How To Remove Undesirable After-Tastes; Healthy Nutrition; Overheat Protection - Silvercrest SKF 2300 A16 Operating Instructions Manual

Attention!
Always close the appliance lid before lowering the
frying basket 3 into the hot oil or fat. There is a risk
of fire caused by splashing fat!
• Always insert the foodstuffs as slowly and care-
fully as possible into the deep fryer, as deep
frozen foods can cause the oil or fat to bubble
heftily and abruptly.

How to remove undesirable after-tastes

Some foodstuffs, especially fish, release fluids when
being fried. These fluids collect in the oil or fat and
can influence the smell and taste of fried foods that
are later cooked in the same oil or fat.
Proceed as follows to again obtain a neutral tasting
oil or fat:
• Heat the fat or oil to 160°C and and place two
thin slices of bread or a couple of small sprigs of
parsley into the frying basket 3.
Attention!
Absolutely close the appliance lid before lowering
the frying basket 3 with the parsley or the bread
into hot oil or fat. Splattering fats can cause serious
burns.
• Close the appliance lid and then lower the
frying basket 3 into the fat.
• Wait until the oil or fat is no longer bubbling and
remove the bread or parsley with a skimmer. The
oil or fat now has a neutral taste once again.

Healthy Nutrition

Nutritional experts recommend the use of vegetable
oils and fats containing unsaturated fatty acids (e.g.
Linol acid). However, these oils and fats lose their
positive characteristics faster than other oils and
must therefore be exchanged more frequently.
Orientate yourself on the following guidelines:
• Exchange the oil or fat regularly. If you use the
deep fryer mainly to prepare chips and strain
the oil or fat after every use, it can be used 10
to 12 times.
• However, do not use an oil or fat for longer than
six months. Always follow the instruction given
on the packaging.
• As a general rule, oils and fats can be used for
a lesser time if you mainly fry foods with lots of
proteins, such as meat or fish.
• Do not mix fresh oil with old oil.
• Change the oil or fat if it foams on being heated,
it develops a strong taste or odour, it becomes
dark and/or it develops a syrupy consistency.

Overheat Protection

In a case of overheating, the heat protection function
switches the appliance off.
This can happen if there is no, or not sufficient, oil or
fat in the deep fryer or when solid cooking fats are
being molten in the appliance.
With solid cooking fats the heating element cannot
disburse the heat created fast enough.
If the heat protection function has switched the ap-
pliance off, please proceed as follows:
• Allow the appliance to cool down.
• Allow the oil or fat to cool down.
• Carefully press the reset button e on the rear
side of the operating element 5 with a small
pointed object. The appliance can now be used
again.
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