Cooking Guide & Baking Problems - Westinghouse 540 upright cooker User Manual

OvEN COOKING GUIdE
The following is intended as a guide and experience may show some slight variation to be necessary to meet individual
requirements. Where the gas models vary from electric, details for gas cooking is shown in brackets. For best results when
baking, preheat your oven for 30 minutes.
Food
Plain or fruit scones
Rolled biscuits
Spooned biscuits
Shortbread biscuits
Hard individual meringues
Soft individual meringues
Pavlova – 6 eggs
Patty cakes
Sponge – 4 eggs
Plain butter cake
Rich fruit cake
Shortcrust cornish pasty
#
Shortcrust custard tart
Cream puffs
Yeast bread
Pizza
* Shelf position is counted from the bottom shelf up. Bottom shelf position is 1.
# Turn down temperatures shown.
Meat/Poultry/Fish
Beef – Rare
– Medium
– Well done
Lamb – Medium
– Well done
Veal
Pork
Chicken
Duck
Turkey
Fish
Conventional Oven
Temperature C Oven shelf
0
position*
220 2 (3)
170 (180) 2
190 2
160 1 or 2
110 2
180 2
110 (120) 1
190 2
180 2
180 2
140 (150) 2
200 (200/180) 2
200/180 (220/180) 1(3)
210 2
210 1
200 2
Recommended temperature
200
200
200
200
180
200
180 - 200
180 - 200
180
180
Fan forced oven
Temperature C Oven shelf
0
position*
210 Any
150 (170) Any
180 Any
150 Any
100 Any
165 Any
100 Any
180 Any
170 Any
170 Any
130 Any
180 (180/160) Any
190/170 (200/180) Any
200 Any
200 Any
220 Any
C Minutes per kilogram
0
35 - 40
45 - 50
55 - 60
40
60
60
60
45 – 50
60 – 70
40 – 45 (less than10kg)
35 – 40 (more than10kg)
20
Time in minutes
10 –15
10 –15
12 –15
30 – 35
90
15 – 20
75
15 – 20
20 – 30
25 – 40
180
40 – 45 (10/35)
20 – 30 (10/25)
25 – 30
25 – 30
15 – 25
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COOKING GUIdE