17Tested for you in our cooking studio.Here you will find a selection of recipes and the ideal settingsfor them. We will show you which type of heating and whichtemperature or microwave power setting is best for your meal.You can find information about suitable accessories and theheight at which they should be inserted. There are also tipsabout ovenware and preparation methods.Notes■ The values in the table always apply to food placed into thecooking compartment when it is cold and empty. Onlypreheat the appliance if the table specifies that you should doso. Before using the appliance, remove all accessories fromthe cooking compartment that you will not be using.■ Do not line the accessories with greaseproof paper until afterthey have been preheated.■ The times specified in the tables are only guidelines. They willdepend on the quality and composition of the food.■ Use the accessories supplied. Additional accessories may beobtained from specialist retailers or from the after-salesservice.■ Always use an oven cloth or oven gloves when takingaccessories or ovenware out of the cooking compartment.: Risk of scalding!When pulling out the enamel baking tray, hot liquid mayoverflow. Pull out the enamel baking tray carefully from thecooking compartment.Defrosting, heating up and cooking with themicrowaveThe following tables provide you with numerous options andsettings for the microwave.The times specified in the tables are only guidelines. They mayvary according to the ovenware used, the quality, temperatureand consistency of the food.Time ranges are often specified in the tables. Set the shortesttime first and then extend the time if necessary.It may be that you have different quantities from those specifiedin the tables. A rule of thumb can be applied:Double the amount - almost twice the cooking time,Half the amount - half the cooking time.Stir or turn the food several times during the heating time.Check the temperature.DefrostingNotes■ Place the frozen food in an open container on the oven floor.■ Delicate parts such as the legs and wings of chicken or fattyouter layers of roasts can be covered with small pieces ofaluminium foil. The foil must not touch the cookingcompartment walls. You can remove the foil half way throughthe defrosting time.■ Turn or stir the food once or twice during the defrosting time.Large pieces of food should be turned several times. Turn toremove any liquid that results from defrosting.■ Leave defrosted items to stand at room temperature for afurther 10 to 60 minutes so that the temperature canstabilise. The giblets can be removed from poultry at thispoint.7 Boiled potatoes* Waxy potatoes, mainly waxy pota-toes or floury potatoes0.20 - 1.00 Ovenware with lidCooking compartment floor8 Rice, long grain rice 0.10 - 0.50 Deep ovenware with lidCooking compartment floor9 Steam fresh fish fillet Fillet of pike, cod, rosefish, pollock,pike-perch0.20 - 1.00 Ovenware with lidCooking compartment floor* Observe the stirring signalsCombi cooking10 Pizza, frozen Pizza with thin base, prebaked 0.15 - 0.55 Wire rackLevel 311 Lasagne bolognese, fro-zen0.40 - 1.00 Ovenware without lidCooking compartment floor12 Chicken, fresh* Whole chicken 0.80 - 1.80 Ovenware with lidCooking compartment floor13 Chicken portions, fresh Chicken thigh, half chicken 0.40 - 1.60 Ovenware with lidCooking compartment floor14 Meat loaf Approx. 8 cm deep 0.80 - 1.50 Ovenware without lidCooking compartment floor15 Roast pork joint* Boned neck joint, rolled roastingjoint0.80 - 2.00 Ovenware with lidCooking compartment floor* Observe the turning signals.Progr. no. Suitable food Weight range inkgOvenware/accessories, shelfheight