Indesit K6 C51/R: Pratical advice for using the electric plates

Cooking Pizza

Cooking Fish and Meat

When cooking white meat, fowl and fish, use temperature

For best results when cooking pizza, use the “fan

settings from 180 °C to 200 °C.

assisted “

mode:

For red meat that should be well done on the outside while

• Preheat the oven for at least 10 minutes;

tender and juicy in the inside, it is a good idea to start with

• Use a light aluminium pizza pan, placing it on the grid

a high temperature setting (200°C-220°C) for a short time,

supplied with the oven. If the dripping pan is used, this

then turn the oven down afterwards.

will extend the cooking time, making it difficult to get a

In general, the larger the roast, the lower the temperature

crispy crust;

setting. Place the meat on the centre of the grid and place

• Do not open the oven door frequently while the pizza

the dripping pan beneath it to catch the fat.

is cooking;

Make sure that the grid is inserted so that it is in the centre

• If the pizza has a lot of toppings (three of four), we

of the oven. If you would like to increase the amount of

recommend you add the mozzarella cheese on top

heat from below, use the low rack heights. For savoury

halfway through the cooking process.

roasts (especially duck and wild game), dress the meat

• When cooking pizza on two racks, use the 2nd and

with lard or bacon on the top.

4th with a temperature of 220°C and place the pizzas

in the oven after having preheated it for at least 10

minutes.

Pratical advice for using the electric plates

The control knobs for the hob electric hotplates (N)

Electric hotplate indicator light (H)

The cookers can be fitted with normal and rapid electric

This light comes on when any of the electrical hotplates on a

hotplates in a variety of combinations (the rapid hotplates

hob which features electric hotplates have been turned on.

can be distinguished from the rest by the red boss in the

centre of the same). To avoid any heat loss and damage to

the hotplates, we advise you to use pans with a flat bottom,

with a diameter which matches that of the hotplate itself. The

table contains the different settings indicated on the knobs

and the use for which the hotplates are recommended.

Setting Normal or Fast Plate

0

Off

1 Cooking vegetables, fish

Cooking potatoes (using steam) soups,

2

chickpeas, beans.

Continuing the cooking of large quantities

3

of food, minestrone

4 For roasting (average)

5 For roasting (above average)

For browning and reaching a boil in a

6

short time.

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