Cooking Advice - John Lewis JLFSEC608 Instruction Manual

Cooking advice

General advice
• We recommend preheating the oven
before putting the food in. Place the food
in the oven only once the cooking light is
lit with a steady light.
• For cooking on several levels, we
recommend using a fan-assisted function
to achieve uniform cooking at all heights.
• While cooking desserts or vegetables,
excessive condensation may form on the
glass. In order to avoid this, open the door
very carefully a couple of times while
cooking.
• For rapid preheating use a fan-assisted
function, then select the required function.
Advice for cooking meat
• Cooking times, especially for meat, vary
according to the thickness and quality of
the food and to consumer taste.
• We recommend using a meat
thermometer for meat when roasting it.
Alternatively, simply press on the roast
with a spoon: if it is hard it is ready, if not,
it needs another few minutes cooking.
Advice for cooking desserts and
biscuits
• Use dark metal moulds for desserts: they
help to absorb the heat better.
• The temperature and the cooking
duration depend on the quality and
consistency of the dough.
• Check whether the dessert is cooked
right through: at the end of the cooking
time, put a toothpick into the highest point
of the dessert. If the dough does not stick
to the toothpick, the dessert is cooked.
• If the dessert collapses when it comes out
of the oven, on the next occasion reduce
the set temperature by about 10°C,
selecting a longer cooking time if
necessary.
Advice for cooking with the Grill
and the Fan-assisted grill
• Using the Grill function (where present),
meat can be grilled even when it is put into
the oven cold; preheating is recommended
if you wish to change the effect of the
cooking.
• With the Fan-assisted grill function,
however, we recommend that you
preheat the oven before grilling.
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