Operating instructions, Helpful hints and tips, Activation and deactivation of the outer rings – AEG HK955070FB User Manual
Page 8: Cookware, Energy saving, The examples of cooking applications

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
To activate and increase the heat setting turn the knob clockwise. To decrease the heat set-
ting turn the knob counterclockwise. To deactivate turn the knob to the 0.
Activation and deactivation of the outer rings
You can adjust the surface you cook to the dimension of the cookware.
To activate the outer ring turn the knob clockwise, through a light resistance, to the .
Then turn the knob counterclockwise to the necessary heat setting. To deactivate turn the
knob to the 0.
Do the procedure again to deactivate the outer ring. The indicator goes out.
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 the
colour change on the glass-ceramic surface.
Energy saving
• If it is 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.
The Examples of cooking applications
The data in the table is for guidance only.
Heat
setting
Use to:
Time
Hints
1
Keep warm the food you cooked
as re-
quired
Put a lid on a cookware
1-2
Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter, choco-
late, gelatine
5-25
min
Mix from time to time
1-2
Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked eggs
10-40
min
Cook with a lid on
2-3
Simmer rice and milkbased dishes, heat-
ing up ready-cooked meals
25-50
min
Add the minimum twice as much
liquid as rice, mix milk dishes part
procedure through
3-4
Steam vegetables, fish, meat
20-45
min
Add some tablespoons of liquid
4-5
Steam potatoes
20-60
min
Use max. ¼ l water for 750 g of po-
tatoes
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Operating instructions