Freezer Compartment; Freezin G Fresh Food - Siemens KG N Series Instruction Manual

Usable capacity
lnformation on the usable capacity can be
found inside your appliance on the rating
plate.

Freezer compartment

Use the freezer
compartment
• For storing frozen food
• Making ice cubes
• For freezing food
Ensure that the freezer-compartment
door is always closed! lf the door is open,
the frozen food wili thaw. The freezer
compartment wili become covered in
a thick layer of ice. Also: energy wili be
wasted due to high power consumption!
Freezing and storing
frozen food
Buying frozen food
The packaging must not be damaged.
Note the seli-by date.
The temperature in the supermarket
freezer should be -18 °C or lower.
Transport the frozen food in an insulating
bag, where possible and put it quickly into
the freezer compartment.
Storing frozen food
• To ensure good air circulation in the
appliance, insert the freezer drawers
ali the way.
• Freeze larger quantities of food preferably
in the bottom frozen food container. This
is where food freezes particularly quickly
and therefore also gently.
• To remove a freezer drawer, puli out ali
the way, lift at the front and remove.
Fig.D
Freezing fresh food
Freezing food yourself
lf you are freezing food yourself, use only
fresh, undamaged food.
The following foods are suitable for
freezing:
Meat and sausage products, poultry and
game, fish, vegetables, herbs, fruit, cakes
and pastries, pizza, ready meals,
leftovers, egg yolk and egg-white.
The following foods are not suitable
for freezing:
Eggs in shells, soured cream and
mayonnaise, green salads, radishes and
onions.
Blanching vegetables and fruit
To retain colour, flavour, aroma and
vitamin C, vegetables and fruits should
be blanched prior to freezing.
Blanching is the brief immersion
of vegetables and fruit in boiling water.
Literature on freezing and blanching
is available in bookshops.
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