Cooking frozen & chilled foods
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Preheat the oven.
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When cooking frozen or chilled foods,
please follow the manufacturer’s
instructions. If cooking more than
one tray or item, cooking times
may need to be increased.
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Please ensure that foods are
piping hot before consumption.
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Always use the temperature setting
stated on food packaging when
cooking convenience food.
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Never overload the tray - eg; oven
chips should be placed onto the
baking tray in one even layer for
satisfactory cooking.
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Follow the cooking times given on
packaging but remember they are
only intended as a guide and do
not take individual preferences
into account.
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Always cook frozen convenience
foods straight from the freezer,
unless packaging advises otherwise.
Baking guide - hints
To protect a very rich fruit cake during
cooking, stand the tin larger tin or tie
2 layers of brown paper around the tin.
Cooking times for pastry dishes
depend on the size and type of
cooking dish and also the filling.
When cooking 2 trays of items,
remove the top item when it is cooked
and raise the lower item to the higher
shelf to finish cooking, or where addi-
tional browning of the base is required
- eg; pies and pastries - interchange
part way through cooking.
11
USING THE OVEN
