5. Press the Stop/Eco () button to finish defrosting.

Result: When cooking has finished, the oven will beep and flash “0” four times.

The oven will then beep one time per minute.

You can also defrost food manually. To do so, select the microwave function with power level of 180 W. Refer to the section entitled “Defrosting” on page 34 for further details.

Using the power defrost programmes

The following table presents the various Power Defrost programmes, quantities, standing times and appropriate recommendations. Remove all kind of package material before defrosting.

Place meat, poultry and fish on a flat glass plate or on a ceramic plate, arrange bread and cake on kitchen paper.

 

 

Serving

Standing

 

Code

Food

time

Recommendations

size (g)

 

 

(min.)

 

 

 

 

 

1

Meat

200-1500

20-90

Shield the edges with aluminium

 

 

 

 

foil. Turn the meat over, when

 

 

 

 

the oven beeps. This programme

 

 

 

 

is suitable for beef, lamb, pork,

 

 

 

 

steaks, chops, minced meat.

 

 

 

 

 

2

Poultry

200-1500

20-90

Shield the leg and wing tips with

 

 

 

 

aluminium foil. Turn the poultry

 

 

 

 

over, when the oven beeps. This

 

 

 

 

programme is suitable for whole

 

 

 

 

chicken as well as for chicken

 

 

 

 

portions.

3

Fish

200-1500

20-80

Shield the tail of a whole fish

 

 

 

 

with aluminium foil. Turn the fish

 

 

 

 

over, when the oven beeps. This

 

 

 

 

programme is suitable for whole

 

 

 

 

fishes as well as for fish fillets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serving

Standing

 

Code

Food

time

Recommendations

size (g)

 

 

(min.)

 

 

 

 

 

4

Bread/

125-1000

10-60

Put bread horizontally on a piece

 

Cake

 

 

of kitchen paper and 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.

 

 

 

 

 

5

Fruit

100-600

5-20

Spread fruits evenly into a flat glass

 

 

 

 

dish. This programme is suitable

 

 

 

 

for all kind of fruits.

 

 

 

 

 

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