Defrosting, Heating Up And Cooking With The Microwave - Siemens HB86P275B Instruction Manual

Use the accessories supplied. Additional accessories may be
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obtained from specialist retailers or from the after-sales
service.
Always use an oven cloth or oven gloves when taking
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accessories or ovenware out of the cooking compartment.
Defrosting, heating up and cooking with the
microwave
The following tables provide you with numerous options and
settings for the microwave.
The times specified in the tables are only guidelines. They may
vary according to the ovenware used, the quality, temperature
and consistency of the food.
Time ranges are often specified in the tables. Set the shortest
time first and then extend the time if necessary.
It may be that you have different quantities from those specified
in the tables. A rule of thumb can be applied:
Defrost
Whole pieces of beef, veal or
pork (on the bone or boned)
Meat in pieces or slices of beef,
veal or pork
Minced meat, mixed
Poultry or poultry portions
Duck
Goose
Fish fillet, fish steak or slices
Whole fish
Vegetables, e.g. peas
Fruit, e.g. raspberries
Butter, defrosting
Loaf of bread
Cakes, dry, e.g. sponge cake
Cakes, moist, e.g. fruit flan,
cheesecake
Defrosting, heating up or cooking frozen food
Notes
Take ready meals out of the packaging. They will heat up
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more quickly and evenly in microwaveable ovenware. The
different components of the meal may not require the same
amount of time to heat up .
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Weight Microwave power setting in watts,
cooking time in minutes
800 g 180 W, 15 mins + 90 W, 10-15 mins
1 kg 180 W, 15 mins + 90 W, 20­30 mins
1.5 kg 180 W, 25 mins + 90 W, 25-35 mins
200 g 180 W, 5 mins + 90 W, 4-6 mins
500 g 180 W, 8 mins + 90 W, 5-10 mins
800 g 180 W, 10 mins + 90 W, 10-15 mins
200 g 90 W, 8-15 mins
500 g 180 W, 5 mins + 90 W, 10-15 mins
800 g 180 W, 10 mins + 90 W, 15-20 mins
1 kg 180 W, 10 mins + 90 W, 20-25 mins
600 g 180 W, 5 mins + 90 W, 13-18 mins
1.2 kg 180 W, 10 mins + 90 W, 10-15 mins
2 kg 180 W, 10 mins + 90 W, 30-40 mins
4.5 kg 180 W, 20 mins + 90 W, 60-80 mins
400 g 180 W, 5 mins + 90 W, 10-15 mins
300 g 180 W, 3 mins + 90 W, 10-15 mins
600 g 180 W, 8 mins + 90 W, 10-15 mins
300 g 180 W, 5-15 mins
600 g 180 W, 10 mins + 90 W, 8-13 mins
300 g 180 W, 5-10 mins
500 g 180 W, 8 mins + 90 W, 5-10 mins
125 g 90 W, 7-9 mins
250 g 180 W, 2 mins + 90 W, 3-5 mins
500 g 180 W, 3 mins + 90 W, 10-15 mins
1 kg 180 W, 3 mins + 90 W, 15-25 mins
500 g 90 W, 10-15 mins
750 g 180 W, 2 mins + 90 W, 10-15 mins
500 g 180 W, 5 mins + 90 W, 15-20 mins
750 g 180 W, 10 mins + 90 W, 15-20 mins
Double the amount - almost twice the cooking time,
Half the amount - half the cooking time.
Insert the wire rack at level 1. Place the ovenware in the centre.
The food will then absorb the microwaves from all sides.
Defrosting
Notes
Place the frozen food in an open container on the wire rack.
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Delicate parts such as the legs and wings of chicken or fatty
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outer layers of roasts can be covered with small pieces of
aluminium foil. The foil must not touch the cooking
compartment walls. You can remove the foil half way through
the defrosting time.
Turn or stir the food once or twice during the defrosting time.
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Large pieces of food should be turned several times. When
turning, remove any liquid that has resulted from defrosting.
Leave defrosted items to stand at room temperature for a
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further 10 to 60 minutes so that the temperature can
stabilise. The giblets can be removed from poultry at this
point.
Notes
Turn several times
Separate any defrosted parts when
turning
Turn several times, remove any
defrosted meat
Turn during cooking.
Turn several times
Turn every 20 minutes, remove liquid
that escapes during defrosting
Separate any defrosted parts.
Turn during cooking.
Stir carefully during defrosting.
Stir carefully during defrosting and sep-
arate any defrosted parts.
Remove all packaging.
Turn during cooking.
Only for cakes without icing, cream or
crème pâtissière, separate the pieces
of cake.
Only for cakes without icing, cream or
crème pâtissière
Food which lies flat will cook more quickly than food which is
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piled high. You should therefore distribute the food so that it
is as flat as possible in the ovenware. Different foodstuffs
should not be placed in layers on top of one another.