en Meal assistant
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15 Meal assistant
The cooking assistant is guaranteed to make cooking
simple and it promises outstanding cooking results.
If you have selected the required temperature, the
sensors continuously measure the temperature of the
cookware and keep it constant during the cooking pro-
cess.
Advantages
¡ Once the selected temperature is reached, it auto-
matically keeps it constant, saving energy.
¡ The oil will not overheat and the food will not boil
over.
15.1 fryingSensor
Suitable for cooking or reducing sauces, pancakes or
frying eggs with butter, for frying vegetables or steaks
up to the required level of boiling, and for keeping the
temperature under control.
This function is available on all cooking zones marked
with this symbol
.
Temperature levels
Temperature levels for preparing meals.
Level Temper-
ature
Functions Cookware
1 120ºC Boiling and reducing
sauces, fry veget-
ables
2 140ºC Searing in olive oil or
butter
3 160ºC Frying fish and
coarse foods
4 180ºC Deep-fat frying
breaded, frozen and
grilled food
5 215ºC High-temperature grill
and griddle plate
Recommended cookware
Special cookware has been developed for this function,
which delivers the best results.
Cookware Recommended cooking
zone
Frying pan, 15cmdia-
meter
Single cooking zone
Frying pan, 19cmdia-
meter
Single cooking zone
Frying pan, 21cmdia-
meter
Single cooking zone
Frying pan, 28cmdia-
meter
Extended FlexZone
Teppanyaki Flex Zone
Grill Flex Zone
The recommended cookware is available from cus-
tomer service, specialist retailers or our online shop
www.siemens-home.bsh-group.com .
Note:You can also use other cookware. Depending on
the composition of the cookware, the achieved temper-
ature may differ from the selected temperature level.
Switching on the fryingSensor
1.
Place empty cookware on the cooking zone.
2.
Touch and then select the cooking zone.
3.
Within the next 10 seconds, select the required tem-
perature setting on the control panel.
a The functions starts. flashes until the set tar-
get temperature is reached.
a Once the target temperature has been reached, a
signal tone sounds and stops flashing.
4.
Add the frying fat and then the food to the frying
pan.
Note:If you need to cook with more than 250ml oil,
add the oil and wait a few seconds before you add the
food.
Switching off fryingSensor
▶
Select the cooking zone and touch .
a The function has been deactivated.
Recommendations for cooking with the
fryingSensor
The following table shows the ideal temperature levels
for a selection of dishes. The temperature
and the
cooking time depend on the amount, condition
and quality of the food.
¡ Frying pan
¡
Teppanyaki
¡
Griddle plate
Cookware
Meat
Escalope 4 6-10
Escalope, breaded 4 6-10
Fillet 4 6-10
Chops 3 10-15
Cordon bleu, Wiener
Schnitzel
4 10-15
Steak, rare, 3cm thick 5 6-8
Steak, medium, 3cm thick 5 8-12
Steak, well-done, 3cm thick 4 8-12
T-bone steak, rare, 4.5cm
thick
5 10-15
T-bone steak, medium,
4.5cm thick
5 20-30
Poultry breast, 2 cm thick 3 10-20
Bacon 2 5-8
Minced meat 4 6-10
Hamburgers, 1.5cm thick 3 6-15
Meatballs, 2cm thick 3 10-20
Sausages 3 8-20
Chorizo, fresh sausages 3 10-20
Skewers, kebabs 3 10-20
Gyros 4 7-12