De'Longhi EN-5712510161 Owner's Manual

Read this instructions booklet carefully before instal­ling and using the appliance. It is the only way to
ensure the best results and maximum user safety.

DESCRIPTION OF THE APPLIANCE

(see diagram pag. 3)

A. Basket handle
B. Handle slide
C. Lid
D. Viewing window
E. Filter cover
F. Basket
G. Filter cover hook
H. Cable holder compartment
I. Handle for lifting up the appliance
J. Drainage pipe plug
K. Foot
L. Oil drainage pipe
M. Signal lamp
N. Thermostat
O. Inspection door for pipe compartment
P. Opening button

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Before use check that the voltage power supply cor­responds to the one shown on the appliance data
plate.

• Only connect the appliance to electrical sockets
which have a minimum load of 10A and which are
properly earthed. (If the socket and the plug on the
appliance should prove incompatible, get a profes­sionally qualified technician to replace the socket
with a more suitable one).

• Do not place the appliance near heat sources.

• If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced
by the manufacturer, its service agent in order to
avoid a hazard.

• The appliance is hot when it is in use. DO NOT
LEAVE IT WITHIN THE REACH OF CHILDREN.

• Do not move the deep fryer when the oil is hot, as
there it could cause serious burns.

• The deep fryer must only be switched on after it has
been filled with oil or fat. If it is heated up while
empty, a thermal safety device comes into operation
which stops it from working. In this case it is neces­sary to contact our nearest authorised service cen­tre.

• If the deep fryer leaks oil, contact the technical ser-

vice centre or staff authorised by the Company.

• The basket clips automatically into the central pin in
the pan boiler. Therefore, to avoid breaking it, do

not turn it manually in order to seek the correct
position.

• Before using the deep fryer for the first time, wash
the tank, the basket and the lid (removing the filters)
carefully with hot water and washing up liquid.
When this has been done, dry carefully; remove
any remaining water which has collected in the
drainage pipe (where fitted).
Always use the oil drainage pipe to empty out the
water as shown in fig. 17. After washing, dry tho­roughly. Remove any water left in the bottom of the
container and, in particular, inside the oil drainage
pipe. This avoids dangerous spurts of hot oil during
use.

• During use and when the oil is hot, the pipe com­partment inspection door must always be closed.

• The appliance is not intended for use by persons
(including children) with reduced physical, sensory
or mental capabilities, or lack of experience and
knowledge, unless they have been given supervision
or instruction concerning use of the appliance by a
person responsible for their safety. Children should
be supervised to ensure that they do not play with
the appliance.

• To move the appliance, use the special lifting hand­les (I). (Never lift by the basket handle). Check that

the oil is cool enough (waiting about 2 hours).

• The drainage pipe must always be closed and pla­ced in its compartment while the appliance is in use.

• It is totally normal that, on first use, the refrigerator
emits a “new appliance” smell. If this happens,
aerate the room.

• Never leave the power cable hanging from the
edge of the surface the deep fryer is resting on,
where it could be grasped by a child or get in the
way of the user.

• When opening the lid, take great care to avoid hot
steam and splashes of boiling oil.

• Never use homemade or very acid oils.

• Appliance is not intended to be operated by means
of an external timer or separate remote-control
system.

• This appliance conforms to EC directive
2004/108/EC on Electromagnetic Compatibility
and EC regulation no. 1935/2004 of 27/10/2004
on materials intended for contact with food.

• This appliance is intended solely for domestic use. It

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is not meant to be used in: rooms used as kitchens
by the staff of shops, offices and other work-places,
farmhouse holiday accommodation, hotels, motels
and other places offering hospitality, room lets.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE

Filling with oil or fat

• Raise the basket (F) to the highest position by pul­ling the special “A” handle upwards (fig.1).

The lid should ALWAYS be closed when the basket
is raised and lowered.

• Open lid “C” by pressing button “P” (fig.2).

• Remove the basket by pulling it upwards (fig.3).

• Pour into the container 1.2 litres of oil (or 1 kg. of
fat).

WARNING: The level must always be between the
maximum and minimum levels indicated.
Never use the deep fryer when the oil is below the
“min” level as it could cause the thermal safety devi­ce to come into operation; to replace it you need to
contact one of our service centres.

Best results are obtained by using a good peanut oil.
Avoid mixing different types of oil. If you use lumps of
solid fat, cut them into small pieces so that the deep
fryer does not heat up in the first few minutes without a
covering of fat. The temperature must be set to 150°C
until the fat has melted completely. The required tempe­rature can then be set.

• Frozen foods have very low temperatures. As a

result they inevitably cause a considerable drop in
the temperature of the oil or fat. To achieve a good
result, we advise you not to exceed the quantities
recommended in the following table.

• Frozen foods are often covered in ice crystals

which it is necessary to remove before cooking by
shaking the basket. Then immerse the basket very

slowly into the frying oil to avoid the oil reboiling.

STARTING TO FRY

1. Put the food which is to be fried into the basket,
without ever overfilling it (max. 1 kg. of fresh pota­toes).
In order to obtain a more even frying, we recom­mend concentrating the food especially around the
perimeter of the basket., leaving the central part
more sparingly filled.

2. Put the basket into the boiler pan in a raised posi­tion (fig.3) and close the lid by pressing lightly
down upon it until the hooks click. Always close the

lid before lowering the basket in order to avoid hot
oil from splashing out.

3. Plug into the mains socket and set thermostat knob
“N” to the required temperature (fig.4). When the
temperature set has been reached, signal lamp “M”
will go off.

4. As soon as the signal lamp goes off, immerse the
basket in the oil, lowering the handle slowly after
sliding the handle’s “B” slider back.

• It is completely normal for a considerable amount of
very hot steam to pour out of filter cover “E” imme­diately after this.

• At the start of cooking, immediately after the food
has been immersed in the oil, the internal wall of
viewing window “D” will steam up, before pro­gressively clearing.

• It is normal for drops of condensation to form
around the basket handle while the appliance is
working.

AFTER FRYING

When the cooking time runs out raise the basket and
check if the food has reached the required golden
colour. In the models fitted with a viewing window this
check can be carried out by looking through the win­dow without opening the lid.
If cooking is complete, turn off the appliance by turning
the thermostat knob to the "O" position until the inter­nal switch clicks.
Drain excess oil by leaving the basket inside the deep
fryer for a while in the high position.

FILTERING THE OIL OR FAT

We recommend that you carry out this procedure each
time you have finished frying as, especially when the
food has been breaded or floured, the food particles
tend to burn if they remain in the liquid thus causing
much quicker deterioration in the oil or fat.

Check that the oil is cool enough (waiting about 2
hours).

Models with drainage pipe

Bring the front part of the deep fryer to the edge of
the work surface, taking care that the feet (K) never
protrude over the edge (fig. 5).

1. Open the lid of the deep fryer and remove the
basket (fig. 3).

2. Open inspection door “O” as shown in fig. 6.

3. Remove drainage pipe “L”.

4. Remove plug “J” while at the same time squeezing

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