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Installation Guide - "Château" Range G4
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Install your cooker or cooktop some distance from your refrigerator, if possible. One
appliance needs heat, the other cold; the two are therefor not suited as neighbours.
Oven
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Preheat your oven only if this is recommended in the recipe.
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When the oven is operating do not leave the oven door open longer than necessary.
If you leave the door open continually for a long time you will lose a lot of heat.
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Use dark, black painted or enamelled moulds because they absorb heat better.
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Cover meat during cooking.
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If you have several dishes to prepare, cook them one after the other and benefit from
the oven heat from the first dish to reduce the time for cooking the 2nd dish.
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Optimise the space in your oven: if possible, cook several dishes at the same time. Use
all the trays when using your oven. The "Forced Convection" function is extremely use-
ful for this.
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Wherever possible use the residual energy to finish cooking your dishes. Depending
on the dish you are preparing, you can switch off the oven a few minutes before you
finish cooking in order to use the residual energy from your oven (the oven remains
hot and cooking continues without consuming any extra energy).
Cooktop
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Make sure that you always use utensils of the same size as (or slightly larger than)
the diameter indicated on the electric cooking surface. Too small or too large a size will
result in a wastage of energy.
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Place a lid over the cooking containers so that their contents can be brought to the
boil more quickly.
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Position saucepans right in the centre of the flame.
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Make sure that the gas burner flames do not exceed the width of the cooking contai-
ners.
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Measure out the correct quantity of water for cooking starch foods. Surplus water in
the saucepan means extra water to be boiled.
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As soon as the water comes to the boil reduce the heat.
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Use the residual energy to finish cooking your dishes. Depending on the dish you are
preparing, you may switch off the cooking plate a few minutes before the end of
cooking in order to use the residual energy.
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Steaming or pressure cooking is the most economic solution for cooking your dishes:
it minimises heat losses.
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To cook frozen food that requires more power, defrost your dishes in your refrigera-
tor before cooking them. Remove the food from the freezer several hours before
cooking; it will defrost naturally and will cook better with less energy.
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