Special applications
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Blanching
Blanch vegetables before freezing
them. Blanching helps maintain the
quality of the pr
oduce when it is fr
ozen.
Blanching vegetables also helps them
retain the
ir original colour.
Procedure
Put the prepared vegetables into a
per
forated cooking container.
Once blanched, plunge the
vegetab
les into ice cold water to cool
them down quickly. Drain them well.
Settings
Special applications | Blanching
or
Steam cooking
Temper
ature: 100 °C
Duration: 1 minute
Sweat onions
Sweating means cooking the onions in
their own juices, with the addition of a
little fat if necessa
r
y.
Procedure
Cut the onions up int
o small pieces
and place them in a solid cooking
container with a little butter.
Cover the container or the dish with a
lid or with foil that
is resistant to
temperatures up to 100 °C and to hot
steam.
Settings
Automatic programmes | Special |
Sweat onions
or
Steam cooking
Temper
ature: 100 °C
Duration: 4 minutes