Cata ME 605 X - Manual (Page 35)

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS
Read the information of the food packaging for the cooking
temperatures and times. Once familiar with the performance
of the appliance, the temperatures and times may be varied to
adapt them to your personal tastes.
Check that frozen food is completely thawed before cooking,
unless indicated otherwise.
Type of food Temp. ºC Runners Cooking time
in minutes
Suggested
Personal
Cake mixture desserts in moulds
Sponges or buns
175 2 55-65
Cake 175 3 60-70
Short pastry desserts in moulds
Pie base
200 3 08-10
Cheesecake pie base 200 3 25-35
Fruit pie base 200 3 25-35
Raised dough desserts in moulds
Pie base
180 3 30-45
Soft bread 1 kg of flour 200 3 25-35
Small pastries
Short pastry
200 3 10-15
Doughnut dough 200 2 35-45
Biscuit dough 200 3 15-20
Lasagne 225 2 40-50
Meats (Cooking time per cm of thickness)
Long roasts
200 2 120-150
Short roasts 200 2 60-90
Meatballs 200 2 30-40
Poultry
Duck 1 1/2 Kg
200 2 120-180
Goose 3 Kg 200 2 150-210
Roast chicken 200 2 60-90
Turkey 5Kg 175 2 240-260
Game
Hare
200 2 60-90
Leg of venison 200 2 90-150
Vegetables
Oven-baked potatoes
220 2 30-40
Cooked vegetable flan 200 2 40-50
Fish
Trout
200 2 40-50
Sea Bream 200 2 40-50
Pizza 240 3 10-20
Grill
Chops
4 8-12
Sausages 4 10-12
Grilled chicken 2 25-35
Spit-roasted veal 0,6Kg 50-60
* The runner number is counted from the bottom of the oven
up (Excluding the base of the oven as trays cannot be
placed on it)
THE POSITION INFORMATION IS INDICATIVE BECAUSE THE
COOKING TYPE AND TIMES CHANGE DEPENDING ON THE
QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF THE FOOD.
HOW TO USE THE GRILL
Place the food to be browned on the grid or in the shallow tray.
The grid has to be placed on the highest runner, whilst the tray
for collecting fat should be on the lower runner. Connect the
grill using the following positions of fan-assisted oven selector
knob , or in the position , , of the multi-function
oven selection knob.
Depending on the type of food (meat, fish, poultry, etc.) it
will be necessary to turn it over to expose both sides to the
infra-red rays of the grill. For guidance only, we indicate some
cooking times below:
Food to be grilled Cooking times
in minutes
Suggested
Lean or thin meat 4-6
Normal meat 5-8
Fish without scales 8-10
Fish (e.g. Trout, salmon) 12-15
Sausages 10-12
Sandwiches 2-5
WARNING
• Do not use aluminium foil to cover the grill tray or heat.
• Do not wrap elements in aluminium foil or place them under
the grill - the great reflective quality of aluminium may
damage the grill element.
USING THE 6-BUTTON ELECTRONIC TIMER
Description of the button functions:
Alarm
Automatic cooking (duration)
End of cooking time (end time)
Manual operation
Reducing numbers in all programmes
Adding numbers in all programmes
Meaning of the lit symbols:
Indicates that programmed cooking is under way or it is
the manual position.