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* Depending on model and options
Notes on freezing and storage
W Items suitable for freezing: meat, game, poultry, fresh
sh, vegetables, fruit, dairy prod ucts, bread, baked goods,
pre-cooked meals.
Not suitable: lettuce, radishes, grapes, whole apples and
pears, fatty meat.
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Pack frozen food in standard freezer bags or reusable
plastic, metal or aluminium containers.
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Do not allow fresh food which is to be frozen to come into
contact with food already frozen. Always keep packs dry in
order to avoid them sticking together.
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Always write the date and contents on the pack and do not
exceed the stated storage time for the food. This prevents
any risk of quality impairment.
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Pack food which you are freezing yourself in quantities
appropriate to your household. To ensure that the food
freezes right through quickly, the following quantities
should not be exceeded per package:
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fruit, vegetables: up to 1 kg;
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meat: up to 2.5 kg.
W Blanch vegetables after washing and cutting them. (Add
to boiling water for 2-3 minutes, remove and quickly cool
down in cold water. If you blanch with a steamer or micro-
wave oven, please observe the relevant operating instruc-
tions.)
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Do not salt or season fresh food or blanched vegetables
before freezing. Only lightly salt and season other food.
Some spices can alter their avour intensity.
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Do not freeze bottles and cans which contain carbon-ated
drinks as they might burst. Drinks can be cooled down
quickly, but take the bottles out of the freezer compartment
after an hour at the most.
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Storage: Each drawer and shelf can take up to 25 kg fro-
zen food.
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If you want to use the maximum net capacity, you can
remove the drawers and the pull-out rails and store items
directly on the shelves.
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Always leave the bottom drawer in the appliance.
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Removing drawers: Pull forward until the drawer stops
and lift out.
- If you have removed the drawers, do
not cover the fan slits at the back,
otherwise the freezer will not work
properly.
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Always store identical food items
together to avoid the door being open
for unnecessarily long periods and to
save energy.
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Do not exceed storage times given.
Notes on freezing and storage
W Thawing: Only take out as much food as is immediate ly
required for thawing. Cook food which has been thawed as
quickly as possible.
Frozen food can be thawed in the following ways:
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in a conventional or fan oven
- in a microwave oven
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at room temperature
- in the refrigerator: the cold given o by the frozen food is
used for cooling the other food.
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Flat portions of meat or sh can be cooked when par tially
thawed.
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Vegetables can be cooked from frozen (in half the normal
time).
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The table below gives guidelines for storage times of vari-
ous foods in the freezer compartment:
Ice cream 2 to 6 months
Sausage, ham 2 to 6 months
Bread, baked goods 2 to 6 months
Game, pork 6 to 10 months
Fish fat 2 to 6 months
Fish fatless 6 to 12 months
Cheese 2 to 6 months
Poultry, beef 6 to 12 months
Fruit and vegetables 6 to 12 months
Whether or not the lower or upper value is applicable de-
pends on the food quality, its processing prior to freezing and
the individual household's quality requirements. The lower
values always apply to food with a high fat content; fats tend
to become rancid.
VarioSpace*
- You can create a double-height space for big items of fro-
zen food by removing a drawer and a shelf. This enables
you to freeze such things as poultry or big pieces of meat
without having to cut them up rst, so they can be served
"whole" afterwards, and to store other large items such as
big gateaux or packs of ice.
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Removing the drawer, g. D1: Pull out as far as it will go
and lift at the front.
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Removing the shelf, g. D2: Lift up at the front and pull
out.
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To insert: proceed in reverse order; simply push shelf in as
far as it will go.
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