The hob
Page EN-15
Cooking tips
Con-
troller
pos.
1)
Application and Examples
1
Gentle boiling / keeping warm, for
soaking rice
2-3
Boiling most dishes such as soups
and vegetables
4-5
Gentle roasting / intense further
cooking for breaded items
6-7
Normal roasting for roast potatoes
8
Intense frying for quick stir-frying
9
Searing and parboiling, for pota-
toes, braised meat
1)
For smaller quantities ½ level lower, for larg-
er quantities ½ level higher.
– To sear and parboil food, always select the
highest setting.
– Once the pot boils and steam forms or the
steak is brown on both sides, switch to a
lower level; for larger pots and pans use
the setting ‘2’, otherwise setting ‘1’ is suf-
ficient.
– Roasts weighing more than 1 kilogram are
best cooked in the oven.
– Use the right dishes and a little water/oil to
cook; this helps to preserve the vitamins.
Tips for saving energy
– When cooking, always leave the lid on the
saucepan wherever possible. Liquids can
be brought to the boil more quickly with the
lid on than without.
– Only ever use high-quality, new sauce-
pans and pans. They lie flat on the hob
and therefore conduct energy more easi-
ly than cookware with a warped or dented
base (please note in the chapter “The right
cookware”).
– Turn the level down quickly and continue to
cook at the lowest possible setting.
– Always use pressure cooking saucepans
whenever possible. This will halve the
cooking process and you will save a lot of
energy.
– Only use as much water as you really need
to cook the food. A lot of energy is required
to warm up water.
– Use the residual heat of the cooking zones.
The heat is sufficient enough for 5 to 10
minutes, e.g. for soaking rice.
Child lock
Your hob is equipped with a child lock which
guards against it being accidentally switched
on or switched on by unauthorised individu-
als.
Activating the child lock
(7)
(8)
(11) (12)
(6)
Requirement:
The four temperature controllers for the hob
(7), (8), (11) and (12) are set to ‘0’.
• Simultaneously turn both outer controllers
(7) and (12) to the left to the ‘A’ position
for 3 seconds.
You will hear an audible signal and
the red LED (6) on the hob will light up.
The hob is locked.
