Glen Dimplex Home Appliances Ltd PBI60R - Manual (Page 16)

Cooking Tips
• Green vegetables (spinach, broccoli, sorrel, etc) or
vegetables rich in sulphur compounds (cabbage,
onions, etc) should be cooked without a lid in plenty
of boiling water; they will cook more quickly, and
will keep their green colour (some vegetables only),
vitamin and minerals content.
• Pasta, rice, cereals, etc absorb water during cooking
and increase in volume; cook them in plenty of boil-
ing salted water in order to dilute the starch they
contain.
• Make sure you use a sufficiently large pan to avoid
boiling over; the temperature setting may need to
be reduced to maintain a simmer.
• Mushrooms should be poached in a small quantity
of boiling water, with salt, butter and lemon juice.
• When liquids boil, reduce the control setting to main-
tain a simmer.
• Vegetables will cook quicker if chopped in smaller
pieces.
Aluminium foil
When cooking, never use kitchen foil and never put
items wrapped in kitchen foil straight onto the hob.
The aluminium kitchen foil may melt and do irreparable
damage to your appliance.
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