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DEFROSTING ADVICE
Defrosting food using your microwave oven is the quickest method of all.
It is a simple proccess but the following instructions are essential to ensure the food is thoroughly defrosted.
Foods that are placed towards the outside of the dish will defrost quicker than foods
Rearrange
in the centre. It is therefore essential that the food is rearranged up to 4 times during
defrosting.
Move closely packed pieces from the outside to the centre and rearrange over-lapping
areas.
This will ensure that all parts of the food defrosts evenly.
Foods may be stuck together when removed from the freezer. It is important to separate
Separate
Some areas of food being defrosted may become warm. To prevent them becoming
Shield
warmer and starting to cook, these areas can be shielded with small pieces of foil, which
ect microwaves, e.g. legs and wings on a chicken.
Standing time is necessary to ensure food is thoroughly defrosted. Defrosting is not
Stand
complete once the food is removed from the microwave oven. Food must stand, covered,
for a length of time to ensure the centre has completly defrosted.
Turn over
It is essential that all foods are turned over at least 3 - 4 times during defrosting. This is
important to ensure thorough defrosting.
NOTES:
• Remove all packaging and wrapping before defrosting.
• To defrost food, use microwave power levels LOW.
DEFROSTING OPERATION
The microwave oven is pre-programmed with a time and power level so that the following food is defrosted
easily: Lamb, chicken and
Follow the example below for details on how to operate these functions.
Example: To defrost the food for 200g.
1. Select the power level by pressing
the FUNCTION pad several times
for LOW.
NOTES FOR WEIGHT DEFROST:
• Before freezing foods, ensure food is fresh and of good quality.
• Food weight should be rounded up to the nearest 100g.
from becoming warm during defrosting. Ensure the foil does not touch the oven walls.
. The weight range for this food is from 100g-500g.
2. Rotate the TIME dial to enter
the weight , cooking time for 200g
food is 3 minutes.
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3. The oven will start defr-
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