Care And Maintenance - Russell Hobbs 15071 Instructions Manual

food
poultry
chicken breasts (skinless/boneless)
fish and seafood
prawns, fresh
lobster tail, frozen
fish fillets, fresh, 6-13mm (¼-½") thick
fish steaks, fresh, 19-25mm (¾-1") thick
clams/mussels, fresh
, Don't use clams or mussels that are open prior to cooking. Steam till the shells open
fully, and discard any that aren't open after cooking.
crisp vegetables
51 Leaf vegetables should be cooked as little as possible, to keep them green and crisp.
Plunging into iced water will stop the cooking process (plunging the food, that is).
gravy/sauce
52 Don't automatically discard the juices collected in the diffuser. You can make gravy
(or sauce, if your posh) from these juices. They'll be diluted by condensed steam, but
they can be reduced in a pan to form the basis of a very nice gravy or sauce.
53 If you cook shellfish using basket 1 on its own, and the minimum amount of water,
the juices in the diffuser will give you a fine, delicate sauce, if reduced to about half,
thickened with unsalted butter, then seasoned to taste.
the rice bowl
54 When cooking rice, don't fill the rice bowl more than half full with rice, then add
water to the rice bowl. This is in addition to the water in the reservoir.
55 The volume of water should be roughly one and a quarter times the volume of rice.
56 Put the rice bowl in the topmost basket. If you put rice underneath other foods, the
juices will alter the flavour of the rice, and the additional liquid may make it mushy.
57 Rice should take 15 to 20 minutes, depending on type, quantity, and personal taste.
58 Till you get used to it, we suggest you try a bit after 15 minutes, then cook for longer
if it's not cooked the way you want it.

care and maintenance

1 Unplug the steamer (switch the socket off first, if it's switchable) and let it cool down
fully.
2 Wash the lid, rice bowl, baskets, and diffuser in warm, soapy water, rinse and dry.
3 Wipe the base unit, inside and out, with a damp cloth. Stubborn stains may be
removed with a little washing-up liquid, but make sure you remove all trace of it
before using the steamer.
4 Don't put the base unit in water or any other liquid.
5 Don't put any of the parts in a dishwasher, you'll damage the surface finishes.
6 Don't use harsh or abrasive cleaning agents or solvents.
descale regularly – even in soft water areas
7 Limescale may be white, coloured, even rusty-looking, but it's normally visible.
8 Phosphate scale isn't generally visible, but it's there, even in soft water areas.
9 Overheating due to scale can reduce the heater's life, and set off the thermal cut-out.
quantity
400g (1lb)
400g (1lb)
2 pieces
200g (½lb)
200g (½lb)
400g (1lb)
7
time
20-30 minutes
6-8 minutes
20-22 minutes
10 minutes
12-17 minutes
10-15 minutes