How To Roast In Your Conventional Oven; How To Set Oven For Roasting - GE JKP77G Use And Care Manual

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How to Roast in Your Conventional Oven
See Roasting Chart on
page
38.
Roasting is cooking by dry heat. It's
How to Set Oven for Roasting
really a baking procedure used for
Step 1: Use shelf position indicated
meats. That's why you use the Bake
on the Roasting Chart on page 36.
controls for roasting.
For very tall roasts, remove the
Roasting temperatures, which second oven shelf.
should t% low and
steady, keep
Step 2.
Place meat inside the oven
spattering to a minimum. When
and close the door.
roasting, it's not necessa w to sear, -
baste, cover or add water to your
meat Tender meat or poultry can
be roasted uncovered. "
Check the weight of the meat and .
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place it, fat side up, on the rack in
the broiler pan that came with your
range. This helps the meat to baste
itself.
Always use a roasting pan that fits
the size of your meat. A roast placed
in a pan too small for its size will
drip over the edge.
Most
meats continue to cook slightly
while standing in the oven or after
being removed from it. Take this into
consideration when determining
your cooking time.
To cook frozen meat roasts without
thawing, allow more cooking time.
For large roasts, add 10 to 25 min-
utes per pound. For roasts under 5
pounds, add 10 minutes per pound.
To slow
down surface browning on
turkeys, you can use a foil "tent".
The tent-shaped foil should be laid
loosely over the poultry so the heat
can circulate under the foil.
Most
frozen poultry should be
thawed before cooking to make
sure it's done evenly. Some, how-
ever, can be cooked successfully
without thawing. Check the packer's
label for specific directions.
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Step 3:
Touch BAKE pad. Display
shows BAKE and a flashing indi- ,.
cater light points to OVEN TEMP. .
Step 4: Touch number pads 3,2
and 5 to enter 325° oven tempera-
ture. (The exception is small poultry
which is roasted
at
3.75° ).
How to Set Oven When
Using Temperature Probe
For many foods, especially roasts
and poultry, internal food tempera-
ture is the best test for doneness.
The temperature probe takes the
guesswork out of roasting by cook-
ing foods to the exact doneness
you want. When the internal tem-
perature of the food reaches the
temperature you set, the OVEN
AUTOMATICALLY SHUTS OFF and
signals until the CLEAR/OFF pad is
touched.
- Step 1: Insert probe into meat. Then
plug probe into receptacle on oven
-wall. :
Step 2
Touch BAKE pad. Display
shows BAKE and a flashing indi-
..cator light points to OVEN TEMP.
.Touch number pads 3,2 and 5 to
enter the desired oven temperature
of
325°.
Step 3: Touch
FOOD TEMP pad.
Flashing indicator points to FOOD
TEMP on display. Use number pads
to enter desired finished meat tem-
perature from 90" to 199°. Probe
must be inserted into receptacle or
"Prob" flashes on display.
Step
4: Touch START pad. Display
shows oven temperature rising to
preset temperature. Display also
Step 5: Touch START pad to begin
shows actual food temperature
roasting. Display shows oven tem-
rising. Signal sounds when desired
perature as it rises, and signal
temperature is reached.
sounds when desired tem~erature
Step 5: Touch CLEAR/OFF pad to
is reached.
turn signal off.
Step 6: When food is cooked, touch
CLEAR/OFF pad to turn oven off.
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