of the timer to choose one of thefollowing:• - the sounds are off• - the sounds are onTo confirm your selection wait until the hobdeactivates automatically.When the function is set to you can hearthe sounds only when:• you touch• Minute Minder comes down• Count Down Timer comes down• you put something on the control panel.6. HINTS AND TIPSWARNING!Refer to Safety chapters.6.1 Cookware• The bottom of the cookware must be asthick and flat as possible.• Ensure pan bases are clean and drybefore placing on the hob surface.• In order to avoid scratches, do not slide orrub the pot across the ceramic glass.Cookware made of enamelledsteel and with aluminium orcopper bottoms can cause acolour change on the glass-ceramic surface.6.2 Öko Timer (Eco Timer)To save energy, the heater of the cookingzone deactivates before the count downtimer sounds. The difference in the operationtime depends on the heat setting level andthe length of the cooking operation.6.3 Examples of cookingapplicationsThe data in the table is forguidance only.Heat setting Use to: Time(min)Hints- 1 Keep cooked food warm. as neces‐saryPut a lid on the cookware.1 - 3 Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter, choco‐late, gelatine.5 - 25 Mix from time to time.1 - 3 Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked eggs. 10 - 40 Cook with a lid on.3 - 5 Simmer rice and milkbased dishes,heat up ready-cooked meals.25 - 50 Add at least twice as much liquid asrice, mix milk dishes halfway throughthe procedure.5 - 7 Steam vegetables, fish, meat. 20 - 45 Add a couple of tablespoons of liquid.7 - 9 Steam potatoes. 20 - 60 Use max. ¼ l of water for 750 g of po‐tatoes.7 - 9 Cook larger quantities of food, stewsand soups.60 - 150 Up to 3 l of liquid plus ingredients.9 - 12 Gentle fry: escalope, veal cordon bleu,cutlets, rissoles, sausages, liver, roux,eggs, pancakes, doughnuts.as neces‐saryTurn halfway through.ENGLISH 27