HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPSCookware• The bottom of the cookware must be as thick and flat as possible.• Cookware made of enamelled steel and with aluminium or copper bottoms can cause thecolour change on the glass-ceramic surface.Energy saving• If it is possible, always put the lids on the cookware.• Put cookware on a cooking zone before you start it.• Stop the cooking zones before the end of the cooking time to use residual heat.• The bottom of pans and cooking zones must 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, choco-late, gelatine5-25minMix from time to time1-2 Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked eggs 10-40minCook with a lid on2-3 Simmer rice and milkbased dishes, heat-ing up ready-cooked meals25-50minAdd the minimum twice as muchliquid as rice, mix milk dishes partprocedure through3-4 Steam vegetables, fish, meat 20-45minAdd some tablespoons of liquid4-5 Steam potatoes 20-60minUse max. ¼ l water for 750 g of po-tatoes4-5 Cook larger quantities of food, stewsand soups60-150minUp to 3 l liquid plus ingredients6-7 Gentle fry: escalope, veal cordon bleu,cutlets, rissoles, sausages, liver, roux,eggs, pancakes, doughnutsas nec-essaryTurn halfway through7-8 Heavy fry, hash browns, loin steaks,steaks5-15minTurn halfway through9 Boil large quantities of water, cook pasta, sear meat (goulash, pot roast), deep-fry chipsHelpful hints and tips 11