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USING THE POWER DEFROST FEATURE
The Power Defrost feature enables you to defrost meat, poultry, fish, bread,
cake and fruit. The defrost time and power level are set automatically. You
simply select the programme and the weight.
Use only containers that are microwave-safe.
Open the door. Place the frozen food on a ceramic in the centre of the
turntable. Close the door.
1.
Turn Mode Selector Dial to
Power Defrost
mode
position.
2.
Select the type of food that you are cooking by
turning the
Multi Function Selector Dial
. Refer to
the table on the following page for a description of
the various pre-programmed settings. At that time,
press the
Multi Function Selector Dial
to select
the type of food.
3.
Select the size of the serving by turning the
Multi
Function Selector Dial
.
4.
Press
Start/ + 30s
button.
Result:
• Defrosting begins.
• The oven beeps through defrosting to
remind you to turn the food over.
5.
Press the
Start/ + 30s
again to finish defrosting.
Result:
When cooking has finished, the oven
will beep and flash “0” four times.
The oven will then beep one time per
minute.
USING THE POWER DEFROST PROGRAMMES
The following table presents the various Power Defrost programmes,
quantities, standing times and appropriate recommendations. Remove all
kind of package material before defrosting.
Place meat, poultry and fish on a flat glass plate or on a ceramic plate,
arrange bread and cake on kitchen paper.
Code
Food
Serving
size
Standing
time
Recommendations
1
Meat
200-2000 g 20-90 min. Shield the edges with aluminium foil. Turn
the meat over, when the oven beeps. This
programme is suitable for beef, lamb, pork,
steaks, chops, minced meat.
2
Poultry
200-2000 g 20-90 min. Shield the leg and wing tips with aluminium foil.
Turn the poultry over, when the oven beeps.
This programme is suitable for whole chicken as
well as for chicken portions.
3
Fish
200-2000 g 20-80 min. Shield the tail of a whole fish with aluminium foil.
Turn the fish over, when the oven beeps. This
programme is suitable for whole fishes as well
as for fish fillets.
4
Bread/
Cake
125-1000 g 10-60 min. Put bread horizontally on a piece of kitchen
paper and turn over, as soon as the oven
beeps. Place cake on a ceramic plate and if
possible, turn over, as soon as the oven beeps.
(Oven keeps operating and is stopped, when
you open the door.) This programme is suitable
for all kinds of bread, sliced or whole, as well
as for bread rolls and baguettes. Arrange bread
rolls in a circle. This programme is suitable for
all kinds of yeast cake, biscuit, cheese cake
and puff pastry. It is not suitable for short/crust
pastry, fruit and cream cakes as well as for
cake with chocolate topping.
5
Fruit
100-600 g
5-20 min. Spread fruits evenly into a flat glass dish. This
programme is suitable for all kind of fruits.
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