Cooling And Defrosting Function - Belling GOURMET 900 DF Service Manual

'Cooling & Defrosting' Function
To cool foods quickly straight after cooking, but before
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refrigerating or freezing, turn the oven control to the
defrost position, and open the door.
To defrost frozen foods, turn the oven control to the
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defrost position, place the food in the centre of the oven
and close the door.
Small or thin pieces of frozen fish or meat - eg; fish
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fillets, prawns, and 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 around 3 - 4
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hours.
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A 1 kg / 3lb oven ready chicken will take around 5
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⁄2
hours, remove the giblets as soon as possible.
Always check foods are thoroughly defrosted before
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cooking.
Do not defrost stuffed poultry using this method.
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Do not defrost larger joints of meat and poultry over 2kg
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/ 4lb using this method.
Never place uncooked food for defrosting next to cooked
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food which is to be cooled, as this can lead to cross
contamination.
Defrosting meat, poultry and fish speeded up using this
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method, but make sure they are completely thawed
before cooking thoroughly.
Place meat and poultry on a trivet in a meat tin, to catch
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the juices from the defrosting process.
Defrosting times
Be safe
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