How it works
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13.5 Cooking
With your appliance you can cook food.
Cooking food
WARNING ‒ Risk of burns!
Heated food gives off heat. The cookware may become
hot.
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Always use oven gloves to remove cookware or ac-
cessories from the cooking compartment.
1.
Check whether the cookware fits in the cooking
compartment and that the turntable can turn freely.
– For roasting, use a deep dish.
– For bakes or gratins, use large, flat cookware.
2.
Distribute the food flat in the cookware.
3.
When cooking with the microwave, cover the food
with a suitable lid, a plate or special microwave foil.
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Do not cover the food when grilling.
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Do not cover the food when combining the mi-
crowave and grill.
4.
Always place the cookware on the turntable.
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Always place the wire rack on the turntable when
grilling. Do not preheat.
5.
Start the operation.
6.
To even out the temperature, leave the heated food
to stand at room temperature for approx. 2–5
minutes.
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Leave the meat to sit for 5–10 minutes before
cutting it.
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Leave bakes and gratins to stand for five minutes
in the appliance while it is switched off.
Tip:
Always use wooden skewers for fish skewers or
vegetable skewers.
Cooking with the microwave
Recommended settings for cooking with the microwave.
Food
Amount
Accessories
Mi-
crowave
power
setting
in W
Type of
heating
Cooking
time
in mins
Information
Whole chicken, fresh,
without giblets
1200 g
Cookware with
lid
600
-
25–30
Turn halfway through the
cooking time.
Chicken pieces, e.g.
chicken quarters
800 g
Cookware
without lid
+
Wire rack
360
30–40
Place with the skin side up.
Do not turn the food.
Chicken wings, mar-
inated and frozen
800 g
Cookware
without lid
+
Wire rack
360
15–25
Do not turn the food.
Pork without rind, e.g.
neck
750 g
Cookware
without lid
360
40–50
Turn the food once or
twice.
Bacon rashers
Ap-
prox. 8 ra
shers
Wire rack
180
10–15
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Meat loaf
750 g
Cookware
without lid
1.
600
2.
360
1.
-
2.
1.
20–25
2.
25–35
Cook the food uncovered.
The maximum thickness of
the food is 6 cm.
Fish, e.g. fillet pieces
400 g
Cookware
without lid
600
-
10–15
Add a little water, lemon
juice or wine to the food.
Fish fillet, gratinated
400 g
Cookware
without lid
360
10–15
Defrost frozen fish before
cooking.
Fish skewers
4–
5 pieces
Wire rack
180
10–15
Use wooden skewers.
Bake, sweet,
e.g. quark bake with
fruit
1000 g
Cookware
without lid
360
30–35
The maximum thickness of
the food is 5 cm.
Bake, savoury from
raw ingredients,
e.g. pasta bake
1000 g
Cookware
without lid
360
30–35
Sprinkle cheese over the
food. The maximum thick-
ness of the food is 5 cm.
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Carefully stir the food occasionally.