8. The basics of frying
Preparation of the food
• All food must be as dry as possible
when used for frying. Dry the food to be
fried and remove any ice from frozen
food.
• When using deep-frozen food, remove
as much water and ice as possible be-
fore you put the food into the hot air fry-
er.
• In case of breaded food, please make
sure that the breading sticks as tightly as
possible to the food to be fried.
Frying time and frying
temperature
• For a tasty and healthy result, the infor-
mation on the packaging should be ob-
served very carefully when selecting the
temperature and the frying time.
• Only small quantities should be fried at
a time.
• The frying basket 5 must not be filled
more than the MAX 4 marking.
• Acrylamide may be carcinogenic. In or-
der to reduce the formation of acryla-
mide as much as possible, browning the
food too much should be avoided.
For an even browning
1
: Shake or turn after one third and two
thirds of the cooking time.
2
: Shake or turn halfway through the cook-
ing time.
If the food (e.g. French fries or chicken nug-
gets) requires an even browning, give it 1 -
2 shakes during the frying process.
1. Use the handle 9 to pull the pan 10 to-
gether with the frying basket 5 out of the
housing 1 and shake the contents. While
shaking make sure that the French fries
are being thoroughly mixed and that the
still rawer ones at the basket centre will
get to the outside. When the pan 10
2. Reinsert the pan 10 with the frying bas-
Baking
Dough may never be filled directly into the
frying basket 5. After preparing the dough
put it into a baking tin or another heat-resist-
ant pan (e.g. muffin liners). Then put the con-
tainer holding the dough into the frying
basket 5.
Package instructions
If on a package of deep-frozen food you
don't find information regarding the cooking
times for hot air fryers, observe the times giv-
en for convection ovens.
1 2
with the frying basket 5 is taken out, the
device is automatically switched off.
ket 5 into the device. The device switch-
es on again automatically until the
cooking time has expired.
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