Cooking
guidelines:
Here are some cooking guidelines, for orientation
purposes
Electric hot plates
Before you use your hot plate for the first time, turn it on
at full heat for five minutes, with no receptacle on it.
During this time the hot plate will give off a certain amount
of smoke and smell, which will disappear as you use it.
Except for this first time that you switch them on, never
use the hot plates without receptacles on them.
When you begin cooking, we recommend turning the
control up to the maximum setting and then, depending
on the quantity and quality of the foods being cooked,
turn down the heat to medium setting.
As the hotplate takes a while to cool down, you can turn
it off a little before the food is cooked, so as to save
energy, and carry on cooking using the residual heat in
the hot plate.
Always use receptacles which have perfectly flat, thick
bottoms, and which have a diameter similar to that of
the heating element - and never use receptacles smaller
than the element.
Try not to spill liquids on the hotplate surface, or to place
wet receptacles on top of it.
Very high High Medium Low
Triple-flame
Auxiliary
Boiling, grilling, browning,
paellas and Asian food (woks).
Re-heating and keeping things
hot: cooked and pre-cooked
dishes.
Scallops, steaks, omelettes,
frying, fresh vegetable
stews and pasta.
Rice, white
sauce and
ragout.
Steaming: fish
and vegetables.
Re-heating, keeping things hot
and making tasty casseroles.
Cooking: casseroles, rice
pudding and caramels.
Defrosting and
slow cooking:
legumes, fruits
and frozen
products.
Melting: butter,
chocolate
and jelly.
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Rapid
