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Using the fan oven, Cooking chart – Zanussi BST 6 User Manual

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The air inside the oven is heated by the element around
the fan situated behind the back panel. The fan circulates
hot air to maintain an even temperature inside the oven.

The advantages of cooking with this function are:

Faster Preheating

As the fan oven quickly reaches temperature, it is not
usually necessary to preheat the oven although you
may find that you need to allow an extra 5-7 minutes
on cooking times. For recipes which require higher
temperatures, best results are achieved if the oven
is preheated first, e.g. bread, pastries, scones,
souffles, etc.

Lower Temperatures

Fan oven cooking generally requires lower
temperatures than conventional cooking.
Follow the temperatures recommended in the chart
at page. 11 or remember to reduce temperatures by
about 20-25

°

C for your own recipes which use

conventional cooking.

How to use the Fan Oven

1. Turn the oven function control knob to

.

2. Turn the thermostat control to the required

THINGS TO NOTE

During cooking, the cooling fan and the thermostat
control light will operate in the same way as described
for the conventional oven function.

Using the Fan Oven

Food

Shelf

Cooking

Position

Temp (

°

C)

Biscuits

180-190

Bread

210-220

Casseroles

130-140

Cakes:

Small and queen

160-170

Sponges

160-170

Madeira

140-150

Rich Fruit

130-140

Christmas

130-140

Meringues

90-100

Fish

170-190

Fruit Pies and Crumbles

190-200

Milk Puddings

130-140

Pastry:

Choux
Shortcrust
Flaky
Puff

Plate Tarts

180

Quiches/Flans

170-180

Scones

210-220

Roasting: Meat & Poultry

160-180

This chart is intended as a guide only. It may
be necessary to increase or decrease the
temperature to suit your individual
requirements. Only experience will enable
you to determine the correct setting for your
personal requirements.

When roasting, ensure the meat is cooked
thoroughly, use a meat thermometer if
preferred to check the centre temperature
has reached the required temperature (see
table below).

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Shelf

positions

are not

critical but

ensure

that oven

shelves

are evenly

spaced

when

more than

one is

used.

Even Heating for Baking

The fan oven has uniform heating on all runner
positions. This means that batches of the same food
can be cooked in the oven at the same time. However,
the top shelf may brown slightly quicker than the
lower one.
This is quite usual. There is no mixing of flavours
between dishes.

MEAT

TEMPERATURES

Beef

Rare - 60

°

C

Medium - 70

°

C

Well Done - 80

°

C

Pork

Well Done - 80

°

C

Lamb

Medium - 70

°

C

Well Done - 80

°

C

Cooking Chart

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