Cooking Advice - Smeg CX91GMBL Manual

STATIC
Traditional cooking, ideal for preparing
a single dish. For example cooking
roast meats, fatty meats, bread, pies.
CIRCULAIRE + BOTTOM
Allows you to quickly finish cooking
food that is already cooked on the
surface but not internally. Ideal for
quiches, suitable for all kinds of dishes.
GRILL
Produces excellent grilling and
gratinating results. When used at the
end of cooking, gives a uniform
browning to dishes.
FAN ASSISTED
Intense and uniform cooking. Ideal for
biscuits, cakes and cooking on more
than one level.
TURBO
Allows quick cooking on multiple
shelves without mixing the aromas.
Perfect for large volumes that call for
intense cooking.
ECO
This function is particularly suitable for
cooking on a single shelf with low
energy consumption.
It is recommended for all types of food
except those that may produce a large
amount of moisture (e.g. vegetables).
To obtain maximum energy savings and
reduce cooking times, it is
recommended to place food in the
oven without preheating.
When using the ECO function, avoid
opening the door during cooking.
Cooking (and preheating) times are
longer with the ECO function and may
depend on the amount of food in the
oven.
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VAPOR CLEAN (on some models only)
This function facilitates cleaning using
the steam produced by a small amount
of water poured onto the depression on
the bottom.

Cooking advice

General advice
• Use a fan assisted function to achieve
consistent cooking at several levels.
• It is not possible to shorten cooking times by
increasing the temperature (the food could
be overcooked on the outside and
undercooked on the inside).
Advice for cooking meat
• Cooking times vary according to the
thickness and quality of the food and to
consumer taste.
• Turn the food to brown on both sides.
• Use a meat thermometer when roasting
meat, or simply press on the roast with a
spoon. If it is hard, it is ready; if not, it needs
to be cooked for a few more minutes.
Advice for cooking with the Grill
• Meat can be grilled even when it is put into
the cold oven or into the preheated oven if
you wish to change the effect of the
cooking.
• With the Fan with grill function (if present),
we recommend that you preheat the oven
before grilling.
• We recommend placing the food at the
centre of the rack.
• With the Grill function, we recommend that
you set the temperature to the maximum
value to optimise cooking.
Advice for cooking desserts/pastries and
biscuits
• Use dark metal moulds: They help to absorb
the heat better.
• The temperature and the cooking time
depend on the quality and consistency of
the dough.
• To check whether the dessert is cooked right
through: At the end of the cooking time, put
a toothpick into the highest point of the
dessert. If the dough does not stick to the
toothpick, the dessert is cooked.
• If the dessert collapses when it comes out of
the oven, on the next occasion reduce the
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