Freezing Smaller Amounts Of Food Quickly; Tips For Freezing Fresh Food - Siemens iQ500 GS N Series User Manual

¡ To ensure that the air can circulate
freely in the appliance, push the
frozen food containers in as far as
they will go.
Freezing smaller amounts of
food quickly
Observe the instructions when you
want to freeze a smaller amount of
food quickly.
Place the food in frozen food tray
1.
that is attached to the rear of the
large frozen food container or in
the flat frozen food containers,
starting from the right-hand side.
Spread the food over a wide area
2.
in the freezer compartment.

Tips for freezing fresh food

Follow the tips when you freeze fresh
food.
¡ Freeze fresh and undamaged food
only.
¡ Cooked food is more suitable than
food that can be eaten raw.
¡ In order to retain the nutritional
value, flavour and colour, you
should prepare certain food for
freezing.
– Vegetables: Wash, chop up,
blanch.
– Fruit: Wash, pit and perhaps
peel, possibly add sugar or
ascorbic acid solution.
Additional information on how to do
this can be found in the relevant liter-
ature.
Food suitable for freezing
¡ Baked goods
¡ Fish and seafood
¡ Meat
¡ Poultry and game
¡ Vegetables, fruit and herbs
¡ Eggs without shells
Freezer compartment en
¡ Dairy products, e.g. cheese, butter
and quark
¡ Ready meals and leftovers, e.g.
soups, stews, cooked meat and
fish, potato dishes, bakes and
desserts
Food that is unsuitable for freezing
¡ Types of vegetables that are usu-
ally eaten raw, e.g. lettuce or
radishes
¡ Unpeeled or hard-boiled eggs
¡ Grapes
¡ Whole apples, pears and peaches
¡ Yoghurt, soured milk, sour cream,
crème fraîche and mayonnaise
Packing frozen food
If you select suitable packaging ma-
terial and the correct type of pack-
aging, you can determine the product
quality and prevent freezer burn.
Place the food in the packaging.
1.
Suitable packaging:
– Plastic film made of polyethyl-
ene
– Tubular film made of polyethyl-
ene
– Freezer bags made from poly-
ethylene
– Freezer containers
Unsuitable packaging:
– Wrapping paper
– Greaseproof paper
– Cellophane
– Aluminium foil
– Rubbish bags and used shop-
ping bags
Squeeze out the air.
2.
Pack food airtight to prevent it
3.
from losing flavour and drying out.
Suitable seals:
– Rubber bands
– Plastic clips
– Cold-resistant adhesive tape
Label the packaging with the con-
4.
tents and the date of freezing.
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