Freezing Capacity; The Freezer Compartment; Making Ice - Siemens Fridge-freezer Operating Instructions Manual

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Freezing fresh products, storing frozen food
and making ice

Freezing capacity

Depending on the type of freezer, you can freeze
the following amounts of food at one time:
KESV32M5
SF-28N/2TA
SF-24N/2TA
SF-21N/2TA
Place the products flat (widest side down) on the
bottom of the freezer compartment. Ensure that the
fresh food to be frozen does not come in contact
with any frozen products stored in the appliance.
Adjust temperature selector to
freezing and switch on
freezing process
Turn temperature selector to an average
temperature setting (approx. "3") whenever
fresh products are put in to freeze.
This temperature setting is sufficient for
freezing up to 1,5 kg of food. For larger
amounts you should additionally actuate the
freezing switch (Fig. d/22).
(Press the rocker switch -red marking
appears).
If takes approximately 24 hours for the
freezing process to reach full completion;
once the food is thoroughly frozen, you may
disengege the freezing switch.
Please observe following
when putting fresh food into

the freezer compartment:

Please carefully ensure that freshly freezing
food does not come into contact with food
which is already frozen.
Observe the following tips for
better storage of frozen food:
If the temperature of the room where the
appliance has been placed drops below +20ºC
the freezer switch should be connected. A red
mark will indicate it is on (figure d/22). On
connecting the switch, the inner light will remain
on at reduced power. This ensures that the
temperature required in the freezer compartment
for long-life storage of food is maintained.
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3,5kg/24h.
Storage life
To avoid quality loss, it is important not to be
exceed the admissible storage life assigned
to each product. The length of admissible
storage varies from product to product. Fish,
cold slices, ready-cooked meals bread and
pastries will keep out to two months at a
temperature of -18ºC. At the same degree of
temperature you may keep meat, poultry and
cheese for up to four months and fruit and
vegetables for up to six months.
Defrosting frozen products
Depending on the type of food and the use
intended for it, you may choose among any
of the following defrosting methods:
- at ambient temperature,
- in the refrigerator,
- in an electric oven.
- with/without fanheater,
- in a microwave oven.
You may refreeze food that has partially or
totally defrosted provided that:
- in the case of meat and fish, these products
were not kept for longer than a day
at a temperature of 3ºC or higher;
- in the case of other products, these were
not kept for longer than three days at a
temperature of 3ºC or higher.
Otherwise, check food for smell, appearance
and flavour, if these have remained
unaltered, boil, fry, roast or cook food to
some kind of ready meal and refreeze.
Observe that the maximum admissible
storage life in this case is shorter than
average.

Making ice

Figure j
Fill ice tray 3/4 full with water and place on
the bottom of the freezer compartment. Ice
cubes will be easier to remove if the tray is
given a gentle twist.