Zanussi ZKG44500X, User Manual

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Microwave mode
Microwave
Information about operation
General:
• After you deactivate the appliance, let the
food stand for some minutes (refer to “Mi-
crowave Tables: standing time”).
• Remove the aluminium foil packaging, metal
containers, etc. before you prepare the food.
Cooking:
• If possible, cook food covered with material
suitable for use in the microwave. Only cook
food without a cover if you want to keep a
crust.
• Do not overcook the dishes by setting the
power and time too high. The food can dry
out, burn or catch fire in some places.
• Do not use the appliance to cook eggs in
their shells and snails, because they can
burst. With fried eggs, pierce the yolks first.
• Prick food with "skin" or "peel", such as po-
tatoes, tomatoes, sausages, with a fork sev-
eral times before cooking so that the food
does not burst.
• For chilled or frozen food, set a longer cook-
ing time.
• Dishes which contain sauce must be stirred
from time to time.
• Vegetables that have a firm structure, such
as carrots, peas or cauliflower, must be
cooked in water.
• Turn larger pieces after half the cooking
time.
• If possible, cut vegetables into similar-sized
pieces.
• Use flat, wide dishes.
• Do not use cookware made of porcelain,
ceramic or earthenware with small holes, e.
g. on handles or unglazed bottoms. Mois-
ture going into the holes can cause the
cookware to crack when it is heated.
Defrosting meat, poultry, fish:
• Put the frozen, unwrapped food on a small
upturned plate with a container below it, or
on a defrosting rack or plastic sieve so that
the defrosting liquid can run off.
• Turn the food after half the defrosting time. If
possible, divide and then remove the pieces
that have started to defrost.
Defrosting butter, portions of gateau,
quark:
• Do not fully defrost in the appliance, but let
them defrost at room temperature. This
gives a more even result. Fully remove all
metal or aluminium packaging or parts be-
fore defrosting.
Defrosting fruit, vegetables:
• Do not fully defrost fruit and vegetables,
which are to be further prepared while raw,
in the appliance. Let them defrost at room
temperature.
• You can use a higher microwave power to
cook fruit and vegetables without defrosting
them first.
Ready meals:
• Ready meals in metal packaging or plastic
trays with metal covers can only be defros-
ted or heated in the microwave if they are
expressively designated as suitable for use
in the microwave.
• You must follow the manufacturer's instruc-
tions printed on the packaging (e. g. remove
the metal cover and pierce the plastic film).
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