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Fridge compartment
The fridge compartment is the perfect place for keeping
ready meals, bread and pastries, jams and preserves,
condensed milk and hard cheeses.
When placing food in the fridge, follow
these guidelines
Keep fresh, untouched food in the fridge. In that way
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it will keep longer and stay fresher.
In the case of ready-made products and packaged
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foods and liquids, pay attention to the manufacturer's
specified best-before or use-by date.
In order to maintain flavour, colour and freshness,
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keep food well packed or covered over. That also
prevents flavours from mixing and the plastic parts
from becoming discoloured in the fridge
compartment.
Allow warm food and beverages to cool before
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putting them into the appliance.
Note
Keep food from coming into contact with the rear panel.
Otherwise, the air circulation will be impaired.
Food or packaging could also become frozen to the
rear panel.
Pay attention to the temperature zones in
the fridge compartment
The air circulation produces different temperature
zones in the fridge compartment:
The coldest zones are close to the rear panel.
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The warmest zone is at the very top of the appliance
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door.
Note
Keep items such as hard cheese and butter in the
warmest zone. That will allow the cheese to continue
developing its flavour and the butter will remain
spreadable.
Freezer compartment
Use the freezer compartment for the
following
Storing deep frozen food.
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To make ice cubes.
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To freeze small quantities of food.
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Note
Make sure that the freezer compartment door is always
closed. When the door is open, the frozen foods
defrost. The freezer compartment ices up heavily. In
addition: Energy is wasted due to the power
consumption.
Freezing capacity
You will find information on the freezing capacity on the
rating plate.
Freezing and storing
Purchasing frozen foods
Packaging must not be damaged.
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Observe the best before date.
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The temperature in the commercial chest freezer
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must be -18 °C or colder.
As far as possible, frozen food must be transported
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in an insulated container and quickly placed in the
freezer compartment.
When arranging the food, note the
following
Spread the items out well in the freezer compartment.
Note
Food that is already frozen must not come into contact
with the food that is to be freshly frozen.
Storing frozen food
Avoid contact between food and rear panel. Otherwise
the air circulation will be impaired.
Food or packaging could freeze to the rear panel.
Freezing fresh food
Only use fresh, undamaged food for freezing.
In order to retain the nutritional value, aroma and colour
of the food as much as possible, blanch vegetables
before they are frozen.
Blanching is not required for aubergines, peppers,
courgettes and asparagus.
You can find literature about freezing and blanching in
bookshops.
Note
Do not allow food that is to be frozen to sit right next to
food that has already been frozen.
The following are suitable for freezing:
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Baked goods, fish and seafood, meat, game, poultry,
vegetables, fruit, herbs, eggs without their shells,
dairy products such as cheese, butter and curd
cheese, prepared dishes and leftovers such as
soups, stews, cooked meat and fish, potato dishes,
baked casseroles and sweet foods.
The following are not suitable for freezing:
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Types of vegetable that are usually eaten raw, such
as lettuces or radishes, eggs in their shells, grapes,
whole apples, pears and peaches, hard-boiled eggs,
yoghurt, curds, soured cream, crème fraîche and
mayonnaise.
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