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Practical Cooking Advice
The oven offers a wide range of alternatives
which allow you to cook any type of food in
the best possible way. With time you will learn
to make the best use of this versatile cooking
appliance and the following directions are only
a guideline which may be varied according to
your own personal experience.
PREHEATING
If the oven must be preheated (this is generally
the case when cooking leftover foods), the Fan
Bake mode can be used to reach the desired
temperature as quickly as possible in order to
save on energy.
Once the food has been placed in the oven, the
most appropriate cooking mode can then be
selected.
COOKING ON MORE THAN ONE RACK
If you have to cook food using several racks, use
the Fan Bake mode as this is the only mode that
allow you to do so.
When cooking delicate food on more than one
rack, use the Fan Bake mode, which allows you
to cook on 3 racks at the same time (the 1st 3rd
and 5th from the bottom).
The oven is fitted with 5 racks. During fan
assisted cooking, use two of the three central
racks; the lowest and highest racks receive the
hot air directly and therefore delicate food could
be burnt on these racks.
As a general rule, use the 2nd and 4th rack
from the bottom, placing the foods that require
greater heat on the 2nd rack from the bottom.
For example, when cooking meat roasts
together with other food, place the roast on the
2nd rack from the bottom and the more delicate
food on the 4th rack from the bottom.
When cooking foods that require differing times
and temperatures, set a temperature that is
somewhere between the two temperatures
required, place the more delicate food on the
4th rack from the bottom and take the food
requiring less time out of the oven first. Use the
dripping pan on the lower rack and the grid on
the upper.
USING THE GRILL
This multi-function oven offers you 2 different
grilling modes.
Use the Grill mode with the oven door ajar,
placing the food under the center of the grill
(situated on the 3rd or 4th rack form the
bottom) because only the central part of the top
heating element is turned on .
Use the bottom rack (1st from the bottom),
placing the dripping pan provided to collect any
sauce and /or grease and prevent the same from
dripping onto the oven bottom. When using this
mode, we recommend you set the thermostat
to the highest setting. However, this does not
mean you cannot use lower temperatures,
simply by adjusting the thermostat knob to the
desired temperature.
Setting Fan Grill must be used with the oven
door shut, is extremely useful for grilling foods
rapidly, as the distribution of heat makes it
possible not only to brown the surface, but also
to cook the bottom part.
