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USING THE AUTO POWER DEFROST FEATURE

The Auto Power Defrost feature enables 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.

Use only dishes that are microwave-safe.

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 side).

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

It is possible to set up to a maximum of 1500 g.

3.Press the button.

Result :

• Defrosting begins.The oven beeps half way throughdefrosting to remind you to turn the food over.Press 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 10 for further details.

AUTO POWER DEFROST SETTINGS

The following table presents the various Auto Power Defrost programmes, quantities, standing times and appropriate recommendations.

Remove all kinds of package material before defrosting. Place meat, poultry, fish and Bread Cake on a ceramic plate.

Code/Serving

Standing

Recommendations

Foodsize

time

 

1. Meat

200-1500 g

20-60 min.

Shield the edges with aluminium foil.

 

 

 

Turn the meat over when the oven beeps.

 

 

 

This programme is suitable for beef, lamb,

 

 

 

pork, steaks, chops and minced meat.
2. Poultry

200-1500 g

20-60 min.

Shield the leg and wing tips with aluminium

 

 

 

foil. Turn the poultry over when the oven

 

 

 

beeps. This programme is suitable for whole

 

 

 

chicken and chicken portions.
3. Fish

200-1500 g

20-50 min.

Shield the tail of the whole fish with

 

 

 

aluminium foil. Turn the fish over when the

 

 

 

oven beeps. This programme is suitable for

 

 

 

whole fishes and fish fillets.
4. Bread/

125-625 g

5-20 min.

Put bread on a piece of kitchen paper and

Cake

 

 

turn 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.

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 22~23.

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