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Advise and Tips for Using the Cooking Zones
By using below advise you
can save energy and ease
cleaning.
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The pans must cover the full
cooking zone. It is OK if it is
slightly larger. Remember small
portions also fit in a large pan.
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The bottom of the pan must be
plane - it is OK if it curves slight-
ly inwards. If the bottom is con-
vex the cooking time is pro-
longed considerably. A lopsided
bottom can increase the energy
consumption by 50%.
!
Use tight-fitting lids on the pan.
Without a lid on the pan you use
3 times as much power.
!
Save water: Use as little as pos-
sible water when boiling. Boil
potatoes and vegetables with 1, 2
or 3 decilitre of water.
Use 1 decilitre of water on the 14
cm cooking zones
Use 2 decilitre of water on the 18
cm cooking zone
Use 3 decilitre of water on the 21
cm cooking zone
!
Put a tight-fitting lid on the
pan. Bring to the boil at the high-
est setting and turn down to the
lowest possible setting when
there is heavy steaming at the lid.
Calculate the cooking time from
when you turn down. Do not
check the potatoes/vegetables till
the cooking time has expired.
!
Turn down immediately when
the liquid boils.
Chose the correct setting.
Start at the highest setting and
turn down as much as possible
without the foodstuff going off
the boil.
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Use the residual heat: Turn off
the cooking zone 5 minutes
before the cooking time expires.
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Use the hot cooking zone for the
next boiling.
!
Defrost the food in the fridge
before cooking.
!
Save energy by preparing food in
a pot on a cooking zone instead
of preparing the food in the oven.
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Cleaning and Maintenance
Aluminium
Carry out daily cleaning with a well
wrung-out cloth. For more stubborn
soiling, use a cloth or a soft plastic
sponge together with washing-up
liquid or all-purpose cleaner.
Never use metal cleaning pads,
metal wool, hard plastic sponges,
scouring powder, soft soap or other
abrasive or caustic cleaning agents.
Ceramic hob
Immediately scrape off any sugar or
sugary food stains (jam, juice etc.),
melted plastic and aluminium foil
from the hot plate. If the plate cools
before these materials have been
removed it may become damaged. A
stained plate reduces the heat trans-
fer between cooking zone and pan.
Dry off cooking zones with a damp
cloth with washing-up liquid. When
heavily stained you can do the fol-
lowing:
1. Remove stains etc. using the
ceramic hob scraper.
2. Make sure the ceramic hob has
cooled down. Use the cleaning
liquid supplied with the hob.
Follow the instructions on the
cleaning liquid.
3. Wipe the plate with a damp cloth
or kitchen paper. Stubborn stains
are removed by rubbing hard on
the stain with a cleaning liquid on
paper towel.
4. Using a damp cloth wipe off any
excess cleaning liquid
5. Wipe with a dry cloth.
Make sure that the ceramic hob is
dry when heated. A damp surface
can develop rainbow-like stripes
when heated.
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