User manual AEG-ELECTROLUX BW405

[. . . ] Useful tips and hints Environmental information 2 Contents Operating Instructions. 12 12 13 14 15 15 16 18 20 21 21 22 24 24 25 25 26 3 Cleaning and Care . . 28 28 28 28 29 30 31 32 33 What to do if . . . 35 4 Operating Instructions 1 Safety instructions 5 This appliance conforms with the following EU Directives: ­ 73/23/EEC dated 19. 02. 1973 Low Voltage Directive ­ 89/336/EEC dated 03. 05. 1989 EMC Directive inclusive of Amending Directive 92/31/EEC ­ 93/68/EEC dated 22. 07. 1993 CE Marking Directive Electrical safety · This appliance must be only connected by a registered electrician. [. . . ] The function is also suitable for gratinating and browning. Grill Dual gril Rothitherm 13 Inserting the Shelf and Tray 3 Anti-tip device All slide-in units have a small bulge on the left and right. This bulge is an anti-tip device and must always point to the rear of the oven. Inserting tray: The anti-tip device must point towards the rear of the oven. Inserting shelf: Insert the shelf unit with both guide rails pointing upwards. The anti-tip device must point downwards and be positioned to the rear of the oven compartment. Inserting shelf and tray: When using the shelf and the tray together, insert the shelf's anti-tip device exactly into the indentations in the tray. 14 Uses, Tables and Tips Cooking table The information given in the following table is for guidance only. Heat setting 0 Keeping food warm Melting 1-2 Solidifying Simmering on low heat Cookingprocess suitable for Residual heat, Off position Keeping cooked foods warm Hollandaise sauce, melting butter, chocolate, gelatine Fluffy omelettes, baked eggs as required Cover Cooking time Tips/Hints 1 5-25 mins. Stir occasionally 10-40 mins. Cook with lid on 2-3 Simmering rice and milkAdd at least twice as based dishes much liquid as rice, stir 25-50 mins. Heating up ready-cooked milk dishes part way meals through cooking With vegetables add only a little liquid (a few tablespoons) Use only a little liquid, e. ¼ l water for 750 g potatoes Up to 3 l liquid plus ingredients 3-4 Steaming Steaming vegetables, fish 20-45 mins. Braising braising meat Steaming potatoes 4-5 Boiling Cooking larger quantities of food, stews and soups Frying escalopes, veal cordon bleu, cutlets, rissoles, sausages, liver, roux, eggs, pancakes, doughnuts Hash browns, loin steaks, steaks, Flädle (pancakes for garnishing soup) 20-60 mins. 60-150 mins. 6-7 Gentle Frying Steady frying Turn halfway through cooking 7-8 Heavy Frying Boiling Searing Deep frying 5-15 mins. per pan Turn halfway through cooking 9 Boiling large quantities of water, cooking pasta, searing meat (goulash, pot roast), deep frying chips 15 3 1 We recommend when boiling or searing foods using the highest heat setting at first and then letting foods requiring a longer cooking time finish cooking on the desired heat setting. Overheated fats and oils can ignite quickly. If you are cooking foods in fat or oil (e. g. · Grilling is particularly suitable for flat pieces of meat or fish. Grilling table Food to be grilled Oven level Grilling time 1. Side Burgers Pork fillet Sausages Filet steaks, veal steaks Filet of beef, roast beef (approx. 1 kg) Toast1) Toast with topping 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 8-10 mins. --- 1) Use the grill without the roasting tray 24 Defrosting Oven function: Defrost (no temperature setting) · Unwrap the food and place it on a plate on the oven shelf. · Do not cover with a plate or bowl, as these can substantially lengthen the defrosting time. · For defrosting, place the shelf in the 1st oven level from the bottom. Defrosting table Dish Defrosting Further time defrosting mins. time (mins. ) 100-140 100-140 90-120 25-35 30-40 30-40 80-100 60 20-30 20-30 20-30 10-15 10-20 10-15 10-15 60 Comments Place the chicken on an upturned saucer placed on a large plate Turn halfway through Turn halfway through Turn halfway through ------Cream can also be whipped when still slightly frozen in places --- Chicken, 1000 g Meat, 1000 g Meat, 500 g Trout, 150g Strawberries, 300g Butter, 250g Cream, 2 x 200g Gateau, 1400g 25 Making Preserves Oven function: Bottom heat · For preserving, use only commercially available preserve jars of the same size. · Jars with twist-off or bayonet type lids and metal tins are not suitable. · When making preserves, the first shelf position from the bottom is the one most used. · Use the shelf for making preserves. There is enough room on this for up to six 1-litre preserving jars. [. . . ] Push the door hinges at the same time into the two recesses at the bottom of the oven on the left and the right, as far as they will go. Lift the door up to the point of resistance and then open it completely. Fold up the brass coloured clamping levers on both door hinges back into their original positions. Close the oven door. 32 Oven door glass 1 1 The oven door has two glass plates, set next to each other. [. . . ]