The oven offers a wide range of alternatives, which
allow you to cook any type of food m the best possible
way with time you will learn to make the best use of
this versatile cooking appliance and the following
instruction, are only a guideline which may be varied
according to your own personal experience
Baking Cakes
When baking cakes1 always place them in the oven
after it has been preheated (about 15 minutes)The
temperature is normally around 160'C. Do not open
the door while the cake is baking in order to prevent it
from dropping, in general:
Pastry is too dry
Increase the temperature by 10℃ and reduce the
time.
Pastry dropped
Use less liquid or lower the temperature by10℃
10℃.
Cooked well on the inside but sticky on the
outside
Use less hquid, lower the tempera, tore, and
increase the cooking time.
The pastry sticks to the pan
Grease the pan well and sprinkle it with a dusting of
flour or use greaseproof paper.
Cooking Pizza
For tasty crispy pizzas:
Preheat the oven for at least 15 minutes
Use a light aluminum pizza pan, placing it on the rack
supplied with the oven. If the drip pan is used, this will
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extend the cooking time, making it difficult to get a
crispy crust;
Do not open the oven door frequently while the pizza
is cooking;
If the pizza has a lot of toppings (three or lour),
Recommend you add the mozzarella cheese on
halfway through the cooking process.
Cooking Fish and Meat
When cooking white meat. fowl and fish, use
temperature settings from 170 ~C to 190 C.
For red meat that should be well done on the outside
while tender and juicy in the inside, it is a good idea to
start with a high temperature setting (200':C-220-'C)
for a short time, then turn the oven down afterwards.
In general, the larger the roast, the lower the
temperature setting. Place tile meat on the centre of
the grid and place the dripping pan beneath it to catch
the fat.
Make sure that the grid is inserted so that it is in the
Centre of the oven. If you would like to increase the
amount of lrom below, use the Iow rack heights For
savory sts (especially duck and wild game), dress the
meath lard or bacon on the top.
Pastry is too dark on top
Place it on a lower rack, lower increase the cooking
time.
Using the Grill
Important: always use the grill with the oven door shut,
This will allow you both to obtain excellent results and
10 save on energy (approx,mately 10%)
Use the R "grill" mode. placing the food under the
centre of the grill.
Therefore the best results when using the grill modes
are obtained by placing the grid on the lower racks
(see cooking table) then, to prevent fat and grease
from dripping onto the bottom of the oven and
smoke from forming, place a dripping-pan on the 1st
oven rack from the bottom.