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COOKING CHARTS
All the recipes in this book are calculated on the basis
of 4 servings - unless otherwise stated.
ADAPTING RECIPES FOR THE MICROWAVE
OVEN
If you would like to adapt your favourite recipes for
the microwave, you should take note of the following:
Shorten cooking times by a third to a half. Follow the
example of the recipes in this book.
Foods which have a high moisture content such as
meat, fish, poultry, vegetables, fruit, stews and soups
can be prepared in your microwave without any
difficulty. Foods which have little moisture, such as
platters of food, should have the surface moistened
prior to heating or cooking.
The amount of liquid to be added to raw foods, which
are to be braised, should be reduced to about two
thirds of the quantity in the original recipe. If
necessary, add more liquid during cooking.
The amount of fat to be added can be reduced
considerably. A small amount of butter, margarine or
oil is sufficient to flavour food. For this reason your
microwave is excellent for preparing low-fat foods as
part of a diet.
Fish, Poultry
Quantity Power Time
Hints Standing time
and Vegetables
-g- -Setting- -Min-
-Min-
TABLE: COOKING MEAT, FISH , POULTRY & VEGETABLES
Roasts
500 800 W 8-10*
season to taste, place in a shallow flan dish
10
(pork,
400 W 10-12
turn over after *
veal, lamb)
1000 800 W 19-21*
10
400 W 11-14
1500 800 W 33-36*
10
400 W 13-17
Roast beef (medium)
1000 800 W 9-11*
season to taste, place in a quiche dish,
10
400 W
5-7
turn over after *
Fish fillet
200
800 W
3-4
season to taste, place on a plate, cover
3
Chicken
1200 800 W 21-24
season to taste, place in a casserole dish,
3
turn half way through cooking time
Chicken legs
200
800 W
3-4
season to taste, place on a plate, cover
3
Broccoli
500 800 W
9-11
divide into florets, cover, stir occasionally during cooking 4-5
tbsps
Peas
500 800 W
9-11
cover, stir occasionally during cooking
4-5
tbsps
Onions
250 800 W
5-7
whole, cook in microwave cling film
-
Carrots
500 800 W 10-12
cut into rings, cover, stir occasionally during cooking
4-5
tbsps
300 800 W
7-9
Boiled Potatoes (salted)
500 800 W
9-11
cut into large pieces of a similar size, add a little salt,
150ml
cover, stir occasionally during cooking
MUSHROOM SOUP
Champignonsoep
Total cooking time: approx. 13-17 Minutes
Utensil: Bowl with Lid (2 l Capacity)
Ingredients
200 g
mushrooms, sliced
1
onion (50 g), finely chopped
300 ml
meat stock
300 ml
cream
2
1/2
tbsps flour (25 g)
2
1/2
tbsps butter or margarine (25 g)
salt & pepper
1
egg
150 g
crème fraîche
1. Place the vegetables and the stock in the bowl,
cover and cook.
8-9 min.
800 W
2. Blend all the ingredients in the mixer.
3. Mix the flour and butter to a dough and smooth
into the soup. Season with salt and pepper, cover
and cook. Stir after cooking.
4-6 min.
800 W
4. Mix the egg yolk with the cream, gradually stir
into the soup. Heat for a short time, but do not let
it boil!
1-2 min.
800 W
Allow the soup to stand for about 5 minutes after
cooking.
RECIPES
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