COOKING TABLES
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22 USING YOUR HOB
Cooking tables
boiling/frying
1,2
simmering cooking through
◆ soup
bouillabaise 12 9 3
clear soup 12 10 2/3
thick soup 10 - 10
◆ meat
cubes 10 - 7
larger pieces 11 10 3/5
steak 7/8 - -
◆ fish
fried fish 11 10 8
◆ potatoes
boiled 12 8 6
fried
- raw potatoes 12 8 6
- sauté potatoes 10 - -
◆ vegetables
peas / beans 12 8 4
frying onions 10 - 7
firm vegetables
such as carrots / beans 12 8 3
leaf vegetables
chicory, spinach, etc. 10 - 4
thawing
carots, beans 8 - -
leaf vegetables 6 - -
◆ sauce
Thick sauce - roux or cornflour 10 - 10
◆ frying
french fries 12 - 12
frozen croquettes 12 - 8
croquettes 12 - 10
At the beginning you will be surprised by the
speed of the hob. Bringing to the boil at a
higher setting is especially fast. In order to
prevent the pan boiling over or boiling dry it is
best that you should remain near the pan.
Switch the hob to the hightest power
(setting 12) only if you want to bring water to
the boil. Setting 12 is too high to heat butter or
milk and far too high for defrosting.
To learn the technique consult the cooking tables
on pages 23 to 24.
Settings and powers
The power can be set from 50 W to 2,8 kW.
Setting 11 is for grilling. This setting is suitable
for frying meat. This would be far too fast at
setting 12, the milk based ingredients in the
margarine would burn before the margarine
melts.
The ceramic hob is scratch resistant, but:
■ do not use the cooking surface as a cutting
board;
■ never slide pans across the cooking
surface.
A grain of sand left behind could cause a
scratch that would be impossible to remove.
Lift up pans if you want to move them.
During induction cooking you may hear a
rattling sound in the bottom of the pan. This
will damage neither the pan nor the hob. This
sound is caused by the high power of the
cooking zone acting on the bottom of the pan.
You can prevent the rattling sound by
selecting a lower setting.
A tip: slide the bottom of the pan across a
damp cloth, before you put the pan on the
cooking surface. This will prevent grains of
sand or the like being transferred to the hob
surface.
Never let an empty pan stand on a hotplate
that is switched on. While the hotplate is
protected and will switch itself off, the pan
will be extremely hot. The pan could be
damaged.
