Roastingis cookingbydryheat.Tendermeator
Roastingisreallya bakingprocedureusedfor meats.
poultrycanbe roasteduncoveredin youroven.
Therefore,ovencontrolsare setforBAKEor TIME
Roastingtemperatures,whichshouldbelowand
BAKE.(Youmayheara slightclickingsound,
steady,keepspatteringtoa minimum.Whenroasting,
indicatingtheovenis workingproperly.)Roastingis
it is notnecessaryto sear,baste,coveror addwater
easy;justfollowthesesteps:
to yourmeat.
Step 1: Checkweightofmeat,andplace,fat sideup,
onroastingrackin a shallowpan.(Broilerpanwith
rackis a goodpanforthis.)Linebroilerpanwith
aluminumfoilwhenusingpanformarinating,
cookingwithfruits,cookingheavilycuredmeats,or
bastingfoodduringcooking,Avoidspillingthese
materialsonovenlineror door.
Step 2: Placein
ovenon shelfin
A orB position.
Nopreheatingis
necessary.
Step 3: PressBAKEpad.
Step 4: PressINCREASEpad.The
ovensettemperatureappearsin
thedisplay.
Step 5: PressINCREASEorDECREASEpaduntil
desiredtemperatureis displayed.
Theword“ON”andthechangingoventemperature
willbe displayedas theovenheatsup.Whentheoven
reachesthesettemperatureatone will sound.
TochangeoventemperatureduringBAKEcycle,
pressBAKEpadandthenINCREASEor
DECREASEpadtogetnewtemperature.
Step6:PresstheCLEAR/OFFpad
CLEAR
whenbakingis finishedandthen
removefoodfromoven.
Step 7: Mostmeatscontinueto cookslightlywhile
standing,afterbeingremovedfromthe oven.
Standingtimerecommendedforroastsis 10to 20
minutes.Thisallowsroaststo firmup andmakes
themeasierto carve.Internaltemperaturewillrise
about5°to 10°F.;to compensatefor temperature
increase,ifdesired,removetheroastfromoven
sooner(at5°to 10°F.lessthantemperatureinthe
RoastingGuide).
NOTE: Youmaywishto TIMEBAKE,as described
in theBakingsectionof thisbook,to turnovenon and
off automatically.
Rememberthatfoodwillcontinueto cookin thehot
ovenandthereforeshouldberemovedwhenthe
desiredinternaltemperaturehasbeenreached.
For’FrozenRoa$ts
~Frozenroastsofbeef,pork,lamb,etc.,canbe.started
withoutthawing,butallow10to 25 minutesper
poundadditionaltime(10minutesper poundfor
roastsunder5 pounds,moretimeforlargerroasts).
~Thawmostfrozenpoultrybeforeroastingto ensure
evendoneness.Somecommercialfrozenpoultrycan
be cookedsuccessfullywithoutthawing.Follow
directionsgivenon packagelabel.
U!il