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Cooking Guide(continued)
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MANUAL DEFROSTING
Microwaves are an excellent way of defrosting frozen food. Microwaves gen-
tly defrost frozen food in a short period of time. This can be of great advan-
tage, if unexpected guests suddenly show up.
Frozen poultry must be thoroughly thawed before cooking. Remove any metal
ties and take it out of any wrapping to allow thawed liquid to drain away.
Put the frozen food on a dish without cover. Turn over half way, drain off any
liquid and remove any giblets as soon as possible.
Check the food occasionally to make sure that it does not feel warm.
If smaller and thinner parts of the frozen food start to warm up, they can be
shield by wrapping very small strips of aluminium foil around them during
defrosting.
Should poultry start to warm up on the outer surface, stop thawing and allow
it to stand for 20 minutes before continuing.
Leave the fish, meat and poultry to stand in order to complete defrosting. The
standing time for complete defrosting will vary depending on the quantity
defrosted. Please refer to the table below.
Hint: Flat food defrosts better than thick and smaller quantities need less time
than bigger ones. Remember this hint while freezing and defrosting food.
For defrosting of frozen food with a temperature of about -18 to - 20 °C, use
the following table as a guide.
All frozen food should be defrosted using defrosting power level
(180W,
).
Food
Portion
Time
Standing
Instructions
(min.) Time
(min.)
Meat
Minced beef
200 g
6 - 7
5 - 25
Place the meat on a flat ceramic plate.
400 g
11 - 13
Shield thinner edges with aluminium foil.
Turn over after half of defrosting time!
Pork steaks
250 g
7
1
/
2
- 8
1
/
2
Poultry
Chicken pieces
500 g 14
1
/
2
- 15
1
/
2
15 - 40
First, put chicken pieces first skin-side down,
(2 pc)
whole chicken first breast-side-down on a
flat ceramic plate. Shield the thinner parts
like
Whole chicken
900 g
28 - 30
wings and ends with aluminium foil. Turn
over after half of defrosting time!
Fish
Fish fillets
200 g
6 - 7
5 - 15
Put frozen fish in the middle of a flat
(2 pc)
ceramic plate. Arrange the thinner parts
400 g
12 - 13
under the thicker parts. Shield narrow
(4 pc)
ends with aluminium foil. Turn over after
half of defrosting time!
Fruits
Berries
250 g 6
1
/
2
- 7
1
/
2
5 - 10
Distribute fruits on a flat, round glass dish
(with a large diameter).
Bread
Bread rolls
2 pc
1
/
2
- 1
5 - 20
Arrange rolls in a circle or bread horizon
(each ca. 50 g)
4 pc
2-2
1
/
2
tally on kitchen paper in the middle of
Toast/ Sandwich
250 g
4
1
/
2
- 5
turntable. Turn over after half of defrosting
German bread
500 g
8 - 10
time!
(wheat + rye flour)
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