Cooking with a fan oven
If you are used to cooking with a
conventional oven you will find a
number of differences to cooking with
a fan oven which will require a
different approach:
There are no zones of heat in a fan
oven, the convection fan at the back of
the oven ensures an even temperature
throughout the oven; this makes it ideal
for batch baking - eg; when planning
a party or stocking the freezer, as all
the items will be cooked within the
same length of time.
Cooking times will generally be shorter
by between 5 - 10 minutes per hour,
than those given in recipe books for
conventional cooking.
We recommend preheating the oven
for frozen or chilled food and also for
soufflés, batter mixtures & yeast mixtures.
Preheat the oven until the indicator
light switches off for the first time; this
will take between 5 - 15 minutes
depending on the temperature selected.
There is no flavour transference in a
fan oven, which means you can cook
strong smelling foods such as fish at
the same time as mild foods - eg; milk
puddings.
The fan oven may cook foods at a
lower temperature (between 10˚C and
20˚C lower) than a conventional oven,
so conventional recipe temperature
may have to be reduced.
To help the air circulate freely;
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Position the shelves evenly within
the oven and maintain a clearance
from the oven roof and base.
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If more than one cooking dish or
baking tray is to be used on a shelf
leave a gap of at least 25mm / 1”
between the items themselves and
the oven interior.
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Allow enough space between
shelves for food that will rise
during cooking.
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Do not
place items on the oven
base as this will prevent air from
circulating freely.
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