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 PLUS
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Pre-heat the oven 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
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Pre-heat the oven where a fairly long cooking time is
required and a deep colour and good rise are needed.
Rapid heat-up should be switched off during the
heating-up phase when baking delicate items such as
pizza, biscuits and small cakes. Otherwise they will get
brown too quickly.
Using the oven
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