B46C74N3GB/04 User Manual

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Defrost

In this section, you can read about

■ how to defrost using 3 CircoTherm®

■ how to use Defrost

Defrosting with CircoTherm®

Use 3 CircoTherm® to defrost and cook frozen products.

Notes

■ Frozen products that have been defrosted (meat in particular)

require shorter cooking times than fresh products

■ The cooking time for frozen meat increases by the defrosting

time

■ Always defrost frozen poultry before cooking so that you can

remove the giblets

■ Cook frozen fish at the same temperatures as fresh fish

■ You can place large quantities of ready made frozen

vegetables in aluminium dishes in the cooking compartment

at the same time

■ Use shelf height 1 when defrosting on one level, and shelf

heights 1 + 3 when using two levels

■ Observe the instructions on the packaging when using frozen

foods.

Defrost

You can use Defrost to defrost delicate pastries particularly well

(e.g. cream cakes).

1. Switch on 3 CircoTherm® operating mode.

2. Using the temperature selector, turn the default temperature

down to 40 °C. Then turn the temperature selector one notch

further anti-clockwise.

Defrost is now set.

A A A appears in the temperature

display.

3. Press the ƒ Start button.

4. Defrost the frozen food for 25 - 45 minutes, depending on

type and size.

5. Remove the frozen food from the cooking compartment and

let it thaw for 30 - 45 minutes.

With small quantities (pieces), the defrosting time is shortened

to 15  20 minutes and the extended defrosting time is

shortened to 10  15 minutes.

Note: To return to the

3CircoTherm® operating mode, turn the

temperature selector clockwise. The temperature set for

CircoTherm® appears again in the temperature display.

Preserve

: Risk of injury!

Preserving jars containing incorrectly preserved food can burst.

Please observe the following instructions:

■ Fruit and vegetables must be fresh and in good condition

■ Only use clean and undamaged preserving jars

■ The preserving jars must not touch each other in the cooking

compartment during preserving

With

3 CircoTherm® , the cooking compartment can be used

to preserve the contents of up to six ½, 1 or 1½ litre preserving

jars at the same time.

Notes

■ For each preserving process, only use preserving jars that

are the same size and contain the same food.

■ Pay attention to cleanliness when preparing and closing the

preserving jars.

■ Only use heat resistant rubber rings.

■ You cannot preserve the following food in your appliance: the

contents of tin cans, meat, fish or pie filling.

Preparing fruit

1. Wash fruit and, depending on the type, peel, remove the

seeds and finely chop.

2. Fill the preserving jars with fruit up to approx. 2 cm below the

rim.

3. Fill the preserving jars with hot, skimmed sugar solution

(approx.

Y l for a one litre jar).

To one litre water:

■ approx. 250 g sugar for sweet fruit

■ approx. 500 g sugar for sour fruit

Preparing vegetables

1. Wash vegetables and depending on the type, clean and finely

chop.

2. Fill the preserving jars with vegetables up to approx. 2 cm

below the rim.

3. Fill the preserving jars immediately with hot, boiled water.

Pizza, frozen, with deep-pan base 1 180 20 - 30

Pizza baguette, frozen 1 180 20 - 30

Food Shelf height Temperature in°C Cooking time in minutes

* Preheat the appliance

Frozen meals Tempera-

ture in °C

Defrosting

time in min-

utes

Raw frozen products/ foods 50 30 - 90

Bread/Bread rolls (750 - 1,500 g) 50 30 - 60

Dry, frozen tray bakes 60 45 - 60

Moist, frozen tray bakes 50 50 - 70