Using The Fan Oven - Zanussi 641 Instruction Booklet

Using the Fan Oven

The air inside the oven is heated by the element around
the fan situated behind the back panel. The fan circulates
hot air to maintain an even temperature inside the oven.
The advantages of cooking with this function are:
Faster Preheating
As the fan oven quickly reaches temperature, it is not
usually necessary to preheat the oven although you
may find that you need to allow an extra 5-7 minutes
on cooking times. For recipes which require higher
temperatures, best results are achieved if the oven
is preheated first, e.g. bread, pastries, scones,
souffles, etc.
Lower Temperatures
Fan oven cooking generally requires lower
temperatures than conventional cooking.
Follow the temperatures recommended in the chart
at page. 11 or remember to reduce temperatures by
about 20-25 C for your own recipes which use
conventional cooking.
Cooking Chart
This chart is intended as a guide only. It may
be necessary to increase or decrease the
temperature to suit your individual
requirements. Only experience will enable
you to determine the correct setting for your
personal requirements.
When roasting, ensure the meat is cooked
thoroughly, use a meat thermometer if
preferred to check the centre temperature
has reached the required temperature (see
table below).
MEAT TEMPERATURES
Beef Rare - 60 C
Medium - 70 C
Well Done - 80 C
Pork Well Done - 80 C
Lamb Medium - 70 C
Well Done - 80 C
Even Heating for Baking
The fan oven has uniform heating on all runner
positions. This means that batches of the same food
can be cooked in the oven at the same time. However,
the top shelf may brown slightly quicker than the
lower one.
This is quite usual. There is no mixing of flavours
between dishes.
How to use the Fan Oven
1. Turn the oven function control knob to
2. Turn the thermostat control to the required
THINGS TO NOTE
During cooking, the cooling fan and the thermostat
control light will operate in the same way as described
for the conventional oven function.
Food
Biscuits
Bread
Casseroles
Cakes: Small and queen
Sponges
Madeira
Rich Fruit
Christmas
Meringues
Fish
Fruit Pies and Crumbles
Milk Puddings
}
Pastry: Choux
Shortcrust
Flaky
Puff
Plate Tarts
Quiches/Flans
Scones
Roasting: Meat & Poultry
.
Shelf Cooking
Position Temp ( C)
180-190
210-220
130-140
Shelf
160-170
positions
160-170
are not
140-150
critical but
130-140
ensure
130-140
that oven
90-100
shelves
170-190
are evenly
190-200
spaced
130-140
when
more than
one is
used.
180
170-180
210-220
160-180
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