Special applications
Blanching
Blanch fruit and vegetables before
freezing them. Blanching helps maintain
the quality of the produce when it is fro‐
zen.
Blanching vegetables also helps them
retain their original colour.
Procedure
Put the prepared vegetables into a
perforated cooking container.
Once blanched, plunge the vegeta‐
bles into ice cold water to cool them
down quickly. Drain them well.
Settings
Special applications
or
Steam cooking
Temperature: 100 °C
Duration: 1 minute
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Blanching
Sweat onions
Sweating means cooking the onions in
their own juices, with the addition of a
little fat if necessary.
Procedure
Cut the onions up into small pieces
and place them in a solid cooking
container with a little butter.
Cover the container or the dish with a
lid or with foil that is resistant to tem‐
peratures up to 100 °C and to hot
steam.
Settings
Automatic programmes
onions
or
Steam cooking
Temperature: 100 °C
Duration: 4 minutes
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Special
Sweat