Using the auto power defrost feature

The auto power defrost feature enables you to defrost meat, poultry or fish. 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.Press the Power Defrost button.

Result : The following indication is displayed:

2.Select the food weight by pressing the Kg or 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 14 for further details.

Using the auto power defrost programmes

The following table presents the Power Defrost programme, quantities, standing times and appropriate recommendations.

Remove all kind of package material before defrosting. Place meat, poultry and fish on a flat ceramic plate.

Food

Serving

Standing

Recommendations

 

size (g)

time (min.)

 

Meat

200-1500

15-60

Shield the edges with aluminium

 

 

 

foil. Turn the pieces over, when the

Poultry

 

 

oven beeps.

 

 

This programme is suitable for

 

 

 

Fish

 

 

meat such as steaks, chops or

 

 

minced meat, chicken pieces,

 

 

 

 

 

 

whole chicken or fish fillets.

Multistage cooking

Your microwave oven can be programmed to cook food up to three stages.

Example: You wish to defrost food and cook it without having to reset the oven after each stage. You can thus defrost and cook a 500 g fish in three stages:

Defrosting

Cook I

Cook II

You can set between two and three stages in multistage cooking. If you set three stage, the first stage must be defrosting.

Don’t press Start button until you’ve set the final stage.

1.Press the Power Defrost button once or more

times.

2.Set the weight by pressing the Kg or 100g buttons the appropriate number of times (500 g in the example).

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