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Hints and Tips on Cooking Fish and
Meat
You can place meat in oven proof dishes, or directly on the
oven shelf. In this case, remember to place the drip tray
in the first position from the bottom with some water in it.
The dripping pan will avoid the falling of melted fat on the
oven base.
White meat, poultry and fish in general, need to be
cooked at a medium temperature (between 150 and
175°C). If you need to cook red meat (slightly browned on
the outside and more gently cooked in the inside), a
higher temperature (between 200 and 230°C) for a short
time is recommended.
Hints and Tips on baking
Cakes usually need to be cooked at a medium tempera-
ture (between 150 and 200°C).
A short oven pre-heating (about 10 minutes) is
recommeded when cooking cakes or baking. Once the
cooking has been started, keep the oven door closed
during all the cooking time, and check the cooking results
through the oven door glass.
Hints and Tips on grilling
If you need to grill meat or fish, place them directly on the
shelf after spreading a little oil on them.
In the grill function, heat comes only from the top element.
Therefore, you need to adjust the cooking level depending
on meat or fish's thickness.
Always remember to place the dripping pan in the lower
position with some water in it.
Cooking times
Cooking times vary according to the type of food to be
cooked, its consistency, and volume.We suggest that
you take particular note of your first cooking experiments
with the oven, since operating in the same conditions for
the same dishes you will of course obtain similar results.
Only experience will enable you to make the appropriate
changes to values given on charts.
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Defrosting
The oven fan operates without heat and circulates the
air, at room temperature, inside the oven. This increases
the speed of defrosting. However, please note that the
temperature of the kitchen will influence the speed of
defrosting.
This function is particularly suitable for delicate food which
could be damaged by heat, e.g. cream filled gateaux,
iced cakes, pastries, bread and other yeast products.
How to Use Defrosting
Turn the oven function control knob to
ans set the
thermostat control knob to OFFposition
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Hints and Tips
• Cover food with a lid, aluminium foil or plastic film to
prevent drying out during defrosting.
• ALWAYS COOK THOROUGHLY IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THAWING.
• Frozen food should be placed in a single layer when
ever possible and turned over half way through the
defrosting process.
• Only joints of meat and poultry up to 2 kg. (4 lb.) are
suitable for defrosting in this way.
Refer to the following table for approximate defrosting
times.
