AEG 41056VH-MN Cooktop User Manual


 
HOB - HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS
WARNING!
Refer to "Safety information" chapter.
Cookware
The bottom of the cookware must be as thick and flat as possible.
Cookware made of enamelled steel and with aluminium or copper bottoms can cause
discoloration on glass ceramic surface.
Energy saving
If possible, always put the lids on the cookware.
Put cookware on a cooking zone before you start it.
Stop the cooking zones before the end of the cooking time to use residual heat.
The bottom of pans and cooking zones must have the same dimension.
Examples of cooking applications
The data in the table is for guidance only.
Heat
setting
Use to: Time Hints
1 Keep cooked foods warm as re-
quired
Cover
1-2 Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter, choco-
late, gelatine
5-25
min
Mix occasionally
1-2 Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked eggs 10-40
min
Cook with a lid on
2-3 Simmer rice and milkbased dishes, heat-
ing up ready-cooked meals
25-50
min
Add at least twice as much liquid as
rice, stir milk dishes part way
through
3-4 Steam vegetables, fish, meat 20-45
min
Add a few tablespoons of liquid
4-5 Steam potatoes 20-60
min
Use max. ¼ l water for 750 g of po-
tatoes
4-5 Cook larger quantities of food, stews
and soups
60-150
min
Up to 3 l liquid plus ingredients
6-7 Gentle fry: escalope, veal cordon bleu,
cutlets, rissoles, sausages, liver, roux,
eggs, pancakes, doughnuts
as re-
quired
Turn halfway through
7-8 Heavy fry, hash browns, loin steaks,
steaks
5-15
min
Turn halfway through
9 Boil large quantities of water, cook pasta, sear meat (goulash, pot roast), deep fry chips
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