Brandt BFD1420NS, Instructions For Use Manual

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5 USING THE FREEZER COMPARTMENT EN
FOOD FREEZING GUIDE
Fruits
Fruit must be covered with sugar or syrup, as appropriate. The amount of sugar to
use is around 250g for 1 kilo of fruit. Syrups are used in varying percentages; these
are prepared by boiling sugared wa- ter. The various concentrations are as follows:
•30% solution, 450g of sugar per litre of water; •40% solution, 650g of sugar per
litre of water; •50% solution, 800g of sugar per litre of water; So that the fruit's
colour does not change, place it in lemon juice before covering it with sugar or pour
lemon juice into the syrup. The receptacles for the fruit to be frozen must remain in
the refrigerator for one hour before being re-inserted into the freezer.
The fruit must be completely covered in syrup
Bread
This can be kept for 2 months. Defrost in an oven set to 50°C, switching it on
after inserting the bread.
Butter and cheese
Freeze butter and cheese by dividing them up into pieces for weekly consump-
tion. Butter and hard cheese (e.g. Parmesan) can be kept for 8 months, other
cheese 4 months. They must be defrosted in the refrigerator, keeping an eye on
the condensation that forms on these products.
ARRANGING FOOD IN YOUR FREEZER
D
o not put fresh food next to food that has already been frozen
to avoid causing the frozen food to warm up.
Information:
The maximum weight of food that you can freeze over 24
hours is shown on the information plate (inside your
appliance's refrigerator section near the bottom of the left-
hand wall) under the heading: "CAPACITE DE CONGELA-
TION/FREEZING CAPACITY (kg/24h)".
SETTING FREEZER THERMOSTAST
Freezer thermostat automatically regulates the inside tempera-
ture of the compartments. By rotating the knob from position 1 to
5, colder temperatures can be obtained.
In cold seasons, you can set lower positions in order to decrease
the energy consumption.
Freezer Thermostat Setting:
1 – 2 : For short-term storage of food in the freezer compartment,
you can set the knob between minimum and medium position.
3 – 4 : For long-term storage of food in the freezer compartment,
you can set knob in medium position.
5 : For freezing the fresh food. The appliance will work longer.
After the freezing you must position the thermostat to its original
position.
SUPER FREEZE : “SPEED FREEZER”
• Use the fast freezing shelf to freeze home cooking (and fresh
foods ) more quickly because of the freezing room’s greater free-
zing power.
• For opening the shelf pull the cover up, and slide it in to the
compartment. You can close it in the same way.
• Be sure that the cover of fast freezing shelf is closed before
closing the compartment door. If not, it can not show its fast
freezing power.
Information:
The food must be frozen right through as quickly as possi-
ble in order to preserve its vitamins, its nutritional value,
its appearance and its taste.
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Vegetables
Product Validity
Asparagus 12 months
Cabbage, cauliflow er 6 months
Artichokes
Beans
Green beans
Mushrooms
Aubergines
Sw eet peppers
Peas ,Tomatoes
Parsley, basil
8 months
Spinach 12 months
We recommend that you blench the vegetables w ith steam.
12 months
Product Validity
Apricots
8 months
Pineapple
Oranges
Cherries
Straw berries
Melon
Peaches
8 months
Grapefruit
12 months
Juice from citrus fruit
10 months
Plums
Grapes
Bilberries, blackberries, blackcurrants, raspberries red
currants
10 months
10 months
12 months
12 months