Chef 540MM - Cooking Guide; Recommended Temperatures and Times for Food

Food Conventional Oven Fan forced oven Time in minutes
Temperature
0
C Oven shelf position* Temperature
0
C Oven shelf position*
Plain or fruit scones 220 2 (3) 210 Any 10 -15
Rolled biscuits
Spooned biscuits
Shortbread biscuits
170 2 150 Any 10 -15
190 2 180 Any 12 -15
160 1 or 2 150 Any 30 - 35
Hard individual meringues
Soft individual meringues
Pavlova–6eggs
110 2 100 Any 90
180 2 165 Any 15 - 20
110 (120) 1 100 Any 75
Patty cakes
Sponge–4eggs
Plain butter cake
Rich fruit cake
190 3(4) 180 Any 15 - 20
180 2 170 Any 20 - 30
180 2 170 Any 25 - 40
140 (150) 2 130 Any 180
Shortcrust cornish pasty
#
Shortcrust custard tart
200
(200/180)
2 180
(180/160)
Any 40 - 45
(10/35)
Cream puffs 210 2 200 Any 25 - 30
Yeast bread 210 1 200 Any 25 - 30
Meat/Poultry/Fish Recommended temperature
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C Minutes per kilogram
Beef–Rare
–Medium
–Welldone
110 2
180 2
110 (120) 1
Lamb–Medium
–Welldone
200 40
60
Veal 180 60
Pork 200 60
Chicken 180 45 - 50
Duck 180 - 200 60 - 70
Turkey 180 40 - 45 (
10kg)
35 - 40 (
10kg)
Fish 180 20
oven
guide
The following is intended as a guide and experience may show some variation in cooking times necessary to meet individual
requirements.Wherethegasmodelsvaryfromelectric,detailsforgascookingisshowninbrackets‘()’.Ovenswere
preheated for 30 minutes before testing.
*Shelf position is counted from the bottom up. Bottom shelf is 1.
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Turn down temperatures and times shown.
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