USING THE POWER DEFROST FEATURE

The Power Defrost feature enables you to defrost meat, poultry, fish, bread, cake and fruit. The defrost time and power level are set automatically. You simply select the programme and the weight.

Use only containers that are microwave-safe.

Open the door. Place the frozen food on a ceramic in the centre of the turntable. Close the door.

1. Turn Mode Selector Dial to Power Defrost mode position.

2. Select the type of food that you are cooking by turning the Multi Function Selector Dial. Refer to the table on the following page for a description of the various pre-programmed settings. At that time, press the Multi Function Selector Dial to select the type of food.

3. Select the size of the serving by turning the Multi

Function Selector Dial.

4.Press Start/ + 30s button.

Result:

Defrosting begins.

The oven beeps through defrosting to remind you to turn the food over.

5.Press the Start/ + 30s again 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.

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.

Code

Food

Serving

Standing

Recommendations

size

time

 

 

 

1

Meat

200-2000 g

20-90 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, minced meat.

2

Poultry

200-2000 g

20-90 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 as

 

 

 

 

well as for chicken portions.

3

Fish

200-2000 g

20-80 min.

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.

4

Bread/

125-1000 g

10-60 min.

Put bread horizontally on a piece of kitchen

 

Cake

 

 

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 g

5-20 min.

Spread fruits evenly into a flat glass dish. This

 

 

 

 

programme is suitable for all kind of fruits.

 

 

 

 

 

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