Zanussi Electrolux Electric cooker, User Manual

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Cooking with steam
1 - Before any steam cooking, fill the water tank as
described in the previous chapter. One liter of water
allows about 1 hour of steam cooking.
2 - Place the food in suitable ovenproof pans or pots and
place them on the oven shelf (Fig. 10). Set the shelf
level according to the cooking table. The second shelf
level from the bottom usually gives the best cooking
results.
3 - Turn the oven function control knob on the "STEAM
COOKING" function (symbol ) .
4 - Turn the thermostat control knob on the required tem-
perature between 140° and 220°C. Consider that a
temperature above 220°C will not give good cooking
results.
Fig. 10
Hints and tips about steam cooking
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Don't cover the pans or pots. This would not
allow steam to come in contact with the food.
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You can also place food directly on the oven
shelf, as shown in Fig. 11. In that case, always
place the dripping pan at the lowest level, with
some water in it, to avoid smoke and unpleasant
smells.
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If you need to open the oven door and check the
food, always remember to switch off the steam
cooking function by turning the function control
knob on symbol
. After having checked it,
turn back the function control knob on symbol
to make the steam function operate again.
Steam can condense and produce water droplets
on the oven door glass. This is quite normal and
is not caused by fault of the oven. We recommend
you to wipe away condensation after all cookings.
Fig. 11