shelf,
this will allow the heat to circulate
freely for the best cooking results.
•
When batch baking one type of
food, e.g. Victoria sandwich cakes,
those of similar size will be cooked in
the same time.
•
It is recommended that when baking
larger quantities the shelf positions
should be evenly spaced to suit the
load being cooked. A slight increase
in cooking time may be necessary.
•
Do not
place baking trays directly on
the oven base as it interferes with
the oven air circulation and can lead
to base burning; use the lower shelf
position.
Hints and tips when defrosting
•
Place the frozen food in a single
layer where possible and turn it over
half way through the defrosting
process.
•
The actual speed of defrosting is
influenced by room temperature. On
warm days defrosting will be faster
than on cooler days.
•
It is preferable to thaw fish, meat
and poultry slowly in the fridge.
However, this process can be
accelerated by using the defrost
function. Small or thin fish fillets,
frozen peeled prawns, cubed or
minced meat, liver, thin chops,
steaks etc., can be thawed in 1 – 2
hours.
•
A 1kg/2¼lb oven ready chicken will
be thawed in approximately 5 hours.
Remove the giblets as soon as
possible during the thawing process.
•
Joints of meat up to 2kg/4½lb in
weight can be thawed using the
defrost function.
•
All joints of meat and poultry must
be thawed thoroughly before
cooking.
•
Always cook thoroughly immediately
after thawing.
•
Do not leave food at room
temperature once it is defrosted.
Cook raw food immediately or store
cooked food in the fridge, once it
has cooled.
