Reheating Liquids and Food

Use the power levels and times in this table as a guide lines for reheating.

Food

Portion

Power

Time (min.)

Standing time (min.)

Drinks

150 ml (1 cup)

800 W

1-1½

1-2

(coffee,

250 ml (1 mug)

800 W

1½ -2

1-2

tea and

 

 

 

 

Instructions

 

 

 

water)

 

 

 

Pour into cup and reheat uncovered.

Put cup/ mug in the centre of turntable.

Keep in microwave oven during standing time and stir well.

Soup

250 g

800 W

3-3½

2-3

(chilled)

Instructions

 

 

 

Pour into a deep ceramic plate.

Cover with plastic lid.

Stir well after reheating. Stir again before serving.

Stew

350 g

600 W

5½ -6½

2-3

(chilled)

Instructions

 

 

 

Put stew in a deep ceramic plate. Cover with plastic lid.

Stir occasionally during reheating and again before standing and serving

Pasta with

350 g

600 W

 

4½ -5½

 

3

sauce

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instructions

 

 

 

 

 

(chilled)

 

 

 

 

 

Put pasta (e.g. spaghetti or egg noodles) on a flat ceramic plate. Cover with

 

 

microwave cling film. Stir before serving.

 

Filled

350 g

600 W

 

5-6

 

3

pasta with

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instructions

 

 

 

 

 

sauce

 

 

 

 

 

 

Put filled pasta (e.g. ravioli, tortellini) in a deep ceramic plate. Cover with

(chilled)

 

plastic lid. Stir occasionally during reheating and again before standing and

 

serving.

 

 

 

 

 

Plated

350 g

600 W

 

5½-6½

 

3

meal

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instructions

 

 

 

 

 

(chilled)

 

 

 

 

 

Plate a meal of 2-3 chilled components on a ceramic dish.

 

 

 

 

Cover with microwave cling-film.

 

 

 

MANUAL DEFROSTING

Microwaves are an excellent way of defrosting frozen food. Microwaves gently defrost frozen food in a short period of time. This can be of great advantage, if unexpected guests suddenly show up.

Frozen poultry must be thoroughly thawed before cooking. Remove any metal ties and take it out of any wrapping to allow thawed liquid to drain away.

Put the frozen food on a dish without cover. Turn over half way, drain off any liquid and remove any giblets as soon as possible.

Check the food occasionally to make sure that it does not feel warm.

If smaller and thinner parts of the frozen food start to warm up, they can be shield by wrapping very small strips of aluminium foil around them during defrosting.

Should poultry start to warm up on the outer surface, stop thawing and allow it to stand for 20 minutes before continuing.

Leave the fish, meat and poultry to stand in order to complete defrosting. The standing time for complete defrosting will vary depending on the quantity defrosted. Please refer to the table below.

Hint : Flat food defrosts better than thick and smaller quantities need less time than bigger ones. Remember this hint while freezing and defrosting food.

For defrosting of frozen food with a temperature of about -18 to - 20 °C, use the following table as a guide.

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