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USING THE AUTO POWER DEFROST FEATURES
The Auto power defrost features enable you to defrost meat, poultry, fish and bread/ cake. The defrost time and power level are set automatically.
You simply select the programme and the weight.
First, place the frozen food in the centre of the turntable and close the door.
1.Select the type of food that you are cooking by pressing the
Power Defrost button one or more times. (Refer to the table on the opposite page for further details.)
2.Select the food weight by pressing the Kg and 100g button. It is
possible to set up to a maximum of 1500 g.
3.Press the Start button.
Result:
•Defrosting begins.
• The oven beeps halfway through defrosting to remind you to turn the food over.
•Press Start button again to finish defrosting.
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.
Use only dishes that are
The following table presents the various Auto Power Defrost programmes, quantities and appropriate instructions. Remove all kinds of package material before defrosting.
Place meat, poultry, fish and bread/cake on a ceramic plate.
Code/Food Serving Size | Instructions |
1
Meat | over when the oven beeps. This programme is |
| suitable for beef, lamb, pork, steaks, chops and |
| minced meat. Stand for |
2200-1500 g Shield the leg and wing tips with aluminium foil.
Poultry | Turn the poultry over when the oven beeps. This |
| programme is suitable for whole chicken and |
| chicken portions. Stand for |
3200-1500 g Shield the tail of the whole fish with aluminium
Fish | foil. Turn the fish over when the oven beeps. This |
| programme is suitable for whole fishes and fish |
| fillets. Stand for |
4125-625 g Put bread on a piece of kitchen paper and turn
Bread/Cake | over, as soon as the oven beeps. Place cake on |
| a ceramic plate and if possible, turn over, as soon |
| as the oven beeps. (Oven keeps operating and is |
| stopped, when you open the door. This programme |
| is suitable for all kinds of bread, sliced or whole, as |
| well as for bread rolls and baguettes. Arrange bread |
| rolls in a circle. This programme is suitable for all |
| kinds of yeast cake, biscuit, cheese cake and puff |
| pastry. It is not, suitable for short/crust pastry, fruit |
| and cream cakes as well as for cake with chocolate |
| topping. Stand for |
Select the Manual Defrosting function with a power level of 180 W if you want to defrost food manually. For further details on manual defrosting and defrosting time, refer to the page