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28
COOLING AND DEFROSTING
FUNCTION
To cool foods quickly straight after cooking, but before
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
defrost position, place the food in the centre of the
oven and close the door.
Defrosting times
4
Small or thin pieces of frozen fish or
meat - eg; fish fillets, prawns, and mince
will take approximately 1 - 2 hours.
Placing the food in a single layer will
reduce the thawing time.
4
A medium sized casserole or stew will
take around 3 - 4 hours.
4
A 1½kg / 3lb oven ready chicken will take
around 5 hours, remove the giblets as
soon as possible.
4
Always check foods are thoroughly
defrosted before cooking.
Be safe
4
Do not defrost stuffed poultry using this
method.
4
Do not defrost larger joints of meat and
poultry over 2kg / 4lb using this method.
4
Never place uncooked food for defrosting
next to cooked food which is to be cooled,
as this can lead to cross contamination.
4
Defrosting meat, poultry and fish
speeded up using this method, but make
sure they are completely thawed before
cooking thoroughly.
4
Place meat and poultry on a trivet in a
meat tin, to catch the juices from the
defrosting process.
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