Pre-heating the oven
Pre-heating is only necessary in a few
cases e.g:
With "Fan heat"
D
– Pre-heating may be necessary for
foods such as puff pastry and yeast
mixtures where instant heat is
required to make them rise quickly.
With "Conventional"
A
– It is usually necessary to pre-heat
the oven for about 20 minutes when
using this method where a fairly long
cooking time is required and a deep
colour and good rise are needed.
With "Grill"
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– Pre-heat the grill for at least 5
minutes with the oven door closed,
before placing food under the grill.
With "Rapid heat-up"
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Do not switch on "Rapid heat-up
Ä
"
for pre-heating the oven when bak-
ing biscuits and small cakes, par-
ticularly when batch baking be-
cause the top tray will brown too
quickly.
Turn the function selector to "Rapid
heat-up"
Ä
.
Set the temperature you require.
The oven heating comes on.
When the indicator light above the
temperature selector goes out for the
first time, set the oven function you
require for continued cooking or bak-
ing and place the food in the oven.
You can use "Rapid heat-up
Ä
" to
cook ready made meals (see
relevant section).
Ovens - use
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