Preparing Whole Meals; Cooking Times - Silvercrest SDG 800 B2 Instrucciones De Servicio

7.4

Preparing whole meals

If you are preparing a whole meal and are
therefore using several steamer baskets one
above the other, please note that:
• the heaviest food for cooking should be
cooked in the bottom basket if at all pos-
sible;
• as the steam acts most effectively in the
bottom steamer basket and less so as it
travels upwards, cooking time in the up-
per baskets is extended by a few min-
utes. You should therefore follow the
instructions in "Checking whether the
food is cooked" on page 71.
• stir or rearrange the cooking food occa-
sionally with a long cooking spoon.
1. Put the food which is going to take
longest to cook in steamer basket 1.
Exception: meat and fish should al-
ways be cooked in the bottom steamer
basket so that dripping juices do not run
over the other foods;
2. Put this steamer basket in the steamer
and start cooking (see "Cooking" on
page 70).
3. Fill steamer basket 2 with the food
which will take a moderate time to
cook.
4. Carefully open the lid 2 by lifting it
slightly at the back first, so that the
steam can escape away from you.
5. Take the lid 2 right off.
6. Put steamer basket 2 on steamer basket 1
and close the lid 2 again.
7. Fill steamer basket 3 with the food
which will take the least time to cook.
8. Proceed as for steamer basket 2.

8. Cooking times

The times quoted in the tables are intended
as a guide. Actual cooking time depends
on:
• the size and freshness of the foods;
• how full the steamer baskets are;
• the position of the steamer basket (top
or bottom);
• the temperature of the water (the times
quoted assume cold water. Cooking
time is slightly reduced with hot water);
• personal preference (food with bite or
soft).
NOTES:
• Stir or rearrange the cooking food occa-
sionally with a long cooking spoon.
• Ensure that all the pieces are about the
same size. Arrange smaller pieces on
top.
• Do not over-fill the steamer baskets by
packing food in too tightly or covering
all the holes. It must be possible for
steam to pass everywhere between the
pieces and through the holes in the bas-
es of the steamer baskets.
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