Using Utensils When Preparing Food - Melissa 16330121 Manual

General information on cooking
• If the whole meal is to be prepared
in the appliance, it is recommended
that you start with the most compact
foods, such as potatoes. Once these
are ready, cover them while the rest
of the food is prepared.
• Most food should be covered. A
close-fitting cover retains the steam
and moisture, which shortens the
cooking time in the appliance.
This is particularly the case when
cooking vegetables, fish dishes and
casseroles.
• Covering food also distributes the
heat better, thus ensuring rapid and
excellent results.
• In order to achieve the best possible
results, it is important to position the
food correctly, as the microwave rays
are most powerful in the centre of the
appliance. If, for example, you are
baking potatoes, you should position
them along the edge of the glass
turntable so that they cook evenly.
• In order to cook compact dishes
such as meat and poultry evenly, it
is important to turn the meat a few
times.
• You can use the appliance for baking,
although not recipes that include
yeast.
• When preparing food with a thick
skin, e.g. potatoes, apples, whole
squash or chestnuts, you should prick
holes in the skin to prevent the food
from bursting during cooking.
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• When preparing food in a "traditional"
oven, you normally avoid opening the
oven door as much as possible. This
is not the case with this appliance: no
energy or significant heat is lost. In
other words, you can open the oven
door and look at the food as often as
you want.
USING UTENSILS WHEN
PREPARING FOOD
• Before starting to prepare food in
containers, you should check that
the containers you wish to use are
made of a suitable material, as some
types of plastic may become limp and
deform, while some types of ceramics
may crack (particularly when heating
small quantities of food).
• In order to test if a container is
suitable for use in a microwave oven:
• Place the container in the appliance.
• At the same time, place a half-full
glass of water in the container.
• Start the appliance. Allow it to run for
15-30 seconds on maximum power.
• If the container becomes very hot to
the touch, avoid using it.
Suitable utensils and materials
When you prepare food in the appliance,
you should preferably use the following
utensils and materials:
Glass and glass bowls
Stoneware (glazed and unglazed).
The food stays hot longer in glazed
stoneware than in other dishes.
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