AEG HK854320IB User Manual page 30

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Helpful hints and tips
The noises during operation
If you can hear
• crack noise: cookware is made of different materials (Sandwich construction).
• whistle sound: you use one or more cooking zones with high power levels and the cook-
ware is made of different materials (Sandwich construction).
• humming: you use high power levels.
• clicking: electric switching occurs.
• hissing, buzzing: the fan operates.
The noises are normal and do not refer to appliance malfunction.
Energy saving
• If it is possible, always put the lids on the cookware.
• Put cookware on a cooking zone before you start it.
Öko Timer (Eco Timer)
To save the energy, the heater of the cooking zone deactivates before the count down timer
signal. The difference in the operation time is depends of the heat setting level and the time
you cook.
The examples of cooking applications
The data in the table is for guidance only.
Heat
setting
Keep cooked foods warm
1
1-3 Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter, choco-
late, gelatine
1-3 Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked eggs
3-5 Simmer rice and milkbased dishes, heat-
ing up ready-cooked meals
5-7 Steam vegetables, fish, meat
7-9 Steam potatoes
7-9 Cook larger quantities of food, stews
and soups
9-12 Gentle fry: escalope, veal cordon bleu,
cutlets, rissoles, sausages, liver, roux,
eggs, pancakes, doughnuts
Use to: Time
as nec- Put a lid on a cookware.
essary
5-25 Mix from time to time.
min
10-40 Cook with a lid on.
min
25-50 Add the minimum two times as
min much liquid as rice, mix milk dishes
at some point of the procedure
through.
20-45 Add some tablespoons of liquid.
min
20-60 Use max. ¼ l water for 750 g of po-
min tatoes.
60-150 Up to 3 l liquid plus ingredients.
min
as nec- Turn halfway through.
essary
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