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Practical Cooking Advice

The oven offers a wide range of alternatives which allow you
to cook any type of food in the best possible way. With time
you will learn to make the best use of this versatile cooking
appliance and the following directions are only a guideline
which may be varied according to your own personal
experience.

Baking cakes
The oven should always be warm before putting in cakes
wait till the end of preheating (about 10-15 min.). Cake-baking
temperatures are normally around 160°C/200°C. Do not open
the oven door during the baking process as this could cause
the cake to sink.In general:

Pastry is too dry

Increase the temperature by 10°C and reduce the

cooking time.

Pastry dropped

Use less liquid or lower the temperature by 10°C.

Pastry is too dark on top

Place it on a lower rack, lower the temperature, and
increase the cooking time.

Cooked well on the inside but sticky on the outside

Use less liquid, lower the temperature, and increase the

cooking time.

The pastry sticks to the pan

Grease the pan well and sprinkle it with a dusting of
flour or use greaseproof paper.

I used more than one level (in the function

"ventilated oven") and they are not all at the same

cooking point

Use a lower temperature setting. It is not necessary to
remove the food from all the racks at the same time.

Cooking fish and meat
When cooking white meat, fowl and fish use low temperatures.
(150°C-175°C). When red meat must be superficially well-
cooked but succulent inside, it is advisable to start with a
high temperature (200-220°C) for a short time, and then to
reduce it at a later point. Generally speaking, the more meat
there is, the lower the temperature and the longer the cooking
time should be.Place the meat in the centre of the grid and
put a spill-tray underneath to catch grease drips. Insert the
grid so that it is in the middle of the oven. If more heat from
below is required, use the 1° bottom shelf.

Cooking on More Than One Rack
Should you need to use two grids, use only function 2 
“ventilated oven” which is the only solution for this process.

·

The oven has 5 different rack heights. When cooking with
the ventilated mode, use only the two centre rack heights:

the bottom and topmost rack heights directly receive hot
air and this could result in more delicate dishes being
burned.

·

In general, use levels 2 and 4 from the bottom, placing
the food requiring more heat at level no. 2. For example,
when cooking a roast together with other food, place the
roast at level 2 and the more delicate dishes at level 4.

·

When cooking foods requiring different cooking times and
temperatures, make sure that the temperature is set be-
tween the two recommended temperatures and put the
more delicate dishes at level no. 4. Finally, remove the
dish with the shorter cooking time first.

·

Use the dripping pan at the bottommost rack height and
the grill at the top.

·

When cooking pizza on more than one rack with the tem-
perature set at 220°C. Remember to preheat the oven
for at least 15 minutes. In general the 4th rack height
cooks a little slower, so remove the pizza on the second
rack height first and leave the other one in the oven for a
few minutes.

Using the Grill
The oven allows you to use two different grilling methods.
Use the no. 3 setting 

 “Grill” for small portions. Energy

consumption for this feature is only 1200 W; however, it is
ideal for grilling small dishes or portions, e.g. toast, frankfurt-
ers, etc.
Place the food in the centre of the grill, as only the cen-
tre of the heating element is turned on. Food in the cor-
ners of the oven will not be cooked.
The no. 4 setting 

 “Double Grill” allows you to grill along

the entire surface area of the grill itself. Use this feature when
you have food distributed uniformly beneath the grill and you
want it to be browned evenly.
Important: Always leave the oven door closed when us-
ing the grill setting  n order to achieve the best results and
save on energy (about 10%).
When using the grill settings, it is recommended that the
thermostat be set to maximum, as this is the optimal setting
for the grill, which utilizes radiation produced by infrared rays.
However, this does not mean that lower temperature set-
tings cannot be used when necessary by simply turning the
control knob.
When using the grill, place the rack  at the 4 rack heights
(see cooking table) and place the dripping-pan beneath the
oven rack to prevent grease from falling onto the bottom of
the oven.

Setting 5 

 “Ventilated Double Grill”, is extremely use-

ful for grilling foods rapidly, as the distribution of heat makes
it possible not only to brown the surface, but also to cook the
bottom part. It can also be used to grill large pieces of meat
or fowl. Moreover, it can also be used for browning foods at
the end of the cooking process.
When using this function, place the grid on the 2nd or 3rd
oven rack from the bottom (see cooking table) then, to pre-
vent fat and grease from dripping onto the bottom of the
oven and thus smoke from forming, place a dripping-pan on
the 1st rack from the bottom. When using this function to-
gether with the spit (only on some models), you can also
cook dishes on the dripping-pan situated on the 1st rack, for
example: potatoes, etc…….