Tips For Buying Frozen Food; Tips For Storing Food In The Freezer Compartment; Tips For Freezing Fresh Food - CONSTRUCTA CK64 Série Notice D'utilisation

Prerequisites for freezing capacity
When placing fresh food in the ap-
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pliance, switch on Super freezing.
→ "Switching on Super freezing",
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Place the food as close as pos-
2.
sible to the back wall of the freezer
compartment. This is where the
food freezes most quickly.

Tips for buying frozen food

Follow the tips when you are buying
frozen food.
Check the packaging is not dam-
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aged.
Check the best-before date.
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The temperature in the supermar-
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ket freezer must be –18 °C or
lower.
Do not interrupt the deep-freeze
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chain. If possible, transport frozen
food in a cool bag and quickly
place it in the freezer compart-
ment.
Tips for storing food in the
freezer compartment
Follow the tips if you are storing food
in the freezer compartment.
Spread out the food over a wide
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area in the freezer compartment.
Do not bring food which is to be
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frozen into contact with frozen
food.
If necessary, redistribute frozen
food in the freezer compartment.

Tips for freezing fresh food

Follow the tips when you freeze fresh
food.
Freeze fresh and undamaged food
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only.
Cooked food is more suitable than
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food that can be eaten raw.
Freezer compartment en
In order to retain the nutritional
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value, flavour and colour, you
should prepare certain food for
freezing.
– Vegetables: Wash, chop up,
blanch.
– Fruit: Wash, pit and perhaps
peel, possibly add sugar or
ascorbic acid solution.
Additional information on how to do
this can be found in the relevant liter-
ature.
Food suitable for freezing
Baked goods
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Fish and seafood
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Meat
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Poultry and game
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Vegetables, fruit and herbs
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Eggs without shells
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Dairy products, e.g. cheese, butter
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and quark
Ready meals and leftovers, e.g.
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soups, stews, cooked meat and
fish, potato dishes, bakes and
desserts
Food that is unsuitable for freezing
Types of vegetables that are usu-
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ally eaten raw, e.g. lettuce or
radishes
Unpeeled or hard-boiled eggs
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Grapes
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Whole apples, pears and peaches
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Yoghurt, soured milk, sour cream,
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crème fraîche and mayonnaise
Packing frozen food
If you select suitable packaging ma-
terial and the correct type of pack-
aging, you can determine the product
quality and prevent freezer burn.
Place the food in the packaging.
1.
Suitable packaging:
– Plastic film made of polyethyl-
ene
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