AEG KM8403001 User Manual page 14

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Cooking:
• If possible, cook food covered with
material suitable for use in the micro-
wave. Only cook food without a cover
if you want to keep a crust.
• Do not overcook the dishes by setting
the power and time too high. The
food can dry out, burn or catch fire in
some places.
• Do not use the appliance to cook
eggs in their shells and snails, because
they can burst. With fried eggs, pierce
the yolks first.
• Prick food with "skin" or "peel", such
as potatoes, tomatoes, sausages, with
a fork several times before cooking so
that the food does not burst.
• For chilled or frozen food, set a longer
cooking time.
• Dishes which contain sauce must be
stirred from time to time.
• Vegetables that have a firm structure,
such as carrots, peas or cauliflower,
must be cooked in water.
• Turn larger pieces after half the cook-
ing time.
• If possible, cut vegetables into similar-
sized pieces.
• Use flat, wide dishes.
• Do not use cookware made of porce-
lain, ceramic or earthenware with small
holes, e. g. on handles or unglazed
bottoms. Moisture going into the
holes can cause the cookware to crack
when it is heated.
Defrosting meat, poultry, fish:
• Put the frozen, unwrapped food on a
small upturned plate with a container
Suitable cookware and materials
Cookware / Material
Ovenproof glass and porcelain
(with no metal components, e. g.
Pyrex, heat-proof glass)
Non-ovenproof glass and porcelain
1)
below it, or on a defrosting rack or
plastic sieve so that the defrosting liq-
uid can run off.
• Turn the food after half the defrosting
time. If possible, divide and then re-
move the pieces that have started to
defrost.
Defrosting butter, portions of gateau,
quark:
• Do not fully defrost in the appliance,
but let them defrost at room tempera-
ture. This gives a more even result.
Fully remove all metal or aluminium
packaging or parts before defrosting.
Defrosting fruit, vegetables:
• Do not fully defrost fruit and vegeta-
bles, which are to be further prepared
while raw, in the appliance. Let them
defrost at room temperature.
• You can use a higher microwave pow-
er to cook fruit and vegetables without
defrosting them first.
Ready meals:
• Ready meals in metal packaging or
plastic trays with metal covers can only
be defrosted or heated in the micro-
wave if they are expressively designa-
ted as suitable for use in the micro-
wave.
• You must follow the manufacturer's in-
structions printed on the packaging (e.
g. remove the metal cover and pierce
the plastic film).
Microwave
Defrost- Heat-
ing ing
X X
X --
Grilling
Cook-
ing
X X
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