User manual TEFAL VITAMIN PLUS STEAMER

[. . . ] Time saving appliance. Preparation There's no longer any need to supervise the cooking. The cooker will turn off automatically and switch to keep-warm mode, so the food cooks gently during your absence with perfect results! A single appliance, two cooking modes: Steam Cooking: Natural steam cooks the food while preserving the flavour, colours, vitamins and minerals. Your appliance is fitted with a Vitamin+ touchpad which reduces the cooking time and helps retain vitamins. Slow Cooking: for all types of dishes that require a longer cooking cycle (stews, casseroles, curries, soups and steamed puddings). [. . . ] · The touchpad switches on automatically at the beginning of each cooking cycle. The touchpad light comes on. You can stop the function vitamin+ by pressing the touchpad. s Reduce cooking times with the vitamin+ touchpad · Exclusive : your appliance is fitted with a touchpad which reduces cooking times by up to 50% and helps retain vitamins. There is no need to press the vitamin+ touchpad again during the cooking time. One press at the start of cooking is sufficient unless the lid is removed. · Once the ideal temperature is reached, the touchpad light goes out automatically. 10 · After opening the lid you can press the touchpad again to quickly return the steamer to the ideal temperature. Use oven gloves to handle the slow cooking bowl, handle, steam baskets and the lid. · In some cases, it is normal, when you press the touchpad for the light to stay off or turn off very quickly. This means that the ideal temperature has been reached in the baskets. During cooking · You can change the cooking time by press on the / buttons. It is normal to see steam coming out of the opening in the back of the appliance. This shows your appliance is working correctly. The display shows the remaining cooking time. · You can check the water level during cooking using the external water level indicator. If the water tank needs refilling · If the water falls below the ideal level in the water tank a signal sounds for 1 minute 30 seconds and the symbol appears. If there is no water in the water tank, the appliance will stop automatically after 1 minute 30 seconds of the signal. 11 Steam cooking · Add more fresh cold water through the water filling inlets on each side of the appliance. · Once the water tank is refilled, the appliance restarts automatically after a few seconds and the sound signal will stop. · The appliance keeps the remaining cooking time in the memory. Steam cooking At the end of cooking or keep warm function · A signal sounds. · The steam cooker automatically transfers to the warming function, until there is no more water in the water tank. · The green light comes on, the symbol appears, a signal sounds and the clock goes back to the current time. ·You can stop the appliance by pressing the off button . Table of steam cooking times The times given for food are approximate and may vary depending on the size of the pieces of food, the space between the food, the quantity and individual preferences and variations in the mains voltage. For food with different cooking times : place the largest pieces of food requiring the longest cooking time in the lower basket. During cooking use oven gloves to put the upper basket in position with the food requiring the shorter cooking time. The following cooking times are obtained with the vitamin+ function. Fish · Shellfish Fillet of fish Fish steaks Whole fish Mussels Prawns Scallops Type Fresh Frozen Fresh Fresh Fresh Fresh Fresh Amount 450 g 450 g 400 g 600 g 1 kg 200 g 100 g Cooking time 5-10 min. 5-10 min. Recommendations 13 Steam cooking Slow cooking Positioning the slow cooking bowl · Place the 2 steam baskets on the juice collector without the removable base of steam basket 2. · Fill the slow cooking bowl with the food. · To ensure the best cooking performance fill the water tank to the maximum level. Make sure the water switch is in the correct position for slow cooking. To cook rice · Put the rice and water in the slow cooking bowl. Slow cooking · Place the slow cooking bowl inside the steam baskets. · Put the lid on. The cooking time cannot be set for less than one hour. To start cooking · Plug in the appliance. · To select the slow cooking mode, press the touchpad. The display flashes (6:00). ec 2 od n · Press the / buttons to set the cooking time. The time can be set in 15 minute intervals. · The minimum time for slow cooking is 1 hr and the maximum time for slow cooking is 12 hrs. [. . . ] NEVER ADD PULSES TO SLOW COOKER RECIPES WITHOUT BOILING THEM FIRST. Season pulses after cooking as the salt can toughen them during cooking. Soaking is not necessary for lentils, but they must still be boiled rapidly for 10 minutes. Canned beans and pulses can simply be drained and rinsed, and added 30 minutes before the end of the cooking time. [. . . ]