Belling BRD900DF - Cooling and Defrosting Function; Defrosting times; Be safe

Cooling and Defrosting Function
• To cool foods quickly straight after
cooking, but before refrigerating or
freezing,turntheovencontroltothe
defrost position, and open the door.
•
Todefrostfrozenfoods,turntheoven
control to the defrost position, place
the food in the centre of the oven
and close the door.
Defrosting times
•
Smallorthinpiecesoffrozenshor
meat-eg;shllets,prawns,and
mince will take approximately 1 - 2
hours. Placing the food in a single
layer will reduce the thawing time.
•
Amediumsizedcasseroleorstewwill
take around 3 - 4 hours.
• A 1½kg / 3lb oven ready chicken
will take around 5 hours, remove the
giblets as soon as possible.
• Always check foods are thoroughly
defrosted before cooking.
Be safe
•
Donotdefroststuedpoultryusing
this method.
• Do not defrost larger joints of meat
and poultry over 2kg / 4lb using this
method.
• Never place uncooked food for de-
frosting next to cooked food which is
to be cooled, as this can lead to cross
contamination.
•
Defrostingmeat,poultryandsh
speeded up using this method,
but make sure they are completely
thawed before cooking thoroughly.
• Place meat and poultry on a trivet in
a meat tin, to catch the juices from
the defrosting process.
USING THE OVEN/GRILL - MULTI-FUNCTION