The temperature and density of food varies, I would recommend that the food is checked before cooking commences. Pay particular attention to large joints of meat and chicken, some foods should not be completely thawed before cooking. For example fish cooks so quickly that it is sometimes better to begin cooking while still slightly frozen. The BREAD programme is suitable for defrosting small items such as rolls or a small loaf. These will require a standing time to allow the centre to thaw. In the following example I will show you how to defrost 1.4Kg of frozen poultry.
Press Stop/Clear.
Weight the food that you are about to defrost. Be certain to remove any metallic ties or wraps; then place the food in your oven and close the
Auto
Defrost
Your oven has four microwave defrost
settings:- MEAT, POULTRY, FISH and
BREAD; each defrost category has different power settings.
oven door.
Press Auto Defrost.
Turn Dial to select the POULTRY defrosting programme.
“dEF2” appears on the display window.
Press Dial for confirmation.
Enter the weight of the frozen food that you are about to defrost.
Turn Dial until display shows “1.4kg”.
Press Start.
During defrosting your oven will “BEEP”, at which point open the oven door, turn food over and separate to ensure even thawing. Remove any portions that have thawed or shield them to help slow down thawing. After checking close the oven door and press Start to resume defrosting.
Your oven will not stop defrosting (even when the beep sounded) unless the door is opened.
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