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uSING THE AuTo SpEED DEfRoST fEATuRE
The Auto Speed Defrost feature enables you to defrost meat, poultry, fish
and bread/cake. The defrost time and power level are set automatically.
You simply select the programme and the weight.
Use only dishes that are microwave-safe.
First, place the frozen food in the centre of the turntable and close the door.
1.
Select the type of food that you are cooking by
pressing the
Speed Defrost
( ) button one or more
times. (Refer to the table on the side page for further
details)
2.
Select the food weight by turning the
dial knob
.
It is possible to set up to a maximum of 1500 g.
3.
Press the button.
Result :
• Defrosting begins.
• The oven beeps half way through
defrosting to remind you to turn the food over.
• Press
button again to finish defrosting.
You can also defrost food manually. To do so, select the microwave
cooking/reheating function with a power level of 180 W. Refer to the
section entitled “Cooking/Reheating” on page 13 for further details.
AuTo SpEED DEfRoST SETTINGS
The following table presents 4 Speed Defrost programmes, quantities,
standing times and appropriate recommendations.
Remove all kind of package material before defrosting. Place meat, poultry
and fish on a flat glass dish or use a ceramic plate. Place dish on turntable.
code/
food
portion
Standing
Time
Recommendations
1.
Meat
200-1500 g 20-60 min. Shield the edges with aluminium foil. Turn
the meat over, when the oven beeps.
This programme is suitable for lamb,
pork, steaks, chops and minced meat.
2.
Poultry
200-1500 g 20-60 min. Shield the leg and wing tips with
aluminium foil. Turn the poultry over,
when the oven beeps. This programme
is suitable for whole chicken as well as
for chicken portions.
3. Fish
200-1500 g 20-50 min. Shield the tail of a whole fish with
aluminium foil. Turn the fish over, when
the oven beeps. This programme is
suitable for whole fishes as well as for
fish fillets.
4.
Bread/
cake
125-625 g
5-30 min.
Put bread on a piece of kitchen paper
and turn over, as soon as the oven
beeps. Place cake on a ceramic plate
and if possible, turn over, as soon as the
oven beeps. (Oven keeps operating and
is stopped, when you open the door.)
This programme is suitable for all kinds
of bread, sliced or whole, as well as
for bread rolls and baguettes. Arrange
bread rolls in a circle. This programme
is suitable for all kinds of yeast cake,
biscuit, cheese cake and puff pastry.
It is not suitable for short/crust pastry,
fruit and cream cakes as well as for cake
with chocolate topping.
Select the Manual Defrosting function with a power level of 180 W if you
want to defrost food manually. For further details on manual defrosting
and defrosting time, refer to the page 29-30.
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