User manual
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ENGLISH
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. Press the Power Defrost button.
2. Select the type of food that you are cooking by
pressing the Power Defrost button. Refer to the table
on the following page for a description of the various
preprogrammed settings.
3. select the size of food by press the (+) and (-) button.
4. Press Start button.
Result:
• Defrosting begins.
• The oven beeps through defrosting to
remind you to turn the food over.
5. Press the Start button 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.
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 68 for further details.
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
size
Standing
time
Recommendations
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, 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/Cake 125-1000 g 10-60 min. Put bread horizontally on a piece
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 pu 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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