Neff C47C62N3GB - Manual (Page 35)

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Baking tips
Reheating food
Using Reheat, dishes can be gently reheated. They taste and
look like they have been freshly prepared. Even baked items
from the day before can be recrisped.
Defrosting
When freezing, lay the food as flat as possible and in portion-
sized pieces at -18 °C. Do not freeze excessively large
quantities. Once defrosted, food will not keep for as long and
spoils more quickly than fresh food.
Leave the food to defrost in the freezer bag, on a plate or on
the perforated cooking container. Always insert the baking tray
underneath. The food is then not left lying in the defrost water
and the cooking compartment remains clean.
Use the Defrost operating mode.
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If necessary, the meal can occasionally be split apart or pieces
which have already defrosted can be removed from the
appliance.
After defrosting, allow the food to stand for a further 5 -
15 minutes to come up to room temperature.
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Health risk!
When defrosting food from animal sources, you must remove
the liquid that escapes during defrosting. It must never come
into contact with other food. Bacteria could be transferred.
After defrosting, operate the combination steam oven for
15 minutes using Hot air at 180 °C.
Defrost meat
Allow pieces of meat which are to be breadcrumbed to defrost
to the point where seasoning and breadcrumbs adhere to the
meat.
Defrosting poultry
Remove from packaging before defrosting. You must tip the
defrost liquid away.
You want to bake according to your own
recipe
Use similar items in the baking tables as a guide
How to tell whether sponge cake is
baked through
Approx. 10 minutes before the end of the baking time stated in the recipe, insert a cock-
tail stick into the cake at its deepest point. If the cocktail stick comes out clean, the cake
is ready.
The cake collapses Next time, use less liquid or set the baking temperature 10 °C lower. Note the stirring
times indicated in the recipe.
The cake has risen in the middle but is
lower around the edge
Do not grease the edge of the springform cake tin. After baking, carefully loosen the
cake using a knife
Cakes baked in a tray or tin are over-
browned at the back
Place the baking tray in the middle of the accessories, not directly against the rear wall
The cake is too dry Make tiny holes in the finished cake using a cocktail stick. Then drizzle fruit juice or an
alcoholic drink over it. Next time, set the temperature 10 °C higher and shorten the bak-
ing times or use the CircoSteam® operating mode
The bread or cake looks good but it is
soggy inside (overmoist with wet
streaks)
Next time, use less liquid. Bake at a lower temperature for a little longer. For cakes with a
moist topping, bake the base first. Cover the base with almonds or bread crumbs first
and then apply the topping. Observe the baking time in the recipe
The cake or pastry is unevenly browned Next time, set the temperature a little lower
Food Accessories Level Operating
mode
Temperature in °C Cooking time
in min.
Meals on plates Wire rack 2 Reheat 120 12 - 18
Vegetables Baking tray 3 Reheat 100 12 - 15
Pasta, potatoes, rice Baking tray 3 Reheat 100 5 - 10
Bread rolls* Wire rack 2 CircoSteam® 170 ­ 180 6 - 8
Baguette* Wire rack 2 CircoSteam® 170 ­ 180 5 - 10
Bread* Wire rack 2 CircoSteam® 170 ­ 180 8 - 12
Pizza Wire rack + baking tray 3 Reheat 170 ­ 180 12 - 15
* Preheat for 5 minutes
Food Amount Accessories Level Temperature in°C Cooking time in
min.
Chicken 1 kg perforated +
baking tray
3
1
45 - 50 60 ­ 70
Chicken drumsticks 0.4 kg perforated +
baking tray
3
1
45 - 50 30 - 35
Vegetables frozen in blocks
(e.g. spinach)
0.4 kg perforated +
baking tray
3
1
45 - 50 20 ­ 30
Berries 0.3 kg perforated +
baking tray
3
1
45 - 50 5 - 8