Additional Functions; Helpful Hints And Tips - Electrolux EH GL5X-4 User Manual

ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS

Cooling fan
When the appliance operates, the cooling
fan switches on automatically. If you switch

HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS

The temperature and baking times in
the tables are guidelines only. They de-
pend on the recipes, quality and quanti-
ty of the ingredients used.
Heat
set-
ting
0 Off position
1 Keep cooked foods warm
1-2 Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter, choco-
late, gelatine
1-2 Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked eggs
2-3 Simmer rice and milkbased dishes, heat-
ing 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
Baking
General instructions
• Your new oven may bake or roast differ-
ently to the appliance you had before.
Adapt your usual settings (temperature,
cooking times) and shelf levels to the val-
ues in the tables.
• With longer baking times, the oven can
be switched off about 10 minutes before
the end of baking time, to use the residu-
al heat.
When you use frozen food, the trays in
the oven can twist during baking. When
Use to:
off the appliance, the cooling fan continues
to operate until the appliance cools down.
Examples of cooking applications
The data in the table is for guidance only.
Time
as re- Cover
quired
5-25 min Mix occasionally
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 min Turn halfway through
the trays get cold again, the distortion
will be gone.
How to use the Baking Tables
• We recommend to use the lower temper-
ature the first time.
• If you cannot find the settings for a spe-
cial recipe, look for the one that is almost
the same.
• Baking time can be extended by 10-15
minutes, if you bake cakes on more than
one level.
• Cakes and pastries at different heights
do not always brown equally at first. If
this occurs, do not change the tempera-
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