Defrosting, reheating and cooking using microwave power
Useful tips
Use | Tips |
Defrosting large | The glass tray placed on the lowest level can be used |
quantities of food at | for defrosting food. |
once, e.g. 2 kg fish |
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Reheating food | Always cover food when reheating it, except when |
| reheating meat/fish coated in breadcrumbs. |
Cooking vegetables | Add a little water to vegetables which have been kept |
| stored. |
| Vegetable cooking times depend on the texture of the |
| vegetable. Fresh vegetables contain more water than |
| vegetables which have been stored and usually cook |
| more quickly. |
Cooking frozen ready- | These can be defrosted and reheated or cooked at the |
meals | same time. Please follow instructions given on the |
| packet. |
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Problem | Possible cause and remedy |
The food is not | Check that you remembered to restart the programme |
sufficiently heated or is | after interrupting a cooking process using microwave |
not cooked at the end | power. |
of a set time. | Check that the correct duration was selected for the |
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| power level chosen when cooking or reheating in |
| microwave mode. |
| The lower the power level the longer the duration. |
Food cools down too | When cooked by microwaves, food begins to cook from |
quickly after being | the outside first, the inside of the food relying on the |
reheated or cooked in | slower conduction of heat. |
microwave mode. | If food is cooked at a high power level it is possible that |
| the heat may not have reached the centre of the food. |
| Food may be warm in the middle but cool on the edge. |
| When reheating food with different densities, such as |
| plated meals, it is sensible to start with a low power |
| level and select a longer reheating time. |
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