USING THE FAN OVEN
The Fan Oven HINTS AND TIPS
The air inside the oven is heated by the elementRunner positions are not critical, but make sure the
around the fan situated behind the back panel. Theshelves are evenly spread.
fan draws air from the oven, the element heats theWhen cooking more than one dish in the fan oven,
air which is circulated into the oven via the top, baseplace dishes centrally on the shelves rather than
and sides of the back panel. The advantages ofseveral dishes on one shelf.
cooking with this function are:
When the oven is full, you may need to allow slightly
Faster Preheatinglonger cooking time.
Because the fan oven quickly reaches temperature, it
is not usually necessary to preheat the ovenA shelf may be placed on the floor of the oven. Place
although you may find that you need to allow andishes on a shelf in this position rather than on the
extra 5-7 minutes on cooking times. For recipesoven base, to allow air circulation around the food.
which require higher temperatures, best results areWhen the oven is full of the same food, e.g. equal
achieved if the oven is preheated first, e.g. bread,trays of small cakes or equal size victoria sandwich
pastries, scones, souffles, etc.cakes, then they will be cooked in the same time and
Lower Temperaturesremoved from the oven together. When different
Fan oven cooking generally requires lowersizes of trays or types of food, e.g. biscuits and
temperatures than conventional cooking.cakes are cooked, they will not necessarily be ready
Follow the temperatures recommended in the chartstogether.
or remember to reduce temperatures by about 20-The fan oven can be used to heat foods through
25°C for your own recipes which use conventionalwithout thawing first, e.g. fruit tarts, mince pies,
cooking.sausage rolls, and other small pastry items. Use a
Even Heating for Bakingtemperature of 190-200°C and allow 20-40 minutes
The fan oven has uniform heating on all runner(depending on the quantity of food in the oven).
positions. This means that batches of the same food
can be cooked in the oven at the same time.The use of too high temperatures can cause uneven
However, the top shelf may brown slightly quickerbrowning. Check with the recommendations for oven
that the lower one.temperatures given in the cooking charts, but be
This is quite usual. There is no mixing of flavoursprepared to adjust the temperature by 10°C if
necessary. Remember to reduce temperatures by
between dishes (see Fig. 7).about 20-25°C for your own conventional recipes.
The oven is supplied with two anti-tip shelves.
IMPORTANT: The anti-tip oven shelves must be
positoned as shown in Fig. 6.
FO 0336Fig. 6FO 0335Fig. 7
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