Helpful Hints And Tips - Electrolux EOBP8801V Manual

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11. HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS

The temperature and baking times
in the tables are guidelines only.
They depend on the recipes and
the quality and quantity of the in-
gredients used.
11.1 Sous-vide cooking
Recommendations regarding food
safety:
Sous-vide cooking function uses lower
cooking temperatures than normal cook-
ing. Handle the food with special care for
better food quality:
• Use high quality raw materials.
• Always use the raw material that is as
fresh as possible.
• Always keep raw materials in correct
conditions before you cook them.
• Always clean the food before you cook
it.
• For good and safe results, always look
at the values in the cooking tables.
Check the cooking time, temperature
and dimension of the food.
• Food should not be kept at a tempera-
ture below 60 °C for a longer time to
avoid safety problems.
• Use low temperatures only for food that
could be eaten raw and only for a short
time.
• Sous-vide dishes have the best taste
immediately after cooking. If you do not
to eat the food immediately after the
cooking, quickly decrease its tempera-
ture. To do that, put the food in an ice
bath and put it in the fridge. You can
keep the food in the fridge for 2 – 3
days.
• Do not use Sous-vide cooking function
for reheating food leftovers.
• Prevent contact between raw food and
cooked food while you prepare and
cook the food.
• Do not use the same tools for different
things without washing them carefully.
• For recipes with raw eggs, prevent egg
whites or yolks from contact with the
external part of the egg shells.
Hints and tips regarding food vacuum
packing:
• Necessary equipment for Sous-vide
cooking function are a vacuum sealer
and vacuum bags.
• Recommended vacuum sealer type:
chamber vacuum sealer (only this type
of vacuum sealer can vacuum pack liq-
uids).
• Use vacuum bags correct for Sous-vide
cooking function.
• Do not reuse vacuum bags.
• Put the food in one layer of the vacuum
bags to get an even cooking result.
• For faster and more even cooking of
the food, set the vacuum degree to the
highest possible.
• To guarantee a safe closing of the vac-
uum bag, make sure that the area sub-
ject to the seal is clean.
General hints and tips for Sous-vide
cooking function:
• To keep the cooking steam, always
keep the appliance door closed when
you use Sous-vide cooking function.
• Open the door carefully after cooking
because there is steam cumulated in
the appliance.
• You can add oil and spices to the food
in accordance to your taste. Oil pre-
vents the food from sticking to the vac-
uum bag.
• For faster and more even cooking of
the food, keep the vacuum degree as
high as possible.
• Cooking times are recommendations
and can be different in accordance to
your preferences.
• The cooking times in the cooking tables
are for dishes for 4 people. If the quan-
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