Reheating Liquids and Food
Use the power levels and times in this table as a guide lines for reheating.
Food | Portion | Power | Time | Standing | Instructions | |
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Drinks | 150 ml | 800 W | Pour into cup and reheat | |||
(coffee, tea | (1 cup) |
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| uncovered. Put cup/ mug | |
and water) | 250 ml |
| 1½ |
| in the centre of turntable. | |
| (1 mug) |
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| Keep in microwave oven | |
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| during standing time and | |
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| stir well. | |
Soup | 250 g | 800 W | Pour into a deep ceramic | |||
(chilled) |
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| plate. Cover with plastic lid. | |
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| Stir well after reheating. Stir | |
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| again before serving. | |
Stew | 350 g | 600 W | 5½ | Put stew in a deep ceramic | ||
(chilled) |
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| plate. Cover with plastic | |
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| lid. Stir occasionally during | |
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| reheating and again before | |
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| standing and serving. | |
Pasta with | 350 g | 600 W | 4½ | 3 | Put pasta (e.g. spaghetti | |
sauce |
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| or egg noodles) on a flat | |
(chilled) |
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| ceramic plate. Cover with | |
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| microwave cling film. Stir | |
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| before serving. | |
Filled pasta | 350 g | 600 W | 3 | Put filled pasta (e.g. ravioli, | ||
with sauce |
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| tortellini) in a deep ceramic | |
(chilled) |
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| plate. Cover with plastic | |
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| lid. Stir occasionally during | |
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| reheating and again before | |
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| standing and serving. | |
Plated meal | 350 g | 600 W | 3 | Plate a meal of | ||
(chilled) |
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| components on a ceramic | |
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| dish. Cover with microwave | |
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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
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