Cooking Methods - Kuhn Rikon Durotherm Instrucciones De Uso

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COOKING METHODS

Important
Be sure to remove the heat-retaining base before cooking.
Soft Cooking
Thanks to the double wall of your DUROTHERM, for many dishes you can already put
it on the heat-retaining base halfway through the cooking time. Then the food goes on
simmering until cooking is completed – with up to 60% energy savings (please also
refer to the Soft Cooking brochure, Art.1186).
Steaming
With the lid on, steam on a good medium heat with or without fat, oil or butter. As soon
as the food is slightly coloured, turn down to the lowest heat.
Roasting without fat (ideal for meat, but not suitable for Rösti
[Swiss hashed potatoes])
Warm up the empty DUROTHERM for 2 – 4 minutes at maximum heat. Do a sizzle test:
the correct roasting temperature has only been reached when water drops you put in
the pan "dance" around the bottom. If they simply evaporate, the pan is not hot enough
yet. Add the food to be roasted (without fat: lean meat just has to be rubbed lightly
with oil), and roast without putting the lid on. Turn the food over as soon as it no longer
adheres to the bottom of the pan. Do not season or add salt until roasting is fi nished.
Roasting
Warm up the empty DUROTHERM for 2 – 4 minutes at maximum heat. Do a sizzle test
(see Roasting without fat). Set the heat to medium. Add fat, oil or butter. Add the food
to be roasted and brown it all over.
Cooking in a waterbath/bain-marie
For delicate cremes and sauces the special waterbath insert is recommended (see
DUROTHERM accessories on pages 52 – 53).
Steam cooking
The perforated bowl is ideal for healthy, vitamin-retaining steaming (see DUROTHERM
accessories on pages 52 – 53). Place a meat stock in the DUROTHERM casserole.
Place the steamer on top of the pan, add the food to be cooked, put the lid on, and
steam according to instructions.
Serving
Immediately after cooking, place the DUROTHERM pan in the heat-retaining base for
serving at table. It will not damage even the most sensitive surface, because it does
not get hot.
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