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Cooking Guide(continued)
Reheating Baby Food and Milk
Use the power levels and times in this table as guide lines for reheating.
DEFROSTING
Microwaves are an excellent way of defrosting frozen food. Microwaves gently
defrost frozen food in a short period of time. This can be of great advantage, if
unexpected guests suddenly show up.
Frozen poultry must be thoroughly thawed before cooking. Remove any metal ties
and take it out of any wrapping to allow thawed liquid to drain away.
Put the frozen food on a dish without cover. Turn over halfway, drain off any liquid
and remove any giblets as soon as possible.
Check the food occasionally to make sure that it does not feel warm.
If smaller and thinner parts of the frozen food start to warm up, they can be shield
by wrapping very small strips of aluminium foil around them during defrosting.
Should poultry start to warm up on the outer surface, stop thawing and allow it to
stand for 20 minutes before continuing.
Leave the fish, meat and poultry to stand in order to complete defrosting. The
standing time for complete defrosting will vary depending on the quantity
defrosted. Please refer to the table below.
Hint:
Flat food defrosts better than thick and smaller quantities need less
time than bigger ones. Remember this hint while freezing and
defrosting food.
For defrosting of frozen food with a temperature of about -18 to - 20 °C, use the
fol-lowing table as a guide.
All frozen food should be defrosted using defrosting power level (180 W).
Food
Portion Power Time
(min.)
Standing
Time
(min.)
Instructions
Baby food
(vegetables
+ meat)
190g
600W
30sec.
2-3
Empty into ceramic deep
plate. Cook covered. Stir after
cooking time. Stand for 2-3
minutes. Before serving, stir
well and check the tem-
perature carefully.
Baby
porridge
(grain +
milk + fruit)
190g
600W
20sec.
2-3
Empty into ceramic deep
plate. Cook covered. Stir after
cooking time. Stand for 2-3
minutes. Before serving, stir
well and check the tem-
perature carefully.
Baby milk
100ml
200ml
300W 30-40 sec.
1 min. to
1 min.
10sec.
2-3
Stir or shake well and pour
into a sterilised glass bottle.
Place into the centre of
turntable. Cook uncovered.
Shake well and stand for at
least 3 minutes. Before
serving, shake well and check
the tempera-ture carefully.
Food
Portion Time
(min.)
Standing
Time
(min.)
Instructions
Meat
Minced beef
Pork steaks
200g
400g
250g
6-7
10-12
7- 8
15-30
Place the meat on a flat ceramic plate.
Shield thinner edges with aluminium
foil. Turn over after half of defrosting
time!
Poultry
Chicken
pieces
Whole
chicken
500g
(2pcs)
1200g
14-15
32-34
15-60
First, put chicken pieces first skin-side
down, whole chicken first breast-side-
down on a flat ceramic plate. Shield
the thinner parts like wings and ends
with aluminium foil. Turn over after
half of defrosting time!
Fish
Fish fillets/
Whole fish
200g
400g
6-7
11-13
10-25
Put frozen fish in the middle of a flat
ceramic plate. Arrange the thinner
parts under the thicker parts. Shield
narrow ends of fillets and tail whole
fish with aluminium foil. Turn over after
half of defrosting time!
Fruits
Berries
250g
6-7
5-10
Spread fruits on a flat, round glass
dish (with a large diameter).
Bread
Bread rolls
(each ca. 50g)
Toast/
Sandwich
German
bread (wheat
+ rye flour)
2pcs
4pcs
250g
500g
1-1½
2½-3
4-4½
7-9
5-20
Arrange rolls in a circle or bread
horizontally on kitchen paper in the
middle of turntable. Turn over after
half of defrosting time!
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