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Cooking Advice - Indesit K3E11/R Instructions For Installation And Use Manual

Cooker with electric oven and ceramic hob

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To avoid heat dispersion and damage to the plates,
recommend using cooking vessels with flat bottoms in
diameters which are not smaller than the plate diameter.
Table shows the correspondence between the position
indicated on the knobs and the use for which the plates
advised.
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 hot plates for the first time, you should
heat them at maximum temperature for approximately
4 minutes, without any pans. During this initial stage,
their protective coating hardens and reaches its
maximum resistance.
The green pilot lamp (H)
This lights up when an electric plate is turned on.
The oven offers a wide range of alternatives which allow
you to cook any type of food in the best possible way.
With time you will learn to make the best use of this ver-
satile cooking appliance and the following directions are
only a guideline which may be varied according to your
own personal experience.
Baking cakes
The oven should always be warm before putting in cakes
wait till the end of preheating (about 10-15 min.). Cake-
baking temperatures are normally around 160°C/200°C. Do
not open the oven door during the baking process as this
could cause the cake to sink.In general:
Pastry is too dry
Increase the temperature by 10°C and reduce the
cooking time.
Pastry dropped
Use less liquid or lower the temperature by 10°C.
Timer Knob
To use the timer, the ringer "M" must be wound up by turning
the knob one full turn clockwise
the desired time so that the number of minutes on the knob
matches the reference mark on the panel.
Attention
Avoid the children touch the oven door because it is very hot
during the cooking.
! The internal surfaces of the compartment (where present)
may become hot.
Warning: never place hot containers or items and flammable
materials inside the dishwarmer drawer.
Storage recess below the oven (only a few models)
Below the oven a recess can be used to contain cooking pans
and cooker accessories. Moreover, during oven operation, it may
be used to keep food warm.To open the storage is necessary
turn it downwards.
Caution: this storage recess must not be used to store
inflammable materials.

Cooking advice

Pastry is too dark on top
Place it on a lower rack, lower the temperature, and
increase the cooking time.
Cooked well on the inside but sticky on the
outside
Use less liquid, lower the temperature, and increase
the cooking time.
The pastry sticks to the pan
Grease the pan well and sprinkle it with a dusting of
flour.
Cooking fish and meat
When cooking white meat, fowl and fish use low
temperatures. (150°C-175°C). When red meat must be
superficially well-cooked but succulent inside, it is advisable
to start with a high temperature (200-220°C) for a short
time, and then to reduce it at a later point. Generally
speaking, the more meat there is, the lower the tempera-
ture and the longer the cooking time should be.Place the
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