Hotpoint BD62 - Manual (Page 15)

Oven Timer Operation
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The oven timer offers you the following
features:
1. Time of Day
2. Automatic Cooking
3. Minute Minder
Automatic Cooking
The main fan oven can be controlled
automatically.
Guidance on automatic cooking
1. Select foods which will take the
same time to cook.
2. Set the oven timer so that the food
has just finished or is just about to
finish cooking on your return to the
oven. This will ensure the food has
not cooled down and does not
require reheating before serving.
3. Food should be as cold as possible
when it goes into the oven, ideally
straight from the refrigerator.
Frozen meat and poultry should be
thawed thoroughly before it is put in
the oven.
4. We advise that warm food should
never be placed in the oven if
there is to be a delay period. Stews
prepared by frying the meat and
vegetables should be cooked as
soon as possible.
5. We advise dishes containing left-
over cooked poultry or meat, for
example Shepherds Pie, should not
be cooked automatically if there is to
be a delay period.
6. Stews and joints should be cooked
by the long slow method, so
that the delay period is kept to a
minimum.
7. On warm days, to prevent harmful
bacterial growth in certain foods (ie
poultry, joints, etc) the delayed start
should be kept to a minimum.
8. Wine or beer may ferment and
cream may curdle during the
delay period, so it is best to add
these ingredients just before
serving.
9. Foods which discolour should be
protected by coating in fat or
tossing in water to which lemon
juice has been added, prior to
placing food in the oven.
10. Dishes containing liquid should not
be filled too full to prevent
boiling over.
11. Food should be well sealed (but
not airtight) in a container to
prevent the loss of liquid during
cooking. Aluminium foil gives a
good seal.
12. Ensure food is cooked thoroughly
before serving.