Grilled food
Poultry
Chicken drumsticks
Small chicken portions
Fish
Steaks
Chops
Whole fish
Defrost
In this section, you can find out how to defrost with 3 Hot air or
A Defrost.
Defrosting with hot air
Use the 3 Hot air operating mode to defrost and cook frozen
products.
Please note the following points here:
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
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remove the giblets
Cook frozen fish at the same temperatures as fresh fish
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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.
Steam cooking
The é Steam cooking setting can only be used in conjunction
with the system steam cooker (available as an accessory from
specialist retailers).
Only switch Steam cooking on when the cooking compartment
has cooled down completely (room temperature). When • and
¨©¨ appear alternately in the temperature display, the cooking
compartment has not cooled down fully. Wait until the cooking
compartment has cooled down and switch Steam cooking on
again. The steam cooking process is controlled automatically.
Shelf
Temperature
Grilling time
height
in °C
in minutes
3
250
3
250
4
220
4
220
3
220
Notes
25 - 30
Piercing the skin will prevent blisters from forming
during grilling
25 - 30
15 - 20
The pieces should be of equal thickness
15 - 20
20 25
Frozen meals
Raw frozen products/ foods
Bread/Bread rolls
(750 - 1500 g)
Dry, frozen tray bakes
Moist, frozen tray bakes
Defrost
Using defrost setting A you can defrost delicate pastries
particularly well (e.g. cream cakes).
Switch on the A Defrost operating mode.
1.
Defrost the frozen food for 25-45 minutes, depending on type
2.
and size.
Remove the frozen food from the cooking compartment and
3.
let it thaw for 30 - 45 minutes.
With small quantities (pieces), the defrosting time is shortened
to 1520 minutes and the extended defrosting time is shortened
to 1015 minutes.
Notes
For steam cooking, use only the steam cooking setting with
■
the system steam cooker
Do not use Steam cooking together with the preselection
■
mode clock function
You will find further useful information in the instruction
■
manual included with the system steam cooker
Temperature
Defrosting
in °C
time in
minutes
50
30 - 90
50
30 - 60
60
45 60
50
50 - 70
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