Samsung CE115P-X/ZAM manual Defrosting

Food	Portion	Power	Time	Standing	Instructions
			(min.)	time
				(min.)
Filled pasta	350 g	600 W	4-5	3	Put filled pasta (e.g.
with sauce					ravioli, tortellini) in
(chilled)					a deep ceramic
					plate. Cover with
					plastic lid. Stir
					occasionally during
					reheating and again
					before standing and
					serving.
Plated meal	350 g	600 W	4½-5½	3	Plate a meal of 2-3
(chilled)	450 g		5½-6½		chilled components
	550 g		6½-7½		on a ceramic
					dish. Cover with
					microwave cling-
					film.

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	Standing	Instructions
		(min.)	time (min.)
Meat
Minced beef	250 g	6-7	15-30	Place the meat on a flat ceramic
	500 g	10-12		plate. Shield thinner edges with
Pork steaks	250 g	7-8		aluminium foil. Turn over after
				half of defrosting time!
Poultry
Chicken pieces	500 g	14-15	15-60	First, put chicken pieces first
	(2 pcs)			skin-side down, whole chicken
Whole chicken	1200 g	32-34		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	200 g	6-7	10-25	Put frozen fish in the middle of
Whole fish	400 g	11-13		a flat ceramic plate. Arrange the
				thinner parts under the thicker
				parts. Shield narrow ends of
				fillets and tail of whole fish with
				aluminium foil. Turn over after
				half of defrosting time!
Fruits
Berries	300 g	6-7	5-10	Spread fruit on a flat, round
				glass dish (with a large
				diameter).
Bread
Bread rolls	2 pcs	1-1½	5-20	Arrange rolls in a circle or bread
(each ca. 50 g)	4 pcs	2½-3		horizontally on kitchen paper
Toast/Sandwich	250 g	4-4½		in the middle of turntable. Turn
German bread	500 g	7-9		over after half of defrosting time!
(wheat + rye
flour)

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