Helpful hints and tipsCookware• The bottom of the cookware must be asthick and flat as possible.• Cookware made of enamelled steel andwith aluminium or copper bottoms cancause the color change on the glass-ceramic surface.Energy saving• If it is possible, always put the lids onthe cookware.• Put cookware on a cooking zone beforeyou start it.• Stop the cooking zones before the endof the cooking time to use residual heat.• The bottom of pans and cooking zonesmust have the same dimension.The Examples of cooking applicationsThe data in the table is for guidance only.HeatsettingUse to: Time Hints1 Keep warm the food you cooked as re-quiredPut a lid on a cookware1-2 Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter, chocolate,gelatine5-25 min Mix from time to time1-2 Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked eggs 10-40minCook with a lid on2-3 Simmer rice and milkbased dishes, heatingup ready-cooked meals25-50minAdd the minimum twice as much liquidas rice, mix milk dishes part procedurethrough3-4 Steam vegetables, fish, meat 20-45minAdd some tablespoons of liquid4-5 Steam potatoes 20-60minUse max. ¼ l water for 750 g of pota-toes4-5 Cook larger quantities of food, stews andsoups60-150minUp to 3 l liquid plus ingredients6-7 Gentle fry: escalope, veal cordon bleu, cut-lets, rissoles, sausages, liver, roux, eggs,pancakes, doughnutsas nec-essaryTurn halfway through7-8 Heavy fry, hash browns, loin steaks, steaks 5-15 min Turn halfway through9 Boil large quantities of water, cook pasta, sear meat (goulash, pot roast), deep-fry chipsCare and cleaningClean the appliance after each use.Always use cookware with clean bottom.Warning! The sharp objects and abrasivecleaning agents can cause damage to theappliance.For your safety, do not clean the appliance withsteam cleaners or high-pressure cleaners.Scratches or dark stains on the glass-ce-ramic cause no effect on how the appli-ance operates.6 www.zanussi.com