Further applications
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Skinning vegetables and fruit
Cut a cross in the top of tomatoes,
nectarines, etc. This will allow the
skin to be removed more easily.
Place the fruit/vegetables in a perfor-
ated cooking container.
To blanch almonds, it is important to
plunge them into cold water as soon
as they are taken out of the oven,
otherwise the skin cannot be re-
moved.
Settings
Steam cooking
Temperature: 100 °C
Duration: see table
Food
[min]
Apricots
1
Almonds
1
Nectarines
1
Peppers
4
Peaches
1
Tomatoes
1
Duration
Apple storage
You can treat homegrown apples in the
steam oven to increase the length of
time for which you can store them.
Once treated, the apples will keep for 5
to 6 months when stored in a dry, cool
and well-ventilated place. This method
is only suitable for apples and not for
other types of fruit.
Settings
Steam cooking
Temperature: 50 °C
Preserving time: 5 minutes
Making eierstich
Mix 6 eggs with 375 ml milk (do not
beat into a foam).
Season the egg and milk mixture and
pour into a solid cooking container
greased with a little butter.
Settings
Steam cooking
Temperature: 100 °C
Cooking duration: 4 minutes