Defrosting, How to use defrosting, Hints and tips – Zanussi ZBM 879 User Manual

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The oven fan operates without heat and circulates the

air, at room temperature, inside the oven. This increases

the speed of defrosting. However, please note that the
temperature of the kitchen will influence the speed of

defrosting.

This function is particularly suitable for defrosting delica-
te food which could be damaged by heat, e.g. cream

filled gateaux, iced cakes, pastries, bread and other yeast

products.

How to Use Defrosting

1) Switch the oven on by pressing button 1.
2) Press button 3 twice.

Hints and Tips

• Cover food with a lid, aluminium foil or plastic film to

prevent drying out during defrosting.

• ALWAYS COOK THOROUGHLY IMMEDIATELY

AFTER THAWING.

• Frozen food should be placed in a single layer when

ever possible and turned over half way through the

defrosting process.

• Only joints of meat and poultry up to 2 kg. (4 lb.) are

suitable for defrosting in this way.

Refer to the following table for approximate defrosting

times.

Defrosting

Chicken 1000 g.

100-140

20-30

Place the chicken on an inverted
saucer on a large plate. Defrost open
and turn at half time or defrost
covered with foil. Remove giblets
as soon as possible.

Meat 1000 g.

100-140

20-30

Defrost open and turn at
half time or cover with foil

Meat 500 g.

90-120

20-30

As above

Trout 150 g.

23-35

10-15

Defrost open

Strawberries 300 g.

30-40

10-20

Defrost open

Butter 250 g.

30-40

10-15

Defrost open

Cream 2 x 200 g.

80-100

10-15

Defrost open (cream is
easy to whip even if parts
of it are still slightly frozen)

Cake 1400 g.

60

60

Defrost open

Food

Defrosting time

(Mins)

Standing time

(Mins)

Notes

The times quoted in the chart should be used as a guide only, as the speed of defrosting will depend on the kitchen

temperature. For example, the colder the room temperature, the longer the defrosting time.

DEFROSTING FUNCTION SYMBOL

PRE-SET TEMPERATURE: 32°C

TEMPERATURE SETTING CANNOT BE

CHANGED

F

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