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• Put the food in one layer of the
vacuum bags to get an even cooking
result.
• For faster and more even cooking of
the food, set the vacuum degree to
the highest possible.
• To guarantee a safe closing of the
vacuum bag, make sure that the area
subject to the seal is clean.
General hints and tips for the function
SousVide Cooking:
• To keep the cooking steam, always
keep the appliance door closed when
you use Sous-vide cooking function.
• Open the door carefully after cooking
because there is steam cumulated in
the appliance.
• You can add oil and spices to the
food in accordance to your taste. Oil
prevents the food from sticking to the
vacuum bag.
• Season the food moderately in the
beginning as there are no evaporative
losses of flavour volatiles.
• To evaporate alcohol from liquids,
heat up and boil the liquids before
vacuum packing.
• You can replace the raw garlic by the
garlic powder.
• You can be replace olive oil by a
neutral kind of oil.
• For faster and more even cooking of
the food, keep the vacuum degree as
high as possible (99.9%).
Beef
Food
Beef fillet
medium
Beef fillet
well done
Veal fillet me-
dium
Veal fillet well
done
Thickness of Amount of
food food for 4
persons (g)
4 cm 800
4 cm 800
4 cm 800
4 cm 800
• Cooking times are recommendations
and can be different in accordance to
your preferences.
• The cooking times in the cooking
tables are for dishes for 4 people. If
the quantity of the food is higher, the
cooking times can be longer.
• If the dimension of the food is
different than the cooking tables
show, the cooking time can change.
• Put the vacuum bags on the grid
without overlapping when using more
bags.
11.4 SousVide Cooking: Meat
• Look at the tables to prevent
undercooking. Do not use meat
portions of a larger thickness than the
tables show.
• The cooking times in the tables are
the minimum necessary times. The
cooking time can be increased in
accordance to personal preferences.
• Use only boneless meat to avoid
damages to the vacuum bags.
• For the poultry fillets to taste better,
fry them on the skin side before and
after vacuum packing.
Temperature Time (min)
(°C)
60 110 - 120
65 90 - 100
60 110 - 120
65 90 - 100
Shelf posi-
tion
2
2
2
2