Food

Portion

Power

Time (min.)

Standing time

 

 

 

 

(min.)

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 (chilled)

350 g

600 W

5½-6½

2-3

<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 pasta

350 g

600 W

 

5-6

 

3

with sauce

 

< Instructions >

 

(chilled)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

Cover with plastic lid. Stir occasionally during reheating and

 

again before standing and serving.

 

 

 

Plated meal

350 g

600 W

 

5½-6½

 

3

(chilled)

 

< Instructions >

 

 

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.

All frozen food should be defrosted using defrosting power level (180 W).

Food

Portion

Time (min.)

Standing time (min.)

Meat

 

 

 

Minced beef

250 g

6½-7½

5-25

 

500 g

10-12

 

Pork steaks

250 g

7½-8½

5-25

< Instructions >

Place the meat on a flat ceramic plate.Shield thinner edges with aluminium foil. Turn over after half of defrosting time!

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