Defrosting And Cooling In The Main Oven; Defrosting Times; Main Oven Baking Guide - Belling 900Ei User Manual

USING THE MAIN OVEN - ELECTRIC
There is no need to interchange dishes
onto different shelves part way through
cooking, as with a conventional oven.
To help the air circulate freely
Position the shelves evenly within the
oven and maintain a clearance from the
oven roof and base.
If more than one cooking dish or bak-
ing tray is to be used on a shelf, leave a
gap of at least 25mm between the items
themselves and the oven interior.
Keep Warm (Setting or 70°C)
This setting temperature is set to allow
the user to keep food warm without over
cooking. This setting can also thaw frozen
foods, or warm plates.
Do not use this as a cooking function.
Defrosting and cooling in the
main oven
To defrost frozen foods, turn the main
oven control to the Bread Proving
position, place the food in the centre of
the oven and close the door.
To cool foods after cooking prior to
refrigerating or freezing, turn the main
oven control to the defrost position and
open the door.

Defrosting times

Small or thin pieces of frozen fish or meat
- eg; fish filets, prawns & mince will take
approximately 1 - 2 hours.
Placing the food in a single layer will
reduce the thawing time.
A medium sized casserole or stew will
take approximately 3 - 4 hours.
A 1½kg/3lb oven ready chicken will take
approximately 5 hours, remove the giblets
as soon as possible.
Be safe
Do not defrost stuffed poultry using this
method.
Do not defrost larger joints of meat and
poultry over 2kg/4lb using this method.
Never place uncooked food for defrosting
next to cooked food which is to be cooled,
as this can lead to cross contamination.
Defrosting meat, poultry, and fish can be
accelerated using this method but make
sure they are completely thawed before
cooking thoroughly. Place meat and poul-
try on a trivet in a meat tin.

MAIN OVEN BAKING GUIDE

Cooking times & temperatures
The temperature settings and times given
in the baking guide are based on dishes
made with block margarine. If soft tub
margarine is used it may be necessary to
reduce the temperature setting.
Allow enough space between shelves for
food that will rise during cooking.
Do not place items on the oven base as
this will prevent air circulating freely.