En-34
Combination cooking:
Grill or Convection Heating with Microwaves
What is combination cooking?
Combination cooking adds microwaves to the
traditional cooking process in order to obtain
the taste of traditionally cooked food whilst
reducing cooking times by a third or by half.
Which foods?
Mainly large food items to be cooked or
roasted, which need to be cooked for a long
time, whether they are meat, fish, gratins or
cakes. However, small items (biscuits, pastries,
steaks, brioches, meringues, choux pastry ...),
soufflés and small joints of red meat are not
suitable for Combination cooking.
How does it work?
Press the Combi pad then follow the
instructions (or see page En-13 of Operating
Instructions).
When to preheat?
For slow-cooking, simmering, most cakes, flans
and gratins it is not necessary to preheat the
oven. For short cooking times, roast joints,
quiches, tarts, pies, desserts using puff pastry
or dough, it is necessary to preheat the oven.
For Combination cooking using the Grill only,
the oven must not and cannot be preheated.
As the inside of the oven is smaller than
that of a traditional oven, take care not to
burn yourself when you put the dish into
the oven.
How to preheat?
• With preheating:
Choose combination cooking then press
Start without displaying the cooking time.
Preheating takes place without
microwaves being used. It is better to
preheat with the necessary accessories in
place. When the oven reaches the required
temperature, it makes 3 beeps and “P”
flashes in the display. Put the dish into the
oven (without pressing the Stop/Cancel
button), choose the cooking time and press
Start. If you do not select cooking time and
press start, the oven will maintain its
temperature for 30 min then turn itself off.
• Without preheating:
Place the dish in the oven, choose
combination cooking, enter the cooking time
and then press Start.
Advice for cooking using the
combination mode
First of all check, on the previous page,
whether the food item is suitable for
combination cooking.
Container:
• if using a Pyrex ® or ovenproof porcelain
dish: directly onto the metal tray or the wire
rack or the glass tray (Combination with grill)
• if using a metal dish (smooth and non-
springform): on the metal tray only. DO not
place on the wire rack. Metal dish are
recommended for baking cakes and quiches
in order to get a nice browning of bases and
sides.
Cooking time:
Allow for half to two-thirds of the usual cooking
time. Remember to note down your results in
the chart below. Always check your food as it
cooks. Open the oven door, check the food
then press the Start button again to continue
the cooking process.
Temperature and power:
You will not achieve good results by using a
high microwave power during combination
cooking. Increase the temperature by 20 to
30°C - so the cooking time will be shorter - and
use a power of between 100 to 440W
depending on the size and type of food. If
unsure which combination to use, always try to
find the recipe in this book which is the closest
to what you want to make, and follow the
recommended combination.
