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Steam cooking
General
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There are only advantages to steam cooking, if you follow the
instructions for use. Healthy and natural, steam cooking
preserves the full flavour of foods. A delicate sauce or
aromatic herb seasoning adds that something extra that
makes the difference.
This kind of cooking produces no cooking smells. There is no
need to season the cooking water with herbs or spices;
however, you can flavour a fish by placing it on a bed of
seaweed or make a savoury poultry dish by adding a bunch of
rosemary or tarragon.
You can cook meat, fish and vegetables simultaneously.
Steam cooking gently reheats pasta, rice and mashed
potatoes with no risk of food sticking or drying out.
It facilitates cooking custard creams and tarts, rice
pudding...covered with aluminium foil, food is not wetted by
condensation water.
There is no need to add salt before cooking, not even the
steam water.
To make meat look more appetising, quickly brown it on all
sides in a frying pan using hot butter.
Compared to boiling, steaming offers only advantages:
It is quick: cooking starts immediately whereas for food in a
water-filled dish, the cook time only begins counting down
once the water returns to a full boil.
It is healthy: vitamins (those that are water soluble) and
minerals are well preserved because they scarcely dissolve in
the condensation water that touches the food.
Moreover, no fats are used for this type of cooking.
Steam maintains the taste of food. It does not add odours, nor
the taste of the grill or the pan. Furthermore, it takes nothing
away because the food is not diluted in the water.
Words of advice: there is no point in using this cooking
method to prepare fish that is not fresh or vegetables left in
the refrigerator for a week: the results will be catastrophic!
Steam does not spread tastes or odours therefore do not
hesitate to save both time and money by cooking items side by
side, but without touching. For example, you can cook a fish
next to a dessert.
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Steam is also appropriate for blanching, defrosting and
reheating or even keeping foods warm, especially sauces.
First use a very small amount of fat to heat meats like poultry,
veal and pork so that they take on an appetising browned
appearance. Then finish cooking them using the steam
method.
Cut into pieces, food cooks faster and more evenly than if left
whole.
Operating principle
The water contained in the tank arrives in the cavity via a pipe.
This water is transformed into steam when it comes into contact
with the hot surface of the floor of the cavity: this is the steam
generator.
There is no need to add water to the cooking dish. To ensure
REAL STEAM COOKING, your oven is supplied with specially
designed cookware that will produce perfect cooking.
Warning
You MUST fill the water tank to the max.level before
cooking. Return the tank to its housing by firmly
pushing ALL THE WAY until you feel it LOCK INTO
POSITION.
Warning
When in use, the appliance becomes hot. Hot steam
will escape when you open the door of the appliance.
Keep children at a distance.