Parmco HX-1-6NF-CER-T, Installation And Operating Instructions Manual

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Cooking Guidelines
Cooking Tips
• When food co m es to the boil, reduce the te m perature se tti ng.
• Using a lid will reduce cooking tim es and save energy by retaining the heat.
• Mini mize the am ount of liquid or fat to reduce cooking tim es.
• Start cooking on a high heat se tti ng then reduce the heat once the food has heated through.
Simmering, cooking rice
• Si mme ring occurs below boiling point, at around 85 ˚ C, when bubbles are just rising occasionally
to the surface of the cooking liquid. It is the key to delicious soups and tender stews as the
flav ours develop without overcooking the food.
• So m e ite m s, including cooking rice by the absorp ti on m ethod, m ay require a se tti ng higher than
the lowest se tti ng to ensure the food is cooked properly in the tim e reco mme nded.
Searing steak
To cook juicy steaks:
1. Stand the
m eat at roo m t e m perature for abou t 20 m inutes before cooking.
2. Heat up a heavy-based bo tt o m frying pan.
3. Brush both sides of the steak with oil. Drizzle a sma ll am ount of oil into the hot pan and then
lower the m eat onto the pan.
4. Turn the steak only once during cooking. The exact cooking tim e will depend on the thickness of
the steak and the desired degree of cooking. Ti m es ma y vary between 2 – 8 m inutes per each
side. Press the steak to gauge how cooked it is – the fi r m er it feels the m ore ‘well done’ it will
be.
5. Leave the steak to rest on a w arm plate for a few mi nutes before serving.
S
ti r-frying
1. Choose a ce ram ic co m pa ti ble flat -based wok or a large frying pan.
2. Have all the ingredients and equip m ent ready. S ti r-frying should be quick. If cooking large
quan tities , cook the food in several s mal ler batches.
3. Preheat the pan brie fl y and add two tablespoons of oil.
4. Cook an y mea t fi rst, then put it aside and keep w arm.