USING THE AUTO POWER DEFROST FEATURES

The Auto Power Defrost features 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.

First, place the frozen food in the centre of the turntable and close the door.

1. Press the Power Defrost button.

2. Select the type of food that you are cooking by turning the Dial Knob. (Refer to the table on the side).

3. Press the Dial Knob to select the type of food.

4. Set the weight of food by turning the Dial Knob.

5.Press the START/+30s button.

Result:

• Defrosting begins.

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

Press START/+30s 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 15 for further details.

Use only dishes that are microwave-safe.

The following table presents the various Auto power Defrost programmes, quantities and appropriate instructions. Remove all kinds of package material before defrosting. Place meat, poultry, fish, bread/cake on a ceramic plate.

Code/FoodServing Size

Instructions

 

1

200-1500 g

Shield the edges with aluminium foil.

04

Meat

 

Turn the meat over when the oven beeps. This

OVEN

 

 

programme is suitable for beef, lamb, pork, steaks,

 

 

 

 

 

chops and minced meat. Stand for 10-30 minutes.

USE

2

200-1500 g

Shield the leg and wing tips with aluminium foil.

 

Poultry

 

Turn the poultry over when the oven beeps. This

 

 

 

programme is suitable for whole chicken and

 

 

 

chicken portions. Stand for 10-30 minutes.

 

3

200-1500 g

Shield the tail of the whole fish with aluminium

 

Fish

 

foil. Turn the fish over when the oven beeps. This

 

 

 

programme is suitable for whole fishes and fish

 

 

 

fillets. Stand for 10-30 minutes.

 

4

125-625 g

Put bread on a piece of kitchen paper and turn

 

Bread/Cake

 

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. Stand for

 

 

 

5-30 minutes.

 

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 32-33.

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