cooking guides
These cooking times are only guidelines.
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Read 'food safety', page 2, and 'hints', page 4.
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vegetables
Clean vegetables before cooking. Remove stems and peel if you like.
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vegetable
Asparagus
Beans, green
Beans, runner
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Courgettes
Celery
Leeks
Mange tout
Mushrooms, button
Parsnips
Peas
Potatoes, new
eggs
Boiling* or poaching
* When boiling eggs, place them in the built in egg holders in the bottom
of the basket.
poultry and fish
Don't overcrowd the baskets.
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food
Chicken,
boneless breasts
Clams
Prawns, medium
Fish, fillets
Fish, steak
Fish, whole
Lobster tails
Mussels
Oysters
Scallops
quantity
preparation
454g (1lb)
Trim
454g (1lb)
Trim
454g (1lb)
Trim and thinly slice
454g (1lb)
Cut into florets
454g (1lb)
Trim and cut bases
1 small
Shred
454g (1lb)
Thinly slice
1 medium
Cut into florets
454g (1lb)
Thinly slice
1 head
Thinly slice
3-4
Thinly slice
227g (8oz)
Trim
454g (1lb)
Wipe
454g (1lb)
Dice or thinly slice
454g (1lb)
Shell
454g (1lb)
Wipe
preparation
Use a cup or
ramekin dish
for poaching
quantity
4-5
454g (1lb)
454g (1lb)
227g (8oz)
2.5cm (1") thick
340g (12oz)
2-4
454g (1lb)
6
227g (8oz)
6
10-15 for soft,
15-20 for hard
minutes comments
30
Steam until thoroughly
cooked and tender
10
Steam until open
10
Steam until pink
10-20
Steam until it flakes
15-20
Steam until it flakes
15-20
Steam until it flakes
20
Steam until red
15
Steam until open
15
Steam until open
15
Steam until hot and
tender
minutes
15
15-20
15-20
20
25
25
20
20-25
15
15
15
15
10
15
15
30-40
minutes