Freezing And Storing Food; Freezing Fresh Food - Bosch KGF39SM30/19 Manual

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Freezing and storing
food
Purchasing frozen food
Packaging must not be damaged.
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Use by the "use by" date.
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Temperature in the supermarket
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freezer must be -18 °C or lower.
If possible, transport deep-frozen food
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in an insulated bag and place quickly
in the freezer compartment.
Storing frozen food
Insert freezer drawers all the way to
ensure unrestricted air circulation.
If a large quantity of food is to be placed
in the freezer compartment, the food can
be stacked directly on the wire shelves
and on the floor of the freezer
compartment.
1. To do this, remove all the freezer
drawers.
2. Pull out the freezer drawers all
the way, lift at the front and remove.
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Freezing fresh food

Freeze fresh and undamaged food only.
To retain the best possible nutritional
value, flavour and colour, vegetables
should be blanched before freezing.
Aubergines, peppers, zucchini and
asparagus do not require blanching.
Literature on freezing and blanching
can be found in bookshops.
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Note
Keep food which is to be frozen away
from food which is already frozen.
The following foods are suitable for
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freezing:
Cakes and pastries, fish and seafood,
meat, game, poultry, vegetables, fruit,
herbs, eggs without shells, dairy
products such as cheese, butter and
quark, ready meals and leftovers such
as soups, stews, cooked meat and
fish, potato dishes, soufflés and
desserts.
The following foods are not suitable
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for freezing:
Types of vegetables, which are usually
consumed raw, such as lettuce or
radishes, eggs in shells, grapes,
whole apples, pears and peaches,
hard-boiled eggs, yoghurt, soured
milk, sour cream, crème fraîche and
mayonnaise.
Packing frozen food
To prevent food from losing its flavour
or drying out, place in airtight containers.
1. Place food in packaging.
2. Remove air.
3. Seal the wrapping.
4. Label packaging with contents
and date of freezing.
Suitable packaging:
Plastic film, tubular film
made of polyethylene, aluminium foil,
freezer containers.
These products are available
from specialist outlets.
Unsuitable packaging:
Wrapping paper, greaseproof paper,
cellophane, bin liners and used
shopping bags.