Electrolux E3000-5 - Manual (Page 11)

11 Uses, Tables and Tips
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We recommend when boiling or searing foods using the highest heat setting at first and
then letting foods requiring a longer cooking time finish cooking on the desired heat
setting.
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Overheated fats and oils can ignite very quickly. Warning! Fire hazard!
Baking
Oven function: Fan-assisted circulation or Conventional
Baking tins
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For Conventional , dark metal and non-stick tins are suitable.
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For Fan-assisted circulation bright metal tins are also suitable.
Oven levels
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Baking with Conventional is only possible on one level.
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With Fan-assisted circulation you can bake dry cakes and biscuits on 2 baking trays
at the same time.
1 baking tray:
e.g. oven level 3
3-4
Steaming
Braising
To steam vegetables, fish
to braise meat
20-45 mins.
With vegetables add only
some liquid (some table-
spoons)
4-5 Boiling
To steam potatoes 20-60 mins.
Use only some liquid, e.g.:
max.
¼
l water for
750 g potatoes
To cook larger quantities of
food, stews and soups
60-150 mins. 3 l liquid maximum plus
ingredients
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Gentle
Frying
To fry escalopes, veal cordon
bleu, cutlets, rissoles, sausag-
es, liver, roux, eggs, pancakes,
doughnuts
Steady frying Turn occasionally
7-8
Heavy
Frying
Hash browns, loin steaks,
steaks, Flädle (pancakes for
garnishing soup)
5-15 mins.
per pan
Turn occasionally
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Boiling
Searing
Deep
frying
To boil large quantities of water, to cook pasta,
to sear meat (goulash, pot roast), deep frying chips
Heat
setting
Cooking-
process
suitable for
Cooking
time
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