AEG HK854080XB Cooktop User Manual


 
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.
Öko Timer (Eco Timer)
To save the energy, the heater of the cooking zone switches itself off earlier than count
down timer signal. The heating time reduction depends on cooking level and cooking time.
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
1-3 Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter, choco-
late, gelatine
5-25
min
Mix occasionally
1-3 Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked eggs 10-40
min
Cook with a lid on
3-5 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
5-7 Steam vegetables, fish, meat 20-45
min
Add a few tablespoons of liquid
7-9 Steam potatoes 20-60
min
Use max. ¼ l water for 750 g of po-
tatoes
7-9 Cook larger quantities of food, stews
and soups
60-150
min
Up to 3 l liquid plus ingredients
9-12 Gentle fry: escalope, veal cordon bleu,
cutlets, rissoles, sausages, liver, roux,
eggs, pancakes, doughnuts
as re-
quired
Turn halfway through
12-13 Heavy fry, hash browns, loin steaks,
steaks
5-15
min
Turn halfway through
14 Boil large quantities of water, cook pasta, sear meat (goulash, pot roast), deep fry chips
Information on acrylamides
According to the newest scientific knowledge, if you brown food (specially the one which
contains starch), acrylamides can pose a health risk. Thus, we recommend that you cook at
the lowest temperatures and do not brown food too much.
Helpful hints and tips
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