Pre-heating the oven
Most dishes can be placed in a cold
oven. They will then make use of the
heat produced during the heating-up
phase.
It is only necessary to pre-heat the oven
in certain instances.
With
Fan heat
D
Pre-heat the oven for foods which cook
in less than 20 minutes and for foods
such as puff pastries and yeast
mixtures where instant heat is required
to make them rise quickly.
With
Conventional heating
A
Pre-heat the oven where a fairly long
cooking time is required and a deep
colour and good rise are needed.
Rapid heat-up during the
pre-heating phase should be
switched off when baking pizza and
delicate items such as biscuits and
small cakes. Otherwise they will get
brown too quickly.
Using the oven
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