Helpful Hints And Tips; Cookware For Induction Cooking Zones; Energy Saving; Examples Of Cooking Applications - AEG HK854400FS Benutzerinformation

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Helpful hints and tips

HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS
Use the induction cooking zones with suitable cookware.
Put the cookware on the cross which is on the cooking surface. Cover the cross fully. The
magnetic part of the bottom of the cookware must be 120mm minimum. Induction cook-
ing zones adapt to the dimension of the bottom of the cookware automatically. You can
cook with the large cookware on two cooking zones at the same time.

Cookware for induction cooking zones

In induction cooking a powerful electromagnetic field generates an almost instant heat
inside the cookware.
Cookware material
• correct: cast iron, steel, enamelled steel, stainless steel, a multi-layer bottom (marked
as correct by a manufacturer).
• not correct: aluminium, copper, brass, glass, ceramic, porcelain.
Cookware is correct for an induction hob if ...
• ... some water boils very quickly on a zone set to the highest heat setting
• ... a magnet pulls on to the bottom of the cookware.
The bottom of the cookware must be as thick and flat as possible.

Energy saving

• If possible, always put the lids on the cookware.
• Put cookware on a cooking zone before you start it.
Öko Timer (Eco Timer)
To save the energy, the heater of the cooking zone switches itself off earlier than count
down timer signal. The heating time reduction depends on cooking level and cooking time.

Examples of cooking applications

The data in the table is for guidance only.
Heat
setting
Keep cooked foods warm
1
1-3 Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter, choco-
late, gelatine
1-3 Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked eggs
Use to: Time
as re- Cover
quired
5-25 Mix occasionally
min
10-40 Cook with a lid on
min
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