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OFZ 10011 A1
Version OK1.0 04/2015
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Storing food
Use the freezer compartment
To store deep-frozen food.
To make ice cubes.
To freeze food. Note Ensure that the freezer compartment door has been closed
properly. If the door is open, the frozen food will thaw. The freezer compartment will
become covered in thick ice. Also: waste of energy due to high power consumption!
Purchasing frozen food
■ Packaging must not be damaged.
■ Use by the ”use by” date.
■ Temperature in the supermarket freezer must be -18 °C or lower.
■ If possible, transport deep-frozen food
in a cool bag and place quickly in the freezer compartment
Freezing fresh food
Freeze fresh and undamaged food only. To retain the best possible nutritional value,
flavour and colour, vegetables should be blanched before freezing.
Aubergines, peppers, zucchini and asparagus do not require blanching.
Literature on freezing and blanching can be found in bookshops.
Note
Keep food which is to be frozen away from food which is already frozen.
■ The following foods are suitable for freezing:
Cakes and pastries, fish and seafood, meat, game, poultry, vegetables, fruit, herbs,
eggs without shells, dairy products such as cheese, butter and quark, ready meals and
leftovers such as soups, stews, cooked meat and fish, potato dishes, soufflés and
desserts.
■ The following foods are not suitable for freezing:
Types of vegetables, which are usually consumed raw, such as lettuce or radishes,
eggs in shells, grapes, whole apples, pears and peaches, hard-boiled eggs, yoghurt,
soured milk, sour cream, crème fraîche and mayonnaise.
