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ENGLISH
USING tHE aUtO pOWEr DEfrOSt fEatUrE
The Auto Power Defrost feature enables you to defrost meat, poultry,fish
and bread/cake. The defrost time and power level are set automatically.
Use only dishes that are microwave-safe.
First, place the frozen food in the centre of the turntable and close the door.
1.
Press the
power Defrost
( ) button which you
want the required number of time.
Example:
Press the Power Defrost ( ) button
three times to defrost fish.
2.
Select the food weight by pressing ( ) and ( ) buttons.
It is possible to set up to a maximum of 2000 g.
(Bread/Cake is possible to set up to a maximum of
1000g.)
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 12 for further details.
aUtO pOWEr DEfrOSt SEttINGS
The following table presents the rapid defrost programme, quantities,
standing times and appropriate recommendations.
Remove all kind of package material before defrosting. Place meat, poultry
and fish on a flat ceramic plate.
Code/food
Serving
size (g)
Standing
time (min.)
recommendations
1. Meat
200-2000
20-60
Shield the edges with aluminium
foil. Turn the meat over, when
the oven beeps. This programme
is suitable for beef, lamb, pork,
steaks, chops, minced meat.
2. Poultry
200-2000
20-60
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
200-2000
20-50
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
125-1000
5-30
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.
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