Fully Utilising The Freezer Volume; Purchasing Frozen Food; Note When Loading Products; Freezing Fresh Food - Siemens GI N Series User Manual

Prerequisites for max. freezing
capacity
Approx. 24 hours before inserting
1.
fresh produce: switch on Super
freeze.
~ "Super freezing" on page 11
Take the container out of the freezer
2.
compartment and stack the food
directly on the shelves and on the
floor of the freezer compartment.
First fill the upper compartment with
3.
food. This is where the food will
freeze most quickly.
If the top compartment is
4.
inadequate, store the remaining
quantity in the compartment
underneath.
Fully utilising the freezer
volume
To fit the maximum amount of frozen
food into the freezer compartment:
Up to an appliance height of
■
1300 mm, remove all fittings
apart from the uppermost fitting.
As of an appliance height of
■
1300 mm, remove all fittings.
Store food directly on the shelves
■
and on the floor of the freezer
compartment.

Purchasing frozen food

Ensure the packaging is not
■
damaged.
Do not exceed the minimum sell-by
■
date.
The temperature in the supermarket
■
freezer must be –18 °C or lower.
If possible, transport frozen food in a
■
cool bag and place quickly in the
freezer compartment.
Freezer compartment en

Note when loading products

Freeze large quantities of food in the
■
top compartment.
This is where the food will freeze
especially quickly and gently.
Distribute food in the compartments
■
or frozen food containers.
Do not bring food which is to be
■
frozen into contact with frozen food.
If required, restack frozen food in the
frozen food containers.
Important for unrestricted air
■
circulation in the appliance:
push in frozen food container all the
way.

Freezing fresh food

Freeze only fresh and undamaged food.
Food which is boiled, fried or baked is
more suitable for freezing than food
which is raw.
Before freezing food, make preparations
appropriate to the food in order to retain
the best possible nutritional value,
flavour and colour:
Vegetables: wash, chop, blanch.
■
Fruit: wash, pit and perhaps peel,
■
possibly add sugar or ascorbic acid
solution.
Information on how to do this can be
found in the relevant literature.
Suitable for freezing
Baked goods
■
Fish and seafood
■
Meat
■
Poultry and game
■
Vegetables, fruit and herbs
■
Eggs without shells
■
Dairy products, e.g. cheese, butter
■
and quark
Ready meals and leftovers, e.g.
■
soups, stews, cooked meat and fish,
potato dishes, soufflés and desserts
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