Vitek VT-1552 Betriebsanweisung Seite 5

hot when all other elements of the steam
cooker got cold.
• Do not use the steam cooker when the
tray, steam baskets and cover are not in
place.
RECOMMENDATIONS
• Always use only defrosted products; veg-
etables, fish and seafood are an excep-
tion.
• If you use two or three steam baskets at
the same time, put meat, fowl or fish to
the lower basket in order that exuding
liquid does not get on the products in the
another steam basket.
• Add fresh or dried herbs to the drip tray
(6) to give the products additional taste.
• Select herbs to your taste: thyme, corian-
der, basil, dill, curry and tarragon, garlic,
caraway, horseradish - these all are only
small list of well-known herbs. You may
combine herbs in order to give the prod-
ucts new tastes. When using fresh herbs,
cut them and increase their total quan-
tity by two-three times (as compared with
dried herbs).
EGGS COOKING
Prepare the steam cooker for operation.
• Put eggs in the bowls on the lower steam
basket bottom (5) and place the cover
(1).
• Switch on the steam cooker by setting
the timer handle (11) to the required op-
eration time.
RICE COOKING
Prepare the steam cooker for operation.
• Place the bowl for rice cooking (2) into
the steam basket.
• Fill the bowl (2) with one cup of rice and
1 1/2 cup of water. Maximum quantity of
rice must not exceed 250 g.
• Close the steam basket with cover (1).
• Switch on the steam cooker by setting
the timer handle (11) to the required op-
eration time.
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WATER REFILLING DURING COOKING
For dishes with long cooking time:
- Control the water level during cooking.
- If necessary, refill water through water fill-
ing opening (9) not removing the steam
baskets.
HELPFUL ADVICES AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
• The cooking time specified in the table
shall be considered only as recommend-
ed one, it may differ because of sizes of
pieces, quantity of products and personal
taste. As the steam cooker operation is
mastered, you may select the required
cooking time by yourself.
• One layer of products is cooked faster
than several layers, that is why it is re-
quired to increase the cooking time ac-
cording to volume of products.
• In order to achieve the best results, make
sure that pieces of the products are of the
same size, place thicker pieces closer to
the steam basket edges.
• Do not fill the steam basket completely,
leave space for steam passage.
• When cooking large volume of products, it
is required to mix them from time to time.
By this, take great care, use the pothold-
ers for protection of hands from hot steam
and kitchenware with long handles.
• Do not put salt or spices directly on the
products during cooking.
• Liquid accumulated in the trip (6) per-
fectly goes for cooking of soups or may
be used as broth. But take care: it is very
hot.
• Use only completely defrosted products.
When using three steam baskets at the
same time:
- Always put the largest pieces of the prod-
ucts to the lower basket.
- Condensate forming in the upper steam
baskets will trickle down to the lower bas-
ket, that is why check compatibility of
tastes of the prepared products.
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ENGLISH
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