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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.
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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.
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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.
Packing frozen food
To prevent food from losing its flavour or drying out,
place in airtight containers.
1. Place food in packaging.
2. Remove air.
3. Seal the wrapping.
4. Label packaging with contents and date of freezing.
Suitable packaging:
Plastic film, tubular film made of polyethylene,
aluminium foil, freezer containers.
These products are available from specialist outlets.
Unsuitable packaging:
Wrapping paper, greaseproof paper, cellophane, bin
liners and used shopping bags.
Items suitable for sealing packaged food:
Rubber bands, plastic clips, string, cold-resistant
adhesive tape, etc.
Bags and tubular film made of polyethylene
can be sealed with a film heat sealer.
Shelf life of frozen food
Depends on the type of food.
At a temperature of -18 °C:
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Fish, sausage, ready meals and cakes and pastries:
up to 6 months
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Cheese, poultry and meat:
up to 8 months
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Vegetables and fruit:
up to 12 months
Super freezing
Food should be frozen solid as quickly as possible in
order to retain vitamins, nutritional value, appearance
and flavour.
To prevent an undesirable temperature rise when
placing fresh food in the freezer compartment, switch
on super freezing several hours beforehand. As a rule,
4–6 hours is adequate. 24 hours are necessary when
using the maximum freezer capacity fully.
After 2 days the temperature set before super freezing
is automatically restored.
Switching on
Press super freezing button.
The display panel indicates the symbol
SUPER
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and
the compartment for which the function was switched
on.
Switching off
Press super freezing button.
Thawing frozen food
Depending on the type and application, select
one of the following options:
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at room temperature
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in the refrigerator
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in an electric oven, with/without fan assisted hot-air
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in the microwave
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Caution
Do not refreeze food which is beginning to thaw
or which has already thawed. It can only be refrozen
when it has been used to prepare a ready meal (boiled
or fried).
No longer store the frozen produce for the max.
storage period.
