Using Utensils When Preparing Food - Melissa 16330088 Manual

• Low power is principally used to
defrost food and prepare dishes
containing cheese, milk or egg.
(Whole eggs in their shell cannot be
cooked in the appliance, as there
is a risk of the eggs exploding.) In
addition, lower power settings are
also used to finish off and to retain
the excellent aroma of a dish.
General information on cooking
• If the whole meal is to be prepared
in the appliance, it is recommended
that you start with the most
compact foods, such as potatoes.
Once these are ready, cover
them while the rest of the food is
prepared.
• Most food should be covered. A
close-fitting cover retains the steam
and moisture, which shortens the
cooking time in the appliance.
This is particularly the case when
cooking vegetables, fish dishes and
casseroles.
• Covering food also distributes the
heat better, thus ensuring rapid and
excellent results.
• In order to achieve the best
possible results, it is important to
position the food correctly, as the
microwave rays are most powerful
in the centre of the appliance. If, for
example, you are baking potatoes,
you should position them along the
edge of the glass turntable so that
they cook evenly.
• In order to cook compact dishes
such as meat and poultry evenly, it
is important to turn the meat a few
times.
• You can use the appliance for
baking, although not recipes that
include yeast.
• When preparing food with a thick
skin, e.g. potatoes, apples, whole
squash or chestnuts, you should
prick holes in the skin to prevent
the food from bursting during
cooking.
• When preparing food in a
"traditional" oven, you normally
avoid opening the oven door as
much as possible. This is not the
case with this appliance: no energy
or significant heat is lost. In other
words, you can open the oven door
and look at the food as often as you
want.
USING UTENSILS WHEN
PREPARING FOOD
• Before starting to prepare food in
containers, you should check that
the containers you wish to use are
made of a suitable material, as
some types of plastic may become
limp and deform, while some types
of ceramics may crack (particularly
when heating small quantities of
food).
• In order to test if a container is
suitable for use in a microwave
oven:
• Place the container in the
appliance.
• At the same time, place a half-full
glass of water in the container.
• Start and run for 15-30 seconds on
maximum power.
• If the container becomes very hot to
the touch, avoid using it.
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