Using the Power Defrost Feature
EN
The Power Defrost ( 
) feature enables you to defrost steaks/ chops/ minced meat/ chicken pieces, meat joint, chicken, fish, bread and Cake. The defrost time and power level are set automatically. You simply select the programme and the weight.
Use only containers that are
Open the door. Place the frozen food on a ceramic in the centre of the turntable. Close the door.
1.Press the Power Defrost ( 
) button.
2.Select the type of food that you are cooking by pressing
the Power Defrost ( 
) button. Refer to the table on the following page for a description of the various pre- programmed settings.
3. Select the food weight by turning the dial knob.
4.Press Start( 
) button.
Result:
Defrosting begins.
The oven beeps through defrosting to remind you to turn the food over.
5.Press the Start( 
) 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.
You can also defrost food manually. To do so, select the microwave function with a power level of 180 W. Refer to the section entitled “Defrosting” on page 31 for further details.
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 ceramic plate.
Code | Food | Serving | Standing | Recommendations |
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| Size | Time |
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1 | Steaks/ | 10 - 60 min | Shield the edges with aluminium foil. | |
| Chops/ |
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| When the oven beeps, turn the |
| Minced Meat/ |
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| plieces over. |
| Chicken |
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| This programme is suitable for flat |
| Pieces |
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| pieces of meat or poultry, like steaks, |
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| chops, chicken legs, chicken or duck |
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| breast and minced meat. |
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2 | Meat Joint | 20 - 90 min | Shield the edges with aluminium foil. | |
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| When the oven beeps, turn the meat |
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| joint over. |
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| This programme is suitable for a joint |
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| of meat (pork, beef, lamb) or a lamb |
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| leg. |
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3 | Chicken | 20 - 60 min | Shield the leg and wing tips with | |
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| aluminium foil and put the chicken |
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| first |
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| When the oven beeps, turn the |
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| chicken over. |
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| This programme is suitable for whole |
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| chicken. |
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4 | Fish | 20 - 50 min | Shield the tail of a whole fish with | |
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| aluminium foil. |
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| When the oven beeps, turn the fish |
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| over. |
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| This programme is suitable for whole |
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| fishes as well as for fish fillets. |
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5 | Bread | 5 - 20 min | Put bread slices horizontally on a | |
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| piece of kitchen paper and turn over, |
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| as soon as the oven beeps. |
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| This programme is suitable for all |
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| kinds of bread, sliced or whole, as |
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| well as for bread rolls and baguettes. |
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| Arrange bread rolls in a circle. |
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6 | Cake | 5 - 60 min | Place cake on a turntable. This | |
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| programme is suitable for all kinds of |
yeast cake, sponge cake, cheese cake, puff pastry, fruit cake and cream cake rolls. It is not suitable for gateaux or cake with cream or chocolate topping and icing.
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