5 Operating the hob
5.10
Using the cooking functions
Melting
Butter, chocolate and honey, for instance, can be gently melted at
approx. 40 °C.
Keep warm
Food that has finished cooking can be kept warm at approx. 65 °C.
Simmering
Sausages, dumplings and stuffed pasta, for instance, can be
cooked in hot water, just below boiling point.
Switching the cooking function on
▸ Hold the cooking zone depressed for 1 second or touch
2×.
▸ Select the «Cooking functions» menu item with or .
▸ Make selection and confirm with
.
Cooking functions
Simmer
Ending the cooking function before time
▸ Touch the cooking zone.
▸ Touch «0» on the slider.
–
If no other entry is made and the other cooking zones
are switched off, the appliance switches off after
10 seconds.
5.11
Easy cooking
Do not leave food cooking unattended while using the easy cooking function. Risk
of food boiling over, burning on and igniting!
Automatic boost
All the cooking zones are equipped with a selectable automatic boost. With this function,
a cooking zone heats at power level «9» for a certain length of time (see table). When
this duration is up, it automatically switches back to the previously selected continued
cooking level.
Continued cooking level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Automatic boost in mins.:secs.
0:40
1:15
2:00
3:00
4:15
7:15
2:00
2:15
Using automatic boost
To activate the automatic boost function, a continued cooking level of 1–8 must be se-
lected.
▸ Hold the cooking zone depressed for 1 second or touch
2×.
▸ Select the «Easy cooking» menu item with or .
▸ Touch
.
Easy cooking
Automatic boost
18