Cooking tips
Green vegetables (spinach, broccoli, sorrel, etc) or vege-
tables rich in sulphur compounds (cabbage, onions, etc)
should be cooked without a lid in plenty of boiling water; they
will cook more quickly, and will keep their green colour (some
vegetables only), vitamin and minerals content.
Pasta, rice, cereals, etc absorb water during cooking and
increase in volume; cook them in plenty of boiling salted
water in order to dilute the starch they contain. Make sure
you use a sufficiently large pan to avoid boiling over; cook
without a lid (there is a risk of foaming and therefore of the
pan boiling over).
Mushrooms should be poached in a small quantity of boiling
water, with salt, butter and lemon juice.
Hints
As soon as the water boils, turn the cooking zones down to a
lower setting; this will help prevent pans boiling over.
Whenever possible, use a lid on saucepans; this will help
save energy.
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Looking after your pans
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Stainless steel pans :
Appearance of white marks :
Cause :
salt added to cold water.
Solution : add salt when the water boils.
Appearance of specks :
Cause :
hard water.
Solution :
boil diluted vinegar in the pan, then
rinse and dry.
Abrasive products should never be used on stainless steel
pans. They should be washed with a sponge.
Burned food stuck to the bottom of the pan :
Cause :
temperature too high.
Solution : leave the pan to soak, or boil soapy
water in it (1 part washing-up liquid to 10 parts of
water).
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Cast-iron pans should only be cleaned with a sponge or
nylon brush or a non-abrasive washing-up product. If
marks remain on the base, don't try to rub them off; boil a
litre of water plus a glassful of bleach in the pan. Wipe
with a little vinegar to regain the pan's shine. This also
works for colour-enamelled cast iron. For "matt black"
items, use vinegar instead of bleach, then oil carefully and
wipe with kitchen roll.
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Cooking will be a pleasure if you stick to a few rules and
look after your hob.
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Should a crack appear in the surface of the glass, disconnect the appliance from the
electricity supply immediately by removing the fuses or using the circuit-breaker
Do not use any part of the hob before the vitro-ceramic top has been changed.
KLEENMIAD APPLIANCE SERVICE & SPARE PARTS CONTACT NUMBER
1300 652 100
