Convotherm OSC User Manual

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Practical tips
Using the cooking programme ‘Steaming’ you
can automatically steam, bio-steam, quick-steam,
i.e. cook, steam, blanche, poach and preserve.
Automatic steaming with
cooking chamber temperatures of 100
o
C
Your benefits:
■ You get food with a strong colour, firm
consistency and intensive flavour.
■ Steaming is particularly gentle on vitamins and
minerals.
■ Flavours are not mixed when you steam
different foodstuffs such as vegetables and
fish together.
■ You need less herbs, fat and salt.
■ You work quickly because steam is available at
all times.
Mr.C recommends:
■ Rinse, butter and season vegetables
after steaming.
■ Use the stock to produce thickened
vegetables. Steam the vegetable in perforated
vessels and simply collect the stock in
unperforated containers placed underneath.
■ Steam long-grain rice in unperforated contai-
ners. For one part rice you need 1
1
/2 parts cold
water or cold juice for cooking.
■ Steam durum wheat noodles in unperforated
containers. For one part noodles you need at
least 5 parts cold water for cooking.
■ Place dumplings of all kinds on greased trays
for steaming. Cover immediately after cooking.
If they are not served straight away, keep warm
in starched water.
■ Sprinkle fine-grain salt on potatoes immedia-
tely before steaming and mix, or place into
salty water for 15 minutes before steaming.
Steaming
Points to note:
■ Perforated GN vessels with a depth of 65 mm
are particularly suitable for use when steaming.
These ensure short cooking times and prevent
food at the bottom of the vessel being over-
cooked.
■ Be sure to break up lumps of frost in frozen
foods before cooking to ensure that everything
is ready at the same time.
■ If you steam different foodstuffs in one charge,
pay attention to the cooking times of each of
the foods.
■ During preserving, the cooking time depends
on the type of product, jar size and condition.
The CONVOTHERM is suitable for producing
1
/2 to
3
/4 preserves. Please observe the normal
methods for preserving.

Convotherm OSC Specifications

General

Brand	Convotherm
Model	OSC
Category	Kitchen Appliances
Language	English