Pre-heating the oven
Most dishes can be placed in a cold
oven. They will then make use of the
heat produced during the heating-up
phase.
It is only necessary to pre-heat the oven
in certain instances.
With Fan heat D
for foods which cook in less than
20 minutes and for foods such as puff
pastries and yeast mixtures where
instant heat is required to make them
rise quickly.
With Conventional heating A
pre-heat the oven where a fairly long
cooking time is required and a deep
colour and a good rise are needed.
Rapid heat-up during the
pre-heating phase should be
switched off when baking pizza and
delicate items such as biscuits and
small cakes. Otherwise they will get
brown too quickly.
Using the oven
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