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COOKING GUIDE
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.
All frozen food should be defrosted using defrosting power level (180 W).
Food
Portion
Time
(min.)
Standing
time (min.)
Instructions
Meat
Minced beef
250 g
500 g
6½-7½
10-12
5-25
Place the meat on a flat
ceramic plate. Shield thinner
edges with aluminium
foil. Turn over after half of
defrosting time!
Pork steaks
250 g
7½-8½
Food
Portion
Power
(W)
Time
Standing
time (min.)
Instructions
Baby
porridge
(grain + milk
+ fruit)
190 g
600
20 sec.
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
temperature carefully.
Baby milk
100 ml
300
30-40 sec.
2-3
Stir or shake well and
pour into a sterilized
glass bottle. Place
into the centre of
turn-table. Cook
uncovered. Shake
well and stand for
at least 3 minutes.
Before serving, shake
well and check the
temperature carefully.
200 ml
50 sec. to 1
min.
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