Indesit K6 C51/R: Practical Cooking Advice

Practical Cooking Advice

The oven offers a wide range of alternatives which allow

Moreover, it can also be used for browning foods at the

you to cook any type of food in the best possible way. With

end of the cooking process, such as adding that gratin

time you will learn to make the best use of this versatile

finish to pasta bakes, for example.

cooking appliance and the following directions are only a

When using this mode, place the grid on the 2nd or 3rd

guideline which may be varied according to your own per-

oven rack from the bottom (see cooking table) then, to

sonal experience.

prevent fat and grease from dripping onto the bottom of

the oven and thus smoke from forming, place a dripping-

Preheating

pan on the 1st rack from the bottom.

If the oven must be preheated (this is generally the case

Important: always use the grill with the oven door shut.

when cooking leavened foods), the “fan assisted” mode

This will allow you both to obtain excellent results and to

can be used to reach the desired temperature as quickly

save on energy (approximately 10%).

as possible in order to save on energy.

When using this mode, we advise you to set the thermostat

Once the food has been placed in the oven, the most

to 200°C, as it is the most efficient way to use the grill,

appropriate cooking mode can then be selected.

which is based on the use of infrared rays. However, this

Cooking on More Than One Rack

does not mean you cannot use lower temperatures, simply

If you have to cook on more than one rack at the same

by adjusting the thermostat knob to the desired tempera-

time, use only the “fan assisted mode”

which is the

ture.

only one that is appropriate for this type of cooking.

Therefore the best results when using the grill modes

• The oven is fitted with 5 racks. During fan assisted

are obtained by placing the grid on the lower racks

cooking, use two of the three central racks; the lowest

(see cooking table) then, to prevent fat and grease

and highest racks receive the hot air directly and

from dripping onto the bottom of the oven and smoke

therefore delicate foodstuffs could be burnt on these

from forming, place a dripping-pan on the 1st oven

racks.

rack from the bottom.

• As a general rule, use the 2nd and 4th rack from the

Baking Cakes

bottom, placing the foodstuffs that require greater heat

When baking cakes, always place them in a preheated

on the 2nd rack from the bottom. For example, when

oven. Make sure you wait until the oven has been

cooking meat roasts together with other food, place

preheated thoroughly (the red light “O” will turn off). Do

the roast on the 2nd rack from the bottom and the more

not open the oven door during baking to prevent the cake

delicate food on the 4th rack from the bottom.

from dropping. In general:

• When cooking foodstuffs that require differing times

and temperatures, set a temperature that is somewhere

Pastry is too dry

between the two temperatures required, place the more

delicate food on the 4th rack from the bottom and take

Increase the temperature by 10°C and reduce the

the food requiring less time out of the oven first.

cooking time.

• Use the dripping pan on the lower rack and the grid on

the upper;

Pastry dropped

Using the Grill

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

This multi-function oven offers you 2 different grilling

modes.

Pastry is too dark on top

Use the “grill” mode

with the oven door ajar, placing

the food under the centre of the grill (situated on the 3rd

Place it on a lower rack, lower the temperature, and

or 4th rack from the bottom).

increase the cooking time.

To catch any fat and/or grease that may drip from the rack,

place the dripping pan provided on the first rack from the

Cooked well on the inside but sticky on the

bottom.

outside

When using this mode, we recommend you set the en-

ergy level to the highest setting, even though lower levels

Use less liquid, lower the temperature, and increase

can be set, simply by adjusting the thermostat knob to the

the cooking time.

desired level.

In models fitted with a rotisserie

, you can use the spit

The pastry sticks to the pan

kit provided when using the “grill” mode. In this case, cook

with the oven door shut, placing the spit kit on the third

Grease the pan well and sprinkle it with a dusting of

oven rack from the bottom and the dripping pan on the

flour or use greaseproof paper.

bottom rack to collect any sauce and /or dripping fat.

Setting

, “fan assisted grill”,only with the oven door

shut, is extremely useful for grilling foods rapidly, as the

I used more than one level (in the function

distribution of heat makes it possible not only to brown

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

the surface, but also to cook the bottom part.

cooking point

Use a lower temperature setting. It is not necessary to

remove the food from all the racks at the same time.

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