Practical Cooking Advice - Indesit K3E51/EU Instalation And User Manual

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 versatile cooking
appliance and the following directions are only a guideline
which may be varied according to your own personal experi-
ence.
Baking cakes
The oven should always be warm before putting in cakes
wait till the end of preheating (about 10-15 min.). Cake-bak-
ing 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.
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 or use greaseproof paper.
I used more than one level (in the function
"ventilated oven") and they are not all at the same
cooking point
Use a lower temperature setting. It is not necessary to
remove the food from all the racks at the same time.
Cooking fish and meat
When cooking white meat, fowl and fish use low tempera-
tures. (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 temperature and the longer the cook-
ing time should be.Place the meat in the centre of the grid
and put a spill-tray underneath to catch grease drips. Insert
the grid so that it is in the middle of the oven. If more heat
from below is required, use the 1° bottom shelf.
Cooking on More Than One Rack
Should you need to use two grids, use only function 2
"ventilated oven" which is the only solution for this process.
· The oven has 5 different rack heights. When cooking with
the ventilated mode, use only the two centre rack heights:
the bottom and topmost rack heights directly receive hot
air and this could result in more delicate dishes being
burned.

Practical Cooking Advice

· In general, use levels 2 and 4 from the bottom, placing
· When cooking foods requiring different cooking times and
· Use the dripping pan at the bottommost rack height and
· When cooking pizza on more than one rack with the tem-
Using the Grill
The oven allows you to use two different grilling methods.
Use the no. 3 setting
portions. Energy consumption for this feature is only 1200 W;
however, it is ideal for grilling small dishes or portions, e.g.
toast, frankfurters, etc.
Place the food in the centre of the grill, as only the cen-
tre of the heating element is turned on. Food in the cor-
ners of the oven will not be cooked.
The no. 4 setting
surface area of the grill itself. Use this feature when you have
food distributed uniformly beneath the grill and you want it to
be browned evenly.
Important: Always leave the oven door closed when
using the grill setting n order to achieve the best results
and save on energy (about 10%).
When using the grill settings, it is recommended that the
thermostat be set to maximum, as this is the optimal setting
for the grill, which utilizes radiation produced by infrared rays.
However, this does not mean that lower temperature set-
tings cannot be used when necessary by simply turning the
control knob.
When using the grill, place the rack at the 4 rack heights
(see cooking table) and place the dripping-pan beneath the
oven rack to prevent grease from falling onto the bottom of
the oven.
Setting 5
for grilling foods rapidly, as the distribution of heat makes it
possible not only to brown the surface, but also to cook the
bottom part. It can also be used to grill large pieces of meat
or fowl. Moreover, it can also be used for browning foods at
the end of the cooking process.
When using this function, place the grid on the 2nd or 3rd
oven rack from the bottom (see cooking table) then, to pre-
vent fat and grease from dripping onto the bottom of the oven
and thus smoke from forming, place a dripping-pan on the
1st rack from the bottom. When using this function together
with the spit (only on some models), you can also cook dishes
on the dripping-pan situated on the 1st rack, for example:
potatoes, etc.......
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the food requiring more heat at level no. 2. For example,
when cooking a roast together with other food, place the
roast at level 2 and the more delicate dishes at level 4.
temperatures, make sure that the temperature is set be-
tween the two recommended temperatures and put the
more delicate dishes at level no. 4. Finally, remove the
dish with the shorter cooking time first.
the grill at the top.
perature set at 220°C. Remember to preheat the oven for
at least 15 minutes. In general the 4th rack height cooks
a little slower, so remove the pizza on the second rack
height first and leave the other one in the oven for a few
minutes.
"Top heating element" for small
"Grill" allows you to grill along the entire
"Ventilated Double Grill", is extremely useful