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Advice for steam cooking
• Pasta and rice: upon reaching 100°C,
the cooking time will be the same as with
cooking on a hob. Place the pasta or
rice in a metal tray and cover with
around a centimetre of water. For best
results when cooking rice, place a lid on
the container or cover with aluminium foil.
This procedure allows the rice to absorb
all the water, and it can then be served
directly to the table.
• Eggs: these may be boiled, scrambled
or poached by using the steam function
at 100°C. To obtain perfect boiled
eggs, place them on a perforated tray
and cook for 4-6 minutes for soft boiled
eggs and 8-10 minutes for hard-boiled
eggs. For scrambled eggs, place the
beaten eggs in a metal tray together with
milk, butter and seasoning. Cover the
tray with aluminium foil. Mix every
couple of minutes using a fork. For
poached eggs, pour boiling water into
the metal tray with a drop of vinegar and
steam cook for around 4-5 minutes.
• Vegetables: steam cooking vegetables
gives excellent results. They maintain their
colour, flavour and nutritional properties.
For dense vegetables such as potatoes,
turnips and parsnips, cook at 100°C for
the same length of time as you would
boil them for on a hob. For broccoli and
carrots, cook for 6 minutes if you want
them to remain firm, or 10 minutes if you
want them to be softer.
• Fish: due to the delicate nature of fish,
steaming gives excellent results. For oily
fish such as salmon or trout, cook at
100°C for around 5 minutes. For white
fish such as cod or haddock, cook at
80°C for around 5 minutes. When
cooking different foods at the same time,
all fish should be cooked in the
perforated tray placed on the lower shelf
of the oven in order to prevent the fish
juices from dripping onto other foods.
• Meat: this can also be steamed, but the
use of a combined cooking function is
preferable in order to obtain a nicely
browned result. However, stews and
braised meat casseroles are perfect for
steaming. Prepare the meat as you
would for cooking it normally in the oven.
Place it in a metal tray, cover with a lid or
aluminium foil, and cook for between 45
minutes and 3 hours depending on the
cut of meat used.
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