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Practical Cooking Advice
The oven offers a wide range of alternatives which allow
you to cook any type of food in the best possible way. With
time you will learn to make the best use of this versatile
cooking appliance and the following directions are only a
guideline which may be varied according to your own per-
sonal experience.
Preheating
If the oven must be preheated (this is generally the case
when cooking leavened foods), the “ Pizza Mode”
can be used to reach the desired temperature as quickly
as possible in order to save on energy.
Once the food has been placed in the oven, the most
appropriate cooking mode can then be selected.
Cooking on More Than One Rack
If you have to cook food using several racks, use either
the “baking” mode
or the
“Multi-cooking” mode,
as these are the only modes that allow you to do so.
When cooking delicate food on more than one rack, use
the “baking” mode,
which allows you to cook on 3
racks at the same time (the 1st, 3rd and 5th from the bot-
tom). Some examples are included in the “Practical Cook-
ing Advice” table.
When cooking other food on several racks, use the “Multi-
cooking” mode
keeping the following suggestions in
mind:
•
The oven is fitted with 5 racks. During fan assisted
cooking, use two of the three central racks; the lowest
and highest racks receive the hot air directly and there-
fore delicate foodstuffs could be burnt on these racks.
•
As a general rule, use the 2nd and 4th rack from the
bottom, placing the foodstuffs that require greater heat
on the 2nd rack from the bottom. For example, when
cooking meat roasts together with other food, place
the roast on the 2nd rack from the bottom and the more
delicate food on the 4th rack from the bottom.
•
When cooking foodstuffs that require differing times
and temperatures, set a temperature that is somewhere
between the two temperatures required, place the more
delicate food on the 4th rack from the bottom and take
the food requiring less time out of the oven first.
•
Use the dripping pan on the lower rack and the grid on
the upper;
Using the “Fast Cooking” Mode
Functional, fast and practical for those of you who use
pre-packed products (such as for example: frozen or pre-
cooked food) along with other food items. You will find useful
suggestions in the “Practical Cooking Advice” table.
Using the Grill
The “7 Cuochi” oven offers you several different grilling
modes.
Use the
“grill” mode, with the oven door ajar,
placing the food under the centre of the grill (situated on
the 3rd or 4th rack from the bottom) because only the
central part of the top heating element is turned on.
To catch any fat and/or grease that may drip from the rack,
place the dripping pan provided on the first rack from the
bottom.
When using this mode, we recommend you set the ther-
mostat to the highest setting. Lower temperatures can also
be set, simply by setting the thermostat knob to the tem-
perature required.
Setting
“Gratin”, only with the oven door shut, is
extremely useful for grilling foods rapidly, as the distribu-
tion of heat makes it possible not only to brown the sur-
face, but also to cook the bottom part.
Moreover, it can also be used for browning foods at the
end of the cooking process, such as adding that gratin
finish to pasta bakes, for example.
When using this mode, place the grid on the 2nd or 3rd
oven rack from the bottom (see cooking table) then, to
prevent fat and grease from dripping onto the bottom of
the oven and thus smoke from forming, place a dripping-
pan on the 1st rack from the bottom.
Important: always cook in “Gratin” mode with the oven
door shut. This will allow you both to obtain excellent re-
sults and to save on energy (approximately 10%).
When using this mode, we advise you to set the thermo-
stat to 200°C, as it is the most efficient way to use the
grill, which is based on the use of infrared rays. However,
this does not mean you cannot use lower temperatures,
simply by adjusting the thermostat knob to the desired
temperature.
Therefore the best results when using the grill modes
are obtained by placing the grid on the lower racks
(see cooking table) then, to prevent fat and grease
from dripping onto the bottom of the oven and smoke
from forming, place a dripping-pan on the 1st oven
rack from the bottom.
Baking Cakes
When baking cakes, always place them in a preheated
oven. Make sure you wait until the oven has been
preheated thoroughly (the red light “P” will turn off). Do
not open the oven door during baking to prevent the cake
from dropping. In general:
Cooked well on the inside but sticky on the
outside
Use less liquid, lower the temperature, and increase
the cooking time.
The pastry sticks to the pan
Grease the pan well and sprinkle it with a dusting of
flour or use greaseproof paper.
Pastry is too dry
Increase the temperature by 10°C and reduce the
cooking time.
Pastry dropped
Use less liquid or lower the temperature by 10°C.
