Liebherr 7084 152 - 00 manual Notes on freezing and storage, VarioSpace

Notes on freezing and storage

Notes on freezing and storage

W Items suitable for freezing: meat, game, poultry, fresh fish, vegetables, fruit, dairy products,­ bread, baked goods, pre-cooked meals.

Not suitable: lettuce, radishes, grapes, whole apples and pears, fatty meat.

W Pack frozen food in standard freezer bags or reusable plastic, metal or aluminium containers.

W Do not allow fresh food which is to be frozen to come into contact with food already frozen. Always keep packs dry in order to avoid them sticking together.

W Always write the date and contents on the pack and do not exceed the stated storage time for the food. This prevents any risk of quality impairment.

W Pack food which you are freezing yourself in quantities appropriate to your household. To ensure that the food freezes right through quickly, the following quantities should not be exceeded per package:

- fruit, vegetables: up to 1 kg;

- meat: up to 2.5 kg.

W Blanch vegetables after washing and cutting them. (Add to boiling water for 2-3 minutes, remove and quickly cool down in cold water. If you blanch with a steamer or micro- wave oven, please observe the relevant operating instruc- tions.)

W Do not salt or season fresh food or blanched vegetables before freezing. Only lightly salt and season other food. Some spices can alter their flavour intensity.

W Do not freeze bottles and cans which contain carbon-ated drinks as they might burst. Drinks can be cooled down quickly, but take the bottles out of the freezer compartment after an hour at the most.

W Thawing: Only take out as much food as is immediate­ly
	required for thawing. Cook food which has been thawed as
	quickly as possible.
-	Frozen food can be thawed in the following ways:	GB
	in a conventional or fan oven
- in a microwave oven
-	at room temperature
- in the refrigerator: the cold given off by the frozen food is
-	used for cooling the other food.
	Flat portions of meat or fish can be cooked when partially­
-	thawed.
	Vegetables can be cooked from frozen (in half the normal
	time).

WThe table below gives guidelines for storage times of vari- ous foods in the freezer compartment:

Ice cream	2	to	6	months
Sausage, ham	2	to	6	months
Bread, baked goods	2	to	6	months
Game, pork	6	to	10	months
Fish fat	2	to	6	months
Fish fatless	6	to	12	months
Cheese	2	to	6	months
Poultry, beef	6	to	12	months
Fruit and vegetables	6	to	12	months

Whether or not the lower or upper value is applicable de- pends on the food quality, its processing prior to freezing and the individual household's quality requirements. The lower values always apply to food with a high fat content; fats tend to become rancid.

WStorage: Each drawer and shelf can take up to 25 kg fro- zen food.

If you want to use the maximum net capacity, you can remove the drawers and the pull-out rails and store items directly on the shelves.

Always leave the bottom drawer in the appliance.-W

W Removing drawers: Pull forward until the drawer stops and lift out.

- If you have removed the drawers, do

not cover the fan slits at the back, otherwise the freezer will not work

properly.

W Always store identical food items together to avoid the door being open for unnecessarily long periods and to save energy.

W Do not exceed storage times given.

VarioSpace*

- You can create a double-height space for big items of fro- zen food by removing a drawer and a shelf. This enables you to freeze such things as poultry or big pieces of meat without having to cut them up first, so they can be served "whole" afterwards, and to store other large items such as big gateaux or packs of ice.

- Removing the drawer, fig. D1: Pull out as far as it will go and lift at the front.

- Removing the shelf, fig. D2: Lift up at the front and pull out.

- To insert: proceed in reverse order; simply push shelf in as far as it will go.

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