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Freezing and defrosting – how it’s done …
Defrosting table
Defrosting
The microwave is an ideal device for defrosting frozen foods quickly and evenly.
The power output, defrosting and standing time settings must be selected to suit the consistency and quantity of the food to be defrosted. Microwaves always penetrate food from the outside and move towards the inside. Therefore the middle parts of particularly large pieces of food should not be fully defrosted as in doing this the outside layers may be burned.
Correct defrosting starts with the original freezing. Take this into account and proportion the quantities as small as possible, flat and suited your household requirements. You should also take into account the size of the bowls or dishes in which you will be defrosting later in the microwave.
The following defrosting table gives the defrosting times of some common foods. In addition to defrosting times, the table also gives standing times - all related to the quantity of food. During standing times, heat flows from the defrosted layers into the centre of the food, which may still be frozen, and thus temperature differences are evened out. Leave the frozen food inside or outside of the
To use the integrated DEFROST function.
• Press the DEFROST button .
• Enter the defrosting time using the numerical keys .
• Press the START button .
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Bread rolls | 150 g / 2 pcs. | approx. 1 min. |
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Bread | 500 g |
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Cream cake | Defrost the cake only | |||
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Butter | 250 g | approx. 1 min. | Remove the packaging and | |
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| place the butter on a plate |
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Cheese | 500 g | Turn the piece of cheese | ||
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| over once after half the time |
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Cooked | 200 g | approx. 3 min. | Turn the piece of cooked | |
meats |
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| meat once after half the |
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| time has elapsed. Cut the |
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| slices before standing time |
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| carefully using a knife. |
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Strawberries | 250 g | approx. 8 min. | Defrost the strawberries or | |
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| other fruit in a bowl with a |
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| lid. Carefully stir once after |
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| half the time has elapsed |
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| carefully |
Before defrosting meat, poultry or fish please read the section WEIGHT DEFROST in the operating instructions supplied with the microwave.
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