Thermador SGSX365TS Instruction manual - Page 16

Vegetables, Side Dishes and Eggs Steamed vegetables are easy to make on your cooktop. Bring the water and vegetable to a boil with a lid on High heat, then turn down to a lower setting until tender. Cereals and rice should be cooked on the large or medium burner on High heat, and then finished according to the recipe instructions or until liquid is absorbed. Cereals and rice can both be simmered using ExtraLow. Pasta is best cooked on the large burner. Using High heat with a lid, bring water to a boil. Once pasta is added, the heat may need to be turned down to prevent boil over. When cooking scrambled or fried eggs melt butter on Medium High, and then add eggs to cook to desirable doneness. You can find the ideal settings for several of these dishes in the Standard Burner and ExtraLow Cooking Tables. Meat, Fish and Poultry In the Standard Burner and ExtraLow® Cooking Tables, the ideal heating setting for any meat, fish or poultry can be found. The cooking time depends on the amount, composition and temperature of the food. Setting ranges are indicated for this reason. Try using the lower values at first or increase the temperatures throughout cooking. Standard Burner Cooking Below are a few recommendations when cooking meat, fish and poultry on the cooktop: ▯ Meats are best cooked on the large burner. ▯ It is recommended to use a preheated skillet when pan frying meats. ▯ Cook bacon and sausage patties on Medium High until meat starts to sizzle, and then turn heat down to Medium. ▯ Simmering: Bring liquid to a boil on High, and then simmer covered on Medium Low to Low (or ExtraLow®) until meat is tender. ▯ Braising: Brown meat on Medium High, and then simmer covered on Medium Low to Low (or ExtraLow®) until meat is tender. ▯ Poaching: Bring liquid to a boil on High heat, and then simmer covered on Low or ExtraLow until meat is cooked through. Desserts Chocolate is best melted using ExtraLow® (see ExtraLow® Cooking Table for appropriate setting). If the cooktop does not have ExtraLow®, chocolate should be melted using a double boiler on the small burner. The table lists the optimal heating setting for various dishes. The temperature and cooking time depend on the amount, composition and temperature of the food. Setting ranges are indicated for this reason. Try using the lower values at first. During cooking heat may be increased. Standard Burner Cooking Table Food Burner Beverages Mulled Cider Hot Chocolate Tea Breads French toast Pancakes Grilled Sandwiches Cereals Beans Cornmeal/Polenta Grits Oatmeal Large Medium Large Medium Small Large Medium Large Medium Large Medium Large Medium Medium Medium Medium Heat Level Start Cooking (boil, melt, brown. fry, etc.) Heat Level Continue Cooking (simmer, braise, poach, hold, etc.) High Medium High High Medium Low Low Low Medium Medium Medium Medium-Medium Low Medium-Medium Low Medium-Medium Low High High High High Medium-Medium Low Medium-Medium Low Medium-Medium Low Medium-Medium Low 16