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Cooking guidelines
Important!
Never leave the appliance unattended when in use. Boilover causes smoking and greasy
spillovers that may ignite.
Take care when deep-frying: oil or fat can overheat very quickly, particularly on a high setting.
General cooking tips
Using a lid will reduce cooking times through retaining the heat.
Minimise the amount of liquid or fat to reduce cooking times.
Start cooking on a high setting and reduce it when the food has come to the boil or heated
through.
Even after a cooking zone has been turned off, its glass surface retains enough heat to continue
cooking. To avoid overcooking, remove pans from hot cooking zones when the food is cooked.
Cooking rice, simmering
Some tasks, including cooking rice by the absorption method, may require a setting higher than
the lowest setting to ensure the food is cooked properly in the time recommended.
Simmering occurs below boiling point, when bubbles are just rising occasionally to the surface
of the cooking liquid. It’s the key to delicious soups and tender stews because the flavours
develop without overcooking the food. Egg-based sauces are best kept below boiling point
throughout cooking, and flour-based sauces should also be gently simmered after they have
reached boiling point.
Using the SuperSimmer feature (some models only)
The front right cooking zone on some models has a unique SuperSimmer feature. This allows the
cooking zone to be turned down to very low and even heat settings. These are ideal for melting
chocolate and butter, cooking rice and delicate sauces, simmering soups and stews, and keeping
cooked food hot.
The high settings of the SuperSimmer cooking zone are just as powerful as those of the other
cooking zones, allowing food to be browned, seared, sautéed, or boiled before simmering, all on
the same cooking zones.
Searing steak
1
Stand the meat at room temperature for about 20 minutes before cooking.
2
Heat up a heavy-based frying pan.
3
Brush both sides of the steak with oil and season it to taste.
4
Lower the meat onto the hot pan.
5
Turn the steak only once during cooking. The exact cooking time will depend on the thickness
of the steak and how cooked you want it. Times vary between 2 to 8 minutes per side. Press the
steak to gauge how cooked it is: the firmer it feels, the more ‘well done’ it will be.
6
Leave the steak to rest on a warm plate for a few minutes to allow it to relax and become tender
before serving.