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Reheating Liquids and Food
Use the power levels and times in this table as a guide lines for reheating.
food
portion power Time
(min.)
Standing
Time
(min.)
Instructions
Drinks
(coffee, tea
and water)
150 ml
(1 cup)
850 W
1-1½
1-2
Pour into cup and
reheat uncovered.
Put cup/ mug in the
centre of turntable.
Keep in microwave oven
during standing time
and stir well.
250 ml
(1 mug)
1½-2
Soup
(chilled)
250 g
850 W
3-3½
2-3
Pour into a deep
ceramic plate.
Cover with plastic lid.
Stir well after reheating.
Stir again before
serving.
Stew
(chilled)
350 g
600 W 5½-6½
2-3
Put stew in a deep
ceramic plate.
Cover with plastic lid.
Stir occasionally during
reheating and again
before standing and
serving.
Pasta with
sauce
(chilled)
350 g
600 W 4½-5½
3
Put pasta (e.g. spaghetti
or egg noodles) on a flat
ceramic plate. Cover
with microwave cling
film. Stir before serving.
Filled pasta
with sauce
(chilled)
350 g
600 W
5-6
3
Put filled pasta (e.g.
ravioli, tortellini) in a
deep ceramic plate.
Cover with plastic lid.
Stir occasionally during
reheating and again
before standing and
serving.
Plated
Meal
(chilled)
350 g
600 W 5½-6½
3
Plate a meal of 2-3
chilled components on
a ceramic dish.
Cover with microwave
cling-film.
450 g
7-7½
MANUAL 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 half way, 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 following table as a guide.
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