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Recipes
ADAPTING RECIPES FOR THE
MICROWAVE OVEN
If you would like to adapt your favourite recipes for the
microwave, you should take note of the following:
Shorten cooking times by a third to a half. Follow the
example of the recipes in this book. Foods which have a
high moisture content such as meat, fish, poultry,
vegetables, fruit, stews and soups can be prepared in
your microwave without any difficulty.
Foods which have little moisture, such as platters of
food, should have the surface moistened prior to
heating or cooking.
The amount of liquid to be added to raw foods, which
are to be braised, should be reduced to about two
thirds of the quantity in the originall recipe. If
necessary, add more liquid during cooking.
The amount of fat to be added can be reduced
considerably. A small amount of butter, margarine or oil
is sufficient to flavour food. For this reason your
microwave is excellent for preparing low-fat foods as
part of a diet.
HOW TO USE THE RECIPES
• All the recipes in this book are calculated on the
basis of 4 servings - unless otherwise stated.
• Recommendations relating to suitable utensils and
the total cooking times are given at the beginning
of every recipe.
•As a rule the quantities shown are assumed to be
wholly consumable, unless specifically indicated
otherwise.
• When eggs are given in the recipes they are assumed
to have weight of approx. 55 g (medium).
FOR COMBINED OPERATION
In general the same rules apply as for microwave
operation. The following additional tips should be
borne in mind:
1. The microwave power setting must match the type
of food and the cooking time. Consult the recipes in
this book.
2. When preparing food in microwave-grill
combination mode remember that microwave times
are longer for large, bulky food, such as roast pork,
than for small flat food. As far as grilling is
concerned the situation is quite the opposite. The
nearer the food is to the grill, the quicker it browns.
This means that when you cook large pieces of
meat, for example, in combination mode, the
grilling time needs to be shorter than for smaller
pieces of meat.
3. Use the high rack for normal grilling to get quick
and even browning (exceptions are large, bulky
foods and puddings, which are also grilled on the
bottom rack).
ABBREVIATIONS USED
tbsp = tablespoon
tsp = teaspoon
Cup = cupful
kg = kilogram
g = gram
l = litre
ml = millilitre
cm = centimetre
DFC = dry fat content
DF = deep frozen
min = minutes
sec = seconds
dm = diameter
app. = approximate
sach. = sachet
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