9
6 • PRACTICAL ADVICE
6.1
•
PREHEATING THE OVEN
The oven preheating cycle is extremely
important and useful for successful
cooking.
Asageneralrule,alwayspreheatthecavity
when empty, setting the temperature
between approximately 15% and 25%
higherthanthattobeutilizedsubsequently
incooking.
In the case of steam cooking, preheat the
empty cavity using convection mode as
thiswillallowtemperaturesofover130 °C
tobeselected.
6.2
•
COOKING LOADS
Thedepth of the panmust be suitablefor
theheightofthefood.
For even cooking, it is preferable to
distribute the load over several shallow
pansratherthanloadingjustoneextremely
deeppan.
Keep to the weights specified in the
followingtable:
6.3
•
FROZEN/DEEP-FROZEN PRODUCTS
The oven must be preheated and loaded
respecting the quality and nature of these
foods. For example, frozen spinach must
not be hit with temperatures that are too
highas, dueto its nature, it coulddry out
ontheoutsideandimpairtheresult.
6.4
•
TYPES OF CONTAINER
Foroptimumresults, it isindispensable to
use the right pan for the different kinds
of food: aluminium or aluminium plate
pans for confectionery and baked foods,
perforated pans for steam cooking, mesh
pansforpre-friedfoodssuchaspotatoes.
6.5
•
CLEARANCE BETWEEN
CONTAINERS
When loading the oven with the food to
cook, it is recommended to pay special
attention there is sufficient clearance
betweencontainers.Thismakesitpossible
fortheheatandairtodistributeevenlyfor
a more uniform result, which would not
bepossible if thefood inonepan werein
contactwiththepanabove.
6.6
•
LESS SEASONING
Byusingthistypeofovenitispossibleto
virtuallyeliminatetheuseofseasoning,oil,
butter,fatandflavouring.
Withaminimumuseofsuchingredientsin
cooking, the natural flavours of the food
are highlighted and the nutritional content
remainsintact;thisbringsthebenefitsofa
morediet-conscioustypeofcuisine.
Notes: Obviously, when loading the oven
you should take account not only of
the weight of the food, but also its size,
consistency and thickness.
CAUTION
Do not insert pans/containers with liquids
deeper than 1.6 m.
20 kg4 kg
5 x GN 1/1
28 kg4 kg
7 x GN 1/1
40 kg4 kg
10 x GN 1/1
Maximum
oven load
Maximum
load per
pan
Nr. pans
CAUTION
No cooking with alcohol added is
permitted!
!