USING THE POWER DEFROST FEATURE

The Power Defrost feature enables you to defrost meat, poultry, fish, bread/ cake and fruits. The defrost time and power level are set automatically.

You simply select the programme and the weight. Use only dishes that are microwave-safe.

First, place the frozen food in the centre of the turntable and close the door.

1.Press the Power Defrost () button.

Result : The following indication is displayed: (Power Defrost).

2.Select the type of food that you are cooking by

pressing the Power Defrost () button. Refer to the table on the following page for a description of the various preprogrammed settings.

3. Select the food weight by pressing the ( ) and () buttons.

4.Press the Start () button.

Result :

Defrosting begins.

The oven beeps through defrosting to remind you to turn the food over.

5.Press the Start () again to finish defrosting.

Result : When cooking has finished, the oven will beep and flash “0” four times. The oven will then beep one time per minute.

You can also defrost food manually. To do so, select the microwave cooking/reheating function with a power level of 180 W. Refer to the section entitled “Cooking/Reheating” on page 15 for further details.

THE POWER DEFROST SETTINGS

The following table presents the various Power Defrost programmes, quantities, standing times and appropriate recommendations. Remove all kind of package material before defrosting.

Place meat, poultry and fish on a flat glass plate or on a ceramic plate, arrange bread and cake on kitchen paper.

 

 

Serving

Standing

 

Code

Food

time

Recommendations

size (g)

 

 

(min.)

 

 

 

 

 

1

Meat

200-1500

20-90

Shield the edges with

 

 

 

 

aluminium foil. Turn the meat

 

 

 

 

over, when the oven beeps.

 

 

 

 

This programme is suitable

 

 

 

 

for beef, lamb, pork, steaks,

 

 

 

 

chops, minced meat.

2

Poultry

200-1500

20-90

Shield the leg and wing tips

 

 

 

 

with aluminium foil. Turn the

 

 

 

 

poultry over, when the oven

 

 

 

 

beeps. This programme is

 

 

 

 

suitable for whole chicken as

 

 

 

 

well as for chicken portions.

3

Fish

200-1500

20-80

Shield the tail of a whole

 

 

 

 

fish with aluminium foil. Turn

 

 

 

 

the fish over, when the oven

 

 

 

 

beeps. This programme is

 

 

 

 

suitable for whole fishes as

 

 

 

 

well as for fish fillets.

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