Electrolux 41056VH - Manual (Page 27)

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Uses, Tables and Tips
Cooking table
The information given in the following table is for guidance only.
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We recommend when boiling or searing foods using the highest heat setting at
first and then letting foods requiring a longer cooking time finish cooking on
the desired heat setting.
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Overheated fats and oils can ignite quickly. If you are cooking foods in fat or oil
(e.g. chips), remain nearby.
Heat
setting
Cooking
process
suitable for
Cooking
time
Tips/Hints
0 Residual heat, Off position
1
Keeping
food warm
Keeping cooked foods warm as required Cover
1 2
Melting
Hollandaise sauce,
melting butter, chocolate,
gelatine
5 25 mins. Stir occasionally
Solidifying Fluffy omelettes, baked eggs 10 40 mins. Cook with lid on
2 3
Simmer
ing on low
heat
Simmering rice and milk
based dishes
Heating up ready cooked
meals
25 50 mins.
Add at least twice as
much liquid as rice, stir
milk dishes part way
through cooking
3 4
Steaming
Braising
Steaming vegetables, fish
braising meat
20 45 mins.
With vegetables add only
a little liquid (a few table
spoons)
4 5 Boiling
Steaming potatoes 20 60 mins.
Use only a little liquid, e.
g.: max.
¼
l water for
750 g potatoes
Cooking larger quantities of
food, stews and soups
60 150 mins.
Up to 3 l liquid plus in
gredients
6 7
Gentle
Frying
Frying escalopes, veal cor
don bleu, cutlets, rissoles,
sausages, liver, roux, eggs,
pancakes, doughnuts
Steady frying
Turn halfway through
cooking
7 8
Heavy
Frying
Hash browns, loin steaks,
steaks, Flädle (pancakes for
garnishing soup)
5 15 mins.
per pan
Turn halfway through
cooking
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Boiling
Searing
Deep
frying
Boiling large quantities of water, cooking pasta, searing meat (goulash,
pot roast), deep frying chips