SOME DEFY RECOMMENDED ENERGY-SAVING & COOKING TIPS

SOME DEFY RECOMMENDED ENERGY-SAVING & COOKING TIPS

Rated as one of the most energy-efficient and sustainable domestic appliances brand in the region, here are a few excellent tips from DEFY manufacturers’ themselves, which will help you to cook better, and to save energy: 

Tips for Energy-Saving

• - Use dark coloured or enamel coated cookware in the oven for better heat transmission. 
• - Before cooking your dishes, perform a preheating operation if it is advised in the user manual or cooking instructions. 
• - Do not open the door of the oven frequently during cooking. 
• - Try to cook more than one dish in the oven at the same time whenever possible. Two cooking vessels can be placed onto the wire shelf. 
• - Cook more than one dish one after another. The oven will already be hot. 
• - Save energy by switching off your oven a few minutes before the end of the cooking time. Do not open the oven door. 
• - Defrost frozen dishes before cooking them.
• - Use pots and pans with covers for cooking. Without cover, energy consumption may increase 4 times. 
• - Select the burner which is suitable for the bottom size of the pot that is to be used. Always select the correct pot size for your dishes. Larger pots require more energy.

Tips When Baking

• - Use non-sticky coated appropriate metal plates or aluminium vessels or heat-resistant silicone moulds. 
• - Make best use of the space on the rack.
• - Place the baking mould in the middle of the shelf.
• - Select the correct rack position before turning the oven on. Do not change the rack position when the oven is hot. 
• - Keep the oven door closed.

Tips When Roasting

• - Treating whole chicken, turkey and large pieces of meat with dressings such as lemon juice and black pepper before cooking will increase the cooking performance.
• - It takes about 15 to 30 minutes longer to roast meat with bones when compared to roasting the same size of meat without bones.
• - Each centimetre of meat thickness requires approximately 4 to 5 minutes of cooking time.
• - Let meat rest in the oven for about 10 minutes after the cooking time is over. The juice is better distributed all over the roast and does not run out when the meat is cut.
• - Fish should be placed on the middle or lower rack in a heat-resistant plate.

Tips When Cooking Vegetables

• - If the vegetable dish runs out of juice and gets too dry, cook it in a pan with a lid instead of a tray.
• - Closed vessels will preserve the juice of the dish. If a vegetable dish does not get cooked, boil the vegetables beforehand or prepare them like canned food and put in the oven.