Steam cooking
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Shellfish
Preparation
Defrost frozen shellfish before cooking with steam.
Peel, remove and discard the intestines, and then wash the shellfish.
Cooking containers
If using a perforated container, grease it first.
Duration
The longer shellfish are cooked, the tougher they become. Use the cooking dura-
tions given in the chart.
When cooking shellfish in sauce or stock, we recommend that you increase the
cooking duration quoted by a few minutes.
Settings
Temperature: see chart
Duration: see chart
[°C]
[min]
Crevettes
90
3
Prawns
90
3
King prawns
90
4
Small shrimps
90
3
Lobster
95
10–15
Large shrimps
90
3
Temperature
Duration