Vitek VT-1552 Betriebsanweisung Seite 6

ENGLISH
- When cooking meat, chicken and vegeta-
bles, always place meat to the lower bas-
ket in order that juice of fresh meat does
not get on vegetables.
- The cooking time in the upper basket is
usually 5 minutes longer.
- When you cook the products with differ-
ent cooking time, place the product which
are cooked longer to the lower basket.
- When the products in the upper basket are
ready, you may remove this basket, close
the lower basket with cover and continue
cooking.
CLEANING OF THE STEAM COOKER
• Before cleaning, switch off the steam
cooker, disconnect it from the mains and
let it completely cool.
• It is prohibited to immerse the power cord,
mains plug and the steam cooker body
into water.
• During cleaning of the steam baskets,
tray, upper cover and the body, do not use
abrasive cleaning agents.
• It is recommended to wash the steam
baskets, bowl for rice cooking, tray and
cover in warm water with dishwashing de-
tergent. Do not wash the removable parts
in the dishwashing machine.
• Wipe the steam cooker body with moist
rag.
• Wash the steam baskets regularly.
DESCALING
During operation of the steam cooker, there
may be scale on the heating element. This
is a natural process which depends on hard-
ness of water used. For normal operation of
the steam cooker, it is required to remove
scale from the heating element regularly.
• Fill the water tank with vinegar solution in
proportion of 1 part of vinegar to 3 parts
of water to the level МАХ.
IMPORTANT: do not use chemicals for
scale removal.
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• Place the tray (6), one steam basket,
close it with cover (1) and switch on the
steam cooker for 5-10 minutes.
• At the end of the timer operation, discon-
nect the steam cooker from the mains
and let it completely cool before pouring
out vinegar solution.
• Wash the tank with cold water, refill it with
water again, place the tray (6), one steam
basket, close it with cover (1) and set the
timer for 5 minutes.
• Switch off the steam cooker, let it com-
pletely cool, drain water, dry the tray,
steam basket and cover and take the de-
vice away for further use.
STORAGE
• For convenience at storage of the steam
cooker, place the baskets one into anoth-
er, put the bowl for rice cooking (2) into
them and close with cover (1).
Store the steam cooker in a dry and cool
place away from children.
COOKING TIME AND RECIPES
• Cooking time depends on the volume of
the products, free space in the basket,
their freshness and your taste.
• Cooking time is specified with a view to
the lower basket, the products are pre-
pared longer in the upper basket approxi-
mately on 5 minutes.
• In case of bigger or smaller volume of
the products, increase or reduce cooking
time respectively.
VEGETABLES
• Cut off thick stems of cabbage or thick
flower-bearing stems of cauliflower.
• Cook green leafy vegetables during maxi-
mum short time - they are losing their
color fast.
• Add salt and species after cooking.
• It is unnecessary to defrost frozen vegeta-
bles before cooking in the steam cooker.
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