Helpful hints and tips, Cookware, Energy saving – AEG HK634060XB User Manual
Page 14: Öko timer (eco timer), Examples of cooking applications

Activation of the sounds
Deactivate the appliance.
Touch for 3 seconds. The displays come on and go out. Touch for 3 seconds.
comes on, because the sound is off. Touch , comes on. The sound is on.
HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS
Cookware
• The bottom of the cookware must be as thick and flat as possible.
• Cookware made of enamelled steel and with aluminium or copper bottoms can cause
discoloration on glass ceramic surface.
Energy saving
• If possible, always put the lids on the cookware.
• Put cookware on a cooking zone before you start it.
• Stop the cooking zones before the end of the cooking time to use residual heat.
• The bottom of pans and cooking zones must have the same dimension.
Öko Timer (Eco Timer)
To save the energy, the heater of the cooking zone switches itself off earlier than count
down timer signal. The heating time reduction depends on cooking level and cooking time.
Examples of cooking applications
The data in the table is for guidance only.
Heat
setting
Use to:
Time
Hints
1
Keep cooked foods warm
as re-
quired
Cover
1-3
Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter, choco-
late, gelatine
5-25
min
Mix occasionally
1-3
Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked eggs
10-40
min
Cook with a lid on
3-5
Simmer rice and milkbased dishes, heat-
ing up ready-cooked meals
25-50
min
Add at least twice as much liquid as
rice, stir milk dishes part way
through
5-7
Steam vegetables, fish, meat
20-45
min
Add a few tablespoons of liquid
7-9
Steam potatoes
20-60
min
Use max. ¼ l water for 750 g of po-
tatoes
7-9
Cook larger quantities of food, stews
and soups
60-150
min
Up to 3 l liquid plus ingredients
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Helpful hints and tips