Defrosting

Cooking Guide (continued)

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	500g	14 - 15			5 - 20			Place the meat on a flat
								ceramic plate.
								Shield thinner edges with
Pork steaks	250g	7	-	7½				aluminium foil.
								Turn over after half of
								defrosting time!

Poultry
Chicken	500 g	15	- 16		15 - 40			First, put chicken pieces first
pieces	(2 pcs)							skin-side down, whole
								chicken first breast-side-
Whole chicken	900g	32 - 34						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	250g	7 - 8			5 - 20			Put frozen fish in the middle
	(2 pcs)							of a flat ceramic plate.
	400g	12	-	13				Arrange the thinner parts
	(4 pcs)							under the thicker parts.
								Shield narrow ends with
								aluminium foil.
								Turn over after half of
								defrosting time!

Fruits
Berries	250g	7	-	8	5	-	10	Distribute fruits on a flat,
								round glass dish (with a
								large diameter).
Bread
Bread rolls	2 pcs	1½	-	2	5	-	10	Arrange rolls in a circle or
(each ca. 50 g)	4 pcs	3	- 4					bread horizontally on kitchen
Toast/	250g	4	-	5				paper in the middle of
Sandwich								turntable.
German bread	500g	8 - 10						Turn over after half of
(wheat + rye								defrosting time!
flour)