Main Oven Cookery Notes
Since a fan oven heats up more quickly, and generally cooks food at
a lower temperature than a conventional oven, pre-heating the oven
is often unnecessary. However, foods such as bread, scones,
Yorkshire pudding, do benefit from being placed in a pre-heated
oven.
The charts on pages 29 and 30 are a guide only, giving approximate
cooking temperatures and times. To suit personal taste and requirements,
it may be necessary to increase or decrease temperatures by 10°C.
Because the fan oven cooks so efficiently, we recommend that when
cooking any recipes not designed for a fan oven, you reduce the
temperature by about 25°C and the time by about 10 minutes in the hour.
If large quantities are being cooked it will be necessary to increase the
cooking time somewhat to compensate for the extra oven load.
Unless otherwise indicated in the charts, food is placed in a cold oven, i.e.
without pre-heating. If food is placed in an already hot oven, the suggested
cooking time should be reduced, depending on the type and quantity of
food being cooked.
It should be noted that at the end of a cooking period there may be a
momentary puff of steam when the oven door is opened, this will disperse
in a few seconds and is a perfectly normal characteristic of an oven with a
good door seal.
Since the distribution of heat in the fan oven is very even, most foods will
cook satisfactorily on any shelf position, but the shelves should be evenly
spaced:
To ensure even circulation do not use meat pans larger than 390 x 300mm
(15ins x 12ins) and baking trays no larger than 330 x 255mm (13ins x 10ins),
these should be positioned centrally on the oven shelf.
– Do not fit shelves upside down.
– Never use more than 3 shelves in the oven as air circulation will be
restricted.
– Food or cooking utensils should not be placed on the floor of the oven.
To avoid unnecessary cleaning, rod shelves which are not in use should be
removed from the oven.
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Never line the shelves, floor or sides of the oven or grill with
aluminium foil as overheating and damage may result.
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