The Pizza Function - Brandt ME1040X User Manual

EN 2 / USING THE OVEN

THE PIZZA FUNCTION

With the PIZZA function you can save time and energy cooking your favorite dishes and have
them turn out as crispy, tasty and golden brown as if cooked in a traditional oven.l Use of
the PIZZA key together with the PIZZA dish, allows you to use the grill and microwave func-
tions simultaneously.
The PIZZA dish features a special coating that absorbs microwaves through its bottom. It
radiates heat from below the food to cook or reheat it, giving it the required color and crisp-
ness while the grill browns the top.
2 cooking methods :
Without preheating - by using the PIZZA function you can cook and brown most frozen meals
and fresh, dough-based dishes without preheating the PIZZA dish. They turn out as crispy as if
cooked in a traditional oven.
With preheating - the PIZZA dish can be preheated using the PIZZA key for a maximum of 2
minutes. Preheating is recommended to cook or brown small pieces of meat or fish and some
dough-based, frozen and take-out dishes.
Recommendations :
Take foods out of their metallic or plastic packaging before cooking or reheating them with the
PIZZA function.
It is advisable to program shorter cooking times and extend if necessary.
All foods with a skin or wrapping, such as potatoes and sausages, must be pierced before
cooking.
Make sure pieces of meat are completely thawed out and dried off before searing with the
PIZZA function.
Keep an eye on the food's coloring, just as you would with a traditional oven.
Protect your hands when taking out the dish because it can be extremely hot.
Do not serve stuffed foods (apple pastry for example) too quickly because they can be warm
on the surface whereas the filling is extremely hot.
Cooking or reheating of eggs with the PIZZA function is prohibited.
If you wish to cook several dishes consecutively with the PIZZA function, allow the oven to
cool 10 minutes between dishes for better browning.
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