Progress PAS8060E, User Manual

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HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS
Cookware
Information about the 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 the colour change on the glass-ce-
ramic surface.
Energy saving
How to save energy
• If it is 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 cooking zones
must have the same dimension.
The Examples of cooking applications
The data in the table is for guidance only.
Heat
set-
ting
Use to: Time Hints
1 Keep warm the food you cooked as re-
quired Put a lid on a cookware
1-2 Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter, choco-
late, gelatine 5-25
min Mix from time to time
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 the minimum twice as much
liquid as rice, mix milk dishes part
procedure through
3-4 Steam vegetables, fish, meat 20-45
min Add some tablespoons of liquid
4-5 Steam potatoes 20-60
min Use max. ¼ l water for 750 g of po-
tatoes
4-5 Cook larger quantities of food, stews
and soups 60-150
min Up to 3 l liquid plus ingredients
6-7 Gentle fry: escalope, veal cordon bleu,
cutlets, rissoles, sausages, liver, roux,
eggs, pancakes, doughnuts as nec-
essary Turn halfway through
7-8 Heavy fry, hash browns, loin steaks,
steaks 5-15
min Turn halfway through
9 Boil large quantities of water, cook pasta, sear meat (goulash, pot roast), deep-fry chips
Information on acrylamides
Important!
According to the newest
scientific knowledge, if you brown food
(specially the one which contains starch),
acrylamides can pose a health risk. Thus,
we recommend that you cook at the lowest
temperatures and do not brown food too
much.
CARE AND CLEANING
Clean the appliance after each use.
Always use cookware with clean bottom.
Scratches or dark stains on the glass-
ceramic cause no effect on how the
appliance operates.
To remove the dirt:
1. – Remove immediately: melted plas-
tic, plastic foil, and food with sugar. If
not, the dirt can cause damage to
the appliance. Use a special scraper
for the glass . Put the scraper on the
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