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 halfway, 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 fol-lowing table as a guide.

All frozen food should be defrosted using defrosting power level (180W, ).

Food	Portion	Time	Standing	Instructions
		(min.)	Time
			(min.)
Meat
Minced beef	200g	7½ - 8½	5-20	Place the meat on a flat ceramic
	400g	14 -16		plate. Shield thinner edges with
				aluminium foil. Turn over after
Pork steaks	250g	8½ - 9½		half of defrosting time!

Poultry				First, put chicken pieces first
Chicken pieces	500g	17 - 18	15-60	skin-side down, whole chicken
	(2 pc)			first breast-side-down on a flat
				ceramic plate. Shield the thinner
Whole chicken	900g	28 - 30		parts like wings and ends with
				aluminium foil. Turn over after
				half of defrosting time!

Food	Portion	Time	Standing	Instructions
		(min.)	Time
			(min.)
Fish
Fish fillets	200g	7-8	15-20	Put frozen fish in the middle of a
	(2 pc)			flat ceramic plate. Arrange the
	400g	14 - 15		thinner parts under the thicker
	(4 pc)			parts. Shield narrow ends with
				aluminium foil. Turn over after
				half of defrosting time!

Fruits
Berries	250g	8 - 9	5 - 15	Distribute fruits on a flat, round
				glass dish (with a large
				diameter).
Bread
Bread rolls	2 pc	1½ - 2	5 - 10	Arrange rolls in a circle or bread
(each ca. 50 g)	4 pc	3 - 3½		vertically(like a tower) on kitchen
Toast/	250g	6 - 6½		paper in the middle of turntable.
Sandwich				Turn over after half of defrosting
				time!