Zanussi ZVT860X, User Manual

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• Touch
of the two front cooking zones at
the same time for 4 seconds. The symbol
comes on.
Set the heat setting in less
than 10 seconds. You can operate the hob.
When you stop the hob with , the child
safety device operates again.
Helpful hints and tips
Cookware
Information about the cookware
• The bottom of the cookware must be as thick
and flat as possible.
• Cookware made of enamelled steel and with
aluminium or copper bottoms can cause the
colour change on the glass-ceramic surface.
Energy saving
How to save energy
• If it is possible, always put the lids on the
cookware.
• Put cookware on a cooking zone before you
start it.
• Stop the cooking zones before the end of the
cooking time to use residual heat.
• The bottom of pans and cooking zones must
have the same dimension.
The Examples of cooking applications
The data in the table is for guidance only.
Heat
setting
Use to: Time Hints
1 Keep warm the food you cooked as re-
quired Put a lid on a cookware
1-2 Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter, chocolate,
gelatine 5-25 min Mix from time to time
1-2 Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked eggs 10-40
min Cook with a lid on
2-3 Simmer rice and milkbased dishes, heating
up ready-cooked meals 25-50
min Add the minimum twice as much liquid
as rice, mix milk dishes part procedure
through
3-4 Steam vegetables, fish, meat 20-45
min Add some tablespoons of liquid
4-5 Steam potatoes 20-60
min Use max. ¼ l water for 750 g of pota-
toes
4-5 Cook larger quantities of food, stews and
soups 60-150
min Up to 3 l liquid plus ingredients
6-7 Gentle fry: escalope, veal cordon bleu, cut-
lets, rissoles, sausages, liver, roux, eggs,
pancakes, doughnuts as nec-
essary Turn halfway through
7-8 Heavy fry, hash browns, loin steaks, steaks 5-15 min Turn halfway through
9 Boil large quantities of water, cook pasta, sear meat (goulash, pot roast), deep-fry chips
Information on acrylamides
Important! According to the newest scientific
knowledge, if you brown food (specially the one
which contains starch), acrylamides can pose a
health risk. Thus, we recommend that you cook
at the lowest temperatures and do not brown
food too much.
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