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You can operate the oven fan without heat, making
the air circulate inside the oven at room temperature.
This increases the speed of defrosting. However,
please note that the temperature of the kitchen will
influence the speed of defrosting.
This function is particularly suitable for defrosting
delicate food which could be damaged by heat, e.g.
cream filled gateaux, iced cakes, pastries, bread and
other yeast products.
How to Use Defrosting
1) Switch the oven on by pressing button 1.
2) Select the Fan Oven function by pressing
button
and set the temperature on zero
by pressing button
.
Defrosting
•
Cover food with a lid, aluminium foil or plastic film
to prevent drying out during defrosting.
•
ALWAYS COOK THOROUGHLY IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THAWING.
•
Frozen food should be placed in a single layer
when ever possible and turned over half way
through the defrosting process.
•
Only joints of meat and poultry up to 2 kg. (4 lb.)
are suitable for defrosting in this way.
Refer to the following table for approximate defrosting
times.
i
Chicken 1000 g.
100-140
20-30
Place the chicken on an inverted
saucer on a large plate. Defrost open
and turn at half time or defrost
covered with foil. Remove giblets
as soon as possible.
Meat 1000 g.
100-140
20-30
Defrost open and turn at
half time or cover with foil
Meat 500 g.
90-120
20-30
As above
Trout 150 g.
23-35
10-15
Defrost open
Strawberries 300 g.
30-40
10-20
Defrost open
Butter 250 g.
30-40
10-15
Defrost open
Cream 2 x 200 g.
80-100
10-15
Defrost open (cream is
easy to whip even if parts
of it are still slightly frozen)
Cake 1400 g.
60
60
Defrost open
Food
Defrosting time
(Mins)
Standing time
(Mins)
Notes
Hints and Tips
The times quoted in the chart should be used as a guide only, as the speed of defrosting will depend on the
kitchen temperature. For example, the colder the room temperature, the longer the defrosting time.
FAN OVEN FUNCTION SYMBOL
PRE-SET TEMPERATURE: 175
°
C
TO THAW FROZEN FOOD
USE THIS FUNCTION
AND SET TEMPERATURE TO ZERO
