Precautions Precautions to avoid possible exposure to excessive microwave energy. When heating liquids, e.g. soups, sauces and beverages in your microwave You cannot operate your oven with the door open due to the safety interlocks built into the door mechanism. These safety interlocks automatically switch off oven, delayed eruptive boiling can occur without evidence of bubbling.
Contents Precautions How the Microwave Oven Works Contents Unpacking & Installing Microwaves are a form of energy similar to radio and television waves and Method to use accessories as per mode ordinary daylight. Normally, microwaves spread outwards as they travel Setting the Clock through the atmosphere and disappear without effect.
Unpacking & By following the basic steps on these two pages you will be able to quickly check that your oven is operating correctly. Please pay particular attention to the guidance on where to install your oven. When unpacking your Installing oven make sure you remove all accessories and packing.
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Plug your oven into a standard household socket. Open your oven door by pulling the DOOR HANDLE. Make sure your oven is the only appliance Place the ROTATING RING inside the oven and place the connected to the socket. If your oven does not operate GLASS TRAY on top.
Method to use accessories as per mode Microwave Grill Combination Steam Cover Steam Plate Steam Water Bowl Steam Plate + Steam Water Bowl Steamer (Assembly) High Rack Low Rack Glass Tray Caution: Be sure to use accessories refer to cook guide. : Acceptable : Not Acceptable...
Setting the You can set either 12 hour clock or 24 hour clock. In the following example I will show you how to set the time for 14:35 when using the 24 clock. Clock Make sure that you have removed all packaging from your oven. Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described earlier in this book.
Child Lock Press STOP Your oven has a safety feature that Press and hold STOP until “L” appears on the display and prevents accidental running of the oven. BEEP sounds. Once the child lock is set, you will be The CHILD LOCK is now set. unable to use any functions and no cooking can take place.
Micro Power In the following example I will show you how to cook some food on 80% power for 5 minutes and 30 seconds. Cooking Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described earlier in this book. Press STOP Your oven has five microwave Power Press MICO twice to select the 680W.
Micro Power Your microwave oven is equipped with 5 power levels to give you maximum flexibility and control over cooking. Level The table below shows the examples of food and their recommended cooking power levels for use with this microwave oven. POWER LEVEL POWER LEVEL POW ER OUTPUT...
Two stage In the following example I will show you how to cook some food in two stages. The first stages will cook your Cooking food for 11 minutes on HIGH; the second will cook for 35 minutes on 340. Press STOP .
Quick Start In the following example I will show you how to set 2 minutes of cooking on high power. Press STOP. The QUICK START feature allows you to Press START four times to select 2 minutes on HIGH power. set 30 seconds intervals of HIGH power Your oven will start before you have finished the fourth press.
Grill Cooking In the following example I will show you how to use the grill to cook some food for 12 minutes and 30 seconds. Press STOP . This feature will allow you to brown and Press GRILL to select the grill mode. crisp food quickly.
Combination Cooking In the following example I will show you how to programme your oven with combi mode Co-3 for a cooking time of 25 minutes. Press STOP . Press COMBI to select the Combi-3 mode. Your oven has a combination cooking feature which allows you to cook food with heater and microwave at the same time or alternately.
Auto In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.6kg of fresh vegetable. Cook Press STOP . AUTO COOK allows you to cook most of Press AUTO COOK (CUISSON AUTO) twice to select Fresh vegetable. your favorite food easily by selecting the food type and entering the weight of the food.
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FOOD CATEGORY FOOD TEMP. UTENSILS WEIGHT LIMIT INSTRUCTIONS Choose medium sized potatoes 170-200g . 1. Jacket patato Room On Glass tray 0.2 kg ~ 1.0 kg Wash and dry potatoes. Pierce the potatoes several times with fork. Place the potatoes on the glass try. Adjust weight and press start. After cooking, remove the potatoes from the oven.
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FOOD CATEGORY FOOD TEMP. UTENSILS WEIGHT LIMIT INSTRUCTIONS Whole fish, steaks Microwave- 5. Fresh fish 0.2 kg ~ 0.6 kg Refrigerated - Oily fish : salmon, mackerel safe plate - White fish : cod, haddock Arrange in a single layer in a large microwave-safe flan dish. Cover dish tightly with plastic wrap and pierce in several places.
The temperature and density of food varies, I would recommend that the food is checked before cooking Auto commences. Pay particular attention to large joints of meat and chicken, some foods should not be completely thawed before cooking. The BREAD programme is suitable for defrosting small items such as Defrost rolls or a small loaf.
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AUTO W EIGHT DEFROST GUIDE * Food to be defrosted should be in a suitable microwave proof container and place uncovered on the glass turntable. * If necessary, shield small areas of meat or poultry with flat pieces of aluminum foil. This will prevent thin areas becoming warm during defrosting. Ensure the foil does not touch the oven walls.
Quick Use this function to thaw only 0.5kg of Minced meat very quickly. This will require a standing time to allow the center to thaw. In the following example will show you how to Defrost defrost 0.5kg of forzen minced meat. Press Stop.
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QUICK DEFROST GUIDE Use this function to defrost quickly for minced meat. Remove the meat completely from it’s wrapping. Place the mince onto a microwave-safe plate. When BEEP, at this point remove the mince from the microwave oven, turn the mince over and return to the microwave oven. Press start to continue. At the end of the program remove the mince from the microwave oven, cover with foil and allow to stand 5-15 minutes or until completely thawed.
Steam In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.6kg of fresh vegetable(large cut). Chef (Auto) Press STOP. STEAMER STEAM COVER STEAM PLATE STEAM WATER BOWL (METAL TRAY) CAUTION Press STEAM CHEF twice to select Fresh vegetable(large cut). 1.
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FOOD CATEGORY WEIGHT LIMIT UTENSILS FOOD TEMP. INSTRUCTIONS Clean the vegetables and cut into similar sized pieces. Pour 300ml tap Room VEGETABLE 0.2 kg ~ 0.8 kg Steam water (Water:300ml) (SMALL CUT) bowl water into the steam water bowl. Place the steam plate on the steam water Steam plate bowl.
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FOOD CATEGORY WEIGHT LIMIT UTENSILS FOOD TEMP. INSTRUCTIONS Clean the food. Pour 300ml tap water into the steam water CHECKEN BREASTS 0.2 kg ~ 0.8 kg Steam water Refrigerated (Water:300ml) bowl bowl. Place the steam plate on the steam water bowl. Place the Steam plate prepared chicken on the steam plate.
Bakery Use this function to thaw frozen bread very quickly. This will require a standing time to allow the center to thaw. In the following example I will show you how to defrost 0.2kg of forzen bread. Press STOP. Weight the food that you are about to defrost. Be certain to remove any metallic ties or wraps;...
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BAKERY GUIDE Use this function to defrost quickly for bread. Remove the bread completely from it’s wrapping. Place the bread onto a microwave-safe plate. When BEEP, remove the bread from the microwave oven, turn the bread over and return it to the microwave oven. Press START to continue. At the end of the program remove the bread from the microwave oven,and allow to stand 5-15 minutes or until completely thawed.
Heating or Reheating To heat or reheat successfully in the microwave, it is important to follow several guidelines. Measure the amount of food in order to determine the time needed to reheat. Arrange the food in a circular pattern for best results. Room temperature food will heat faster than refrigerated food.
Grill Cooking Guide Directions for grilling fish and seafood Directions for grilling meat on grill • Trim excess fat from meat. Cut fat, making sure you do not cut into the lean. Place fish and seafood on the rack. Whole fish should be scored diagonally on both sides (This will stop the fat curling.) before grilling.
Important safety instructions WARNING Please ensure cooking times are correctly Read carefully and keep for future reference set as over cooking may result in FIRE and subsequent DAMAGE to the OVEN. 12 Before cooking, pierce the skin of potatoes, apples or any such fruit or 1 Do not attempt to tamper with, or make any adjustments or repairs to the door, control panel, safety interlock switches or any other part of the oven.
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WARNING Important safety instructions Please ensure cooking times are correctly set as over cooking may result in FIRE and Read carefully and keep for future reference subsequent DAMAGE to the OVEN. 33 Only use the temperature probe recommended for this oven (for 24 Only use utensils that are suitable for use in microwave ovens.
Microwave-safe Utensils Never use metal or metal trimmed utensils in your Paper microwave oven Paper plates and containers are convenient and safe to use in your microwave oven, Microwaves cannot penetrate metal. They will bounce off any metal object in the provided that the cooking time is short and foods to be cooked are low in fat and oven and cause arcing, an alarming phenomenon that resembles lightning.
Food characteristics & Microwave cooking Moisture content of food Keeping an eye on things The recipes in the book have been formulated with great care, but your success in Since the heat generated from microwaves tends to evaporate moisture, relatively dry food such as roasts and some vegetables should either be sprinkled with water prior to cooking preparing them depends on how much attention you pay to the food as it cooks.
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Food characteristics & Microwave cooking Stirring To Clean Your Oven Stirring is one of the most important of all microwaving techniques. In conventional cooking, food is stirred for the purpose of blending. Microwaved food, however, is stirred in order to spread and redistribute heat.
Questions & Answers Q What’s wrong when the oven light will not glow? Q Is it possible to pop corn in a microwave oven? A There may be several reasons why the oven light will not glow. A Yes, if using one of the two methods described Light bulb has blown below Door is not closed...
Plug wiring information/ Technical Specifications Warning Technical Specification This appliance must be earthed MH6588FRBCR / MH6588FRBCW The wires in this mains lead are colored in accordance with the following codes BLUE ~ Neutral 220 V AC / 50Hz Power Input...