Pre-heat the grill for at least
5 minutes with the oven door shut.
Place the grill pan under the grill.
Make sure you insert the grill pan at the
appropriate
level
for the height of the
food to be grilled:
thin cuts = level 4 or 5
thicker cuts = level 3 or 4
Grilling time
Flat pieces of fish and meat usually
need about 5-6 minutes a side depend-
ing on their texture.
Thicker pieces need longer.
With rolled meat allow approx.
10 minutes per cm diameter.
Useful grilling hints
It is best to grill food of a similar thick-
ness at the same time so that the
grill-
ing time
for each item does not vary
too greatly.
Most items should be turned half way
through cooking.
One way of finding out how far through
a piece of meat has been cooked is to
press down on it with a spoon.
– If there is very little resistance to the
pressure of the spoon, it is still red
on the inside ("rare").
– If there is some resistance, the inside
will be pink ("medium").
– If there is great resistance, it is
thoroughly cooked through ("well
done").
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