Defrosting
You can operate the oven fan without heat, making the air circulate inside the oven at room temperature. This increases the speed of defrosting. However, please note that the temperature of the kitchen will influence the speed of defrosting.
This function is particularly suitable for defrosting delicate food which could be damaged by heat, e.g. cream filled gateaux, iced cakes, pastries, bread and other yeast products.
How to Use Defrosting
1)Switch the oven on by pressing button 1.
2)Select the Fan Oven function by pressing
button 
and set the temperature on zero
by pressing button 
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FAN OVEN FUNCTION SYMBOL PRE-SET TEMPERATURE: 175°C
i Hints and Tips
•Cover food with a lid, aluminium foil or plastic film to prevent drying out during defrosting.
•ALWAYS COOK THOROUGHLY IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAWING.
•Frozen food should be placed in a single layer when ever possible and turned over half way through the defrosting process.
•Only joints of meat and poultry up to 2 kg. (4 lb.) are suitable for defrosting in this way.
Refer to the following table for approximate defrosting times.
TO THAW FROZEN FOOD
USE THIS FUNCTION
AND SET TEMPERATURE TO ZERO
Food | Defrosting time | Standing time | Notes | |
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Chicken 1000 g. | Place the chicken on an inverted | |||
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| saucer on a large plate. Defrost open | |
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| and turn at half time or defrost | |
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| covered with foil. Remove giblets | |
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| as soon as possible. | |
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Meat 1000 g. | Defrost open and turn at | |||
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| half time or cover with foil | |
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Meat 500 g. | As above | |||
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Trout 150 g. | Defrost open | |||
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Strawberries 300 g. | Defrost open | |||
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Butter 250 g. | Defrost open | |||
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Cream 2 x 200 g. | Defrost open (cream is | |||
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| easy to whip even if parts | |
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| of it are still slightly frozen) | |
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Cake 1400 g. | 60 | 60 | Defrost open | |
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The times quoted in the chart should be used as a guide only, as the speed of defrosting will depend on the kitchen temperature. For example, the colder the room temperature, the longer the defrosting time.
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