48en Tables and tipsPoultry▯ The moisture present when the appliance isoperating in combination mode prevents food fromdrying out, which is important for poultry inparticular. At the same time, the high temperaturesmake the surface brown and crispy. The hot steamis able to transfer twice as much heat asconventional hot air, and reaches all parts of thefood. This allows a chicken to be evenly brownedand crispy all round, while the breast meat remainstender and succulent.▯ The cooking times listed are intended as a guideonly and depend heavily on the temperature of themeat at the start of cooking. Use the coretemperature probe so that you can monitor the coretemperature more easily. Insert this in the chickenbreast rather than in the middle (cavity). Furtherinformation and optimum target temperatures canbe found in the section entitled ~ "Coretemperature probe" on page 27.▯ To make the skin crispier, season poultry mainlywith spices and herbs, and use little or no oil.Food Cooking con-tainerTempera-ture in °CHumid-ity in %Cookingtime inminsCommentsDuck, whole (3 kg) Unperforated 1) 150–1602) 22060080–9020–30Cook breast side down. Turn the duck oncehalf the cooking time has elapsed. This pre-vents the delicate breast meat from dryingout as much.Duck breast, seared,medium rare (350 g/piece)Unperforated 160 0 25–30Chicken, whole (1.5 kg) Wire rack 1) 170–1802) 19060Z55–6515Tie the thighs together and cook breast sideup.Chicken breast, stuffed,steamed (200 g/piece)Perforated 100 100 25–30 Do not preheat. Recipe tip: Stuff with spin-ach and sheep's cheese.Turkey breast fillet, steamed(300 g/piece)Perforated 100 100 17–25 Do not preheat.Poussin, quail, steamed(150–200 g/piece)Perforated 100 100 20–25 Do not preheat.Poussin, quail(150–200 g/piece)Unperforated 180–200 60 / 80 15–20 Recipe tip: Brush with oil and herbes deprovence.Pigeon, steamed(300 g/piece)Perforated 100 100 25–35 Do not preheat.Pigeon (300 g/piece) Unperforated 180–200 60 / 80 25–30