Hob - Helpful Hints And Tips - Electrolux EKC607601 User Manual

The child safety device function locks
the hob and oven at this same time.
RESIDUAL HEAT INDICATOR
The residual heat indicator comes on when
a cooking zone is hot.

HOB - HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS

Warning! Refer to "Safety information"
chapter.
COOKWARE
• The bottom of the cookware must
be as thick and flat as possible.
• Cookware made of enamelled steel
and with aluminium or copper bot-
toms can cause discoloration on
glass ceramic surface.
ENERGY SAVING
• If possible, always put the lids on the
cookware.
Heat
set-
ting
Keep cooked foods warm
1
1-2 Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter, choco-
late, gelatine
1-2 Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked eggs
2-3 Simmer rice and milkbased dishes,
heating up ready-cooked meals
3-4 Steam vegetables, fish, meat
4-5 Steam potatoes
4-5 Cook larger quantities of food, stews
and soups
6-7 Gentle fry: escalope, veal cordon bleu,
cutlets, rissoles, sausages, liver, roux,
eggs, pancakes, doughnuts
7-8 Heavy fry, hash browns, loin steaks,
steaks
9 Boil large quantities of water, cook pasta, sear meat (goulash, pot roast), deep fry chips
Use to:
Warning! Risk of burns from residual
heat!
• Put cookware on a cooking zone be-
fore you start it.
• Stop the cooking zones before the
end of the cooking time to use resid-
ual heat.
• The bottom of pans and cooking
zones must have the same dimen-
sion.
EXAMPLES OF COOKING
APPLICATIONS
The data in the table is for guidance only.
Time
as re- Cover
quired
5-25 Mix occasionally
min
10-40 Cook with a lid on
min
25-50 Add at least twice as much liquid as
min rice, stir milk dishes part way
through
20-45 Add a few tablespoons of liquid
min
20-60 Use max. ¼ l water for 750 g of po-
min tatoes
60-150 Up to 3 l liquid plus ingredients
min
as re- Turn halfway through
quired
5-15 Turn halfway through
min
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