Smeg FME24B-2, Instruction Manual

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With the PIZZA function you can save time and energy cooking your favorite dishes and
have them turn out as crispy, tasty and golden brown as if cooked in a traditional oven.
• Use of the PIZZA key together with the PIZZA dish, allows you to use the grill and
microwave functions simultaneously.
• The PIZZA dish features a special coating that absorbs microwaves through its bottom.
• It radiates heat from below the food to cook or reheat it, giving it the required color
and crispness while the grill browns the top.
2 cooking methods :
• Without preheating - by using the PIZZA function you can cook and brown most
frozen meals and fresh, dough-based dishes without preheating the PIZZA dish.
They turn out as crispy as if cooked in a traditional oven.
• With preheating - the PIZZA dish can be preheated using the PIZZA key for a maxi-
mum of 2 minutes. Preheating is recommended to cook or brown small pieces of
meat or fish and some dough-based, frozen and take-out dishes.
Recommendations :
• Take foods out of their metallic or plastic packaging before cooking or rehea
ting them with the
PIZZA function.
• It is advisable to program shorter cooking times and extend if necessary.
• All foods with a skin or wrapping, such as potatoes and sausages, must be pierced
before cooking.
• Make sure pieces of meat are completely thawed out and dried off before searing
with the PIZZA function.
• Keep an eye on the food’s coloring, just as you would with a traditional oven.
• Protect your hands when taking out the dish because it can be extremely hot.
• Do not serve stuffed foods (apple pastry for example) too quickly because they can
be warm on the surface whereas the filling is extremely hot.
• Cooking or reheating of eggs with the PIZZA function is prohibited.
• If you wish to cook several dishes consecutively with the PIZZA function, allow the
oven to cool 10 minutes between dishes for better browning.
The PIZZA function