Indesit MWI 14IX manual Using the controls and setting the modes, Microwave-only function

Using the controls and setting the modes

Microwave-only function

This function is suitable for:
•	Keeping food hot	page 27
•	Defrosting	page 27
•	Heating	page 29

•Cooking stew, white meats, fruit, vegetables,

rice, soup and fish page 31

•To brown the foods, to bake pastry

and fruit page 33

Turning the oven on using only microwave function

Place the food in a container suitable for microwave cooking and place it in the centre of the turntable

N.B: You do not have to pre- heat the oven.

Check to make sure that the programme selector knob is in position

Choose the power level you want by turning the power selector knob.

Set the cooking time desired by turning the timer knob in a clockwise direction.

Once the set cooking time has expired, a buzzer will sound to signal that your food is ready.

It is possible to interrupt the oven’s operations at any time

simply by turning the timer knob to its “0” setting. You

may also change the cooking time (while the cooking GB itself is in progress) by turning that same knob back or

forth.

You can check on the situation while the cooking is in progress by opening the door and examining the food. That move will interrupt the oven’s operations, but they will begin again once the door has been closed.

Using the microwave only function to keep food hot

This function enables you to keep food hot, whether that food be just cooked or re-heated, without having it get dry or stick to its container.

Selecting the power level and covering the food with a plate or plastic film, you will find that foods will remain warm up to serving time

You can leave foods in their cooking container if they are covered.

Using the microwave only function to defrosting

•Foods frozen in bags or plastic sheeting or in their packaging may be placed directly in the oven, as long as they have no metal parts (e.g., bands or closure rivets).

•Certain foods, such as greens, vegetables and fish, do not have to be completely defrosted before you begin cooking them.

•Stewed foods and meats as well as meat sauces defrost better and quicker if they are stirred from time to time, turned over or separated.

•While defrosting, meat and fish lose their liquid content. It is recommended, therefore, that you defrost such items in a tray or basin.

•It is advisable to separate each individual piece of meat from its bag before putting it in the freezer. This will help you save valuable time will preparing foods.

•Be careful about following the cooking times printed on frozen products, because those times are not always correct. It is best to use defrosting times slightly less than those indicated. The time needed for defrosting will vary in terms of the degree to which the food has been frozen.

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