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Oven Temperature Microwave Power Use
230°C 100 W
Cooking: Chicken Portions and Breasts, Crisp Baked Potatoes, Chops
Reheating: Pizza, Garlic Bread, Savouries
220°C 250 W
Cooking: Pastry Pies, Pizza, Bread,
Chicken Portions in Breadcrumbs
Reheating: Lasagnes, Cannelloni, Cauliflower Cheese
190°C 100 W Cooking: Quiche, Custard Tarts, Sponge-based Puddings
190°C 250 W Roasting: Chicken, Duck, Turkey
Cooking: Lasagnes, Gratins
170°C 440 W Roasting: Joints of Lamb, Beef, Pork
160°C 100 W Cooking: Cakes (eg Madeira, Light Fruit etc.)
Casseroles, Rice Puddings, Meat Terrines
Foods that should be cooked on Combination + Microwave power, are meat recipes and egg dishes, as this reduces shrinkage.
The chart below describes the oven temperature and microwave power which will enable you to adapt your favourite recipes to
Combination cooking and also when using the many Combination cookery books available.
FOODS NOT SUITABLE FOR
COMBINATION COOKING
Biscuits
Boneless Convenience Joints
Meringues
Rich Fruit Cakes
Souffles
Small pastry items with a very moist filling
Unboiled Gammon
Whisked Sponge Cakes
Combination Cooking - Convection + Micro Power
Combination cooking is ideal for many foods. The microwave
power cooks them quickly, whilst the oven gives the traditional
browning and crispness. All this happens simultaneously,
resulting in most foods being cooked in
1
/
2
-
1
/
3
of the
conventional
cooking time.
Not all foods are suited to cooking by this method and in many
cases small items which cook quickly by CONVECTION will not
gain anything by being cooked by Combination.
