Indesit I5ESHA U Operating Instructions Manual page 12

Using the electric hob
!The position of the corresponding electric hotplate
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is shown on every knob.
Electric hotplates
The corresponding knob may be turned clockwise or
anti-clockwise and set to any of the six different
positions:
Setting Normal or Fast Plate
0 Off
1 Low
2 - 5 Medium
6 High
When the selector knob is in any position other than
the off position, the 'on' light is illuminated.
Practical advice on using the electric
hotplates
To avoid heat loss and damage to the hotplates use
pans with a flat base, whose diameter is no less
than that of the hotplate itself.
Setting Normal or Fast Plate
0 Off
1 Cooking vegetables, fish
Cooking potatoes (using steam) soups,
2
chickpeas, beans.
Continuing the cooking of large quantities
3
of food, minestrone
4
For roasting (average)
5 For roasting (above average)
For browning and reaching a boil in a
6
short time.
! Before using the hotplates for the first time, you
should heat them at maximum temperature for
approximately 4 minutes, without placing any pans
on them. During this initial stage, their protective
coating hardens and reaches its maximum
resistance.
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Practical advice on using the hob
• Use pans with a thick, flat base to ensure that
they adhere perfectly to the cooking zone.
• Always use pans with a diameter that is large
enough to cover the hotplate fully, in order to use
all the heat produced.
• Always make sure that the base of the pan is
completely clean and dry: this ensures that the
pans adhere perfectly to the cooking zones and
that both the pans and the hob remain effective
for a longer period of time.
• Avoid using the same cookware that is used on
gas burners: the heat concentration on gas
burners may have warped the base of the pan,
causing it not to adhere to the surface correctly.
• Never leave a cooking zone switched on without a
pan on top of it, as doing so may cause the zone
to become damaged.