Freezing fresh food
Important
In any 24 hour period you can freeze up to 12 kg ofDo not put carbonated liquids, (fizzy drinks
fresh food.etc.), in the freezer compartment.
Activate fast freeze by depressing the fast-freezeIce lollies, if consumed immediately after
button A - for more than one second - 24 hoursremoval from the freezer, can possibly result in
before you want to freeze your fresh food, the yellowa low temperature skin burn.
light � illuminates. This time can be shortened, Do not remove items from the freezer if your
depending on the quantity of food to be frozen. hands are damp/wet, as this could cause skin
After the time has elapsed place the food to be frozen
abrasions or "frost/freezer burns".
in the top compartment of the freezer as this is the
If there is a power failure during the storage of
coldest part.
frozen food, do not open the door during the
In the top compartment, products must only be
whole time of the power failure. If the freezer is
stacked up to the mark on the cell so as to ensure
fully loaded, the frozen food will not be affected
that air circulation is not obstructed.
if the power cut is of short duration; otherwise,
You should never freeze more than 12 Kg. of fresh
it is recommended to consume the food within
food at anyone time.a very short time.
Once the food is completely frozen (which could take
up to 24 hours) the fast freeze function can be endedTo remove the bottom drawer, proceed as follows: pull
manually at any time by depressing the switch Athe drawer out until it comes to a stop, then tilt it
again. The yellow light goes out. If the fast freezeupwards (see figure).
function is not ended manually, the appliance
electronics switch off the fast freeze function after 48
hours. The yellow light � goes out.
Distribute the frozen food packages in the other
compartments, so that the top compartment can be
used for a further freezing operation.
Only freeze top quality, fresh and thoroughly cleaned
foodstuffs.
Do not allow fresh food to touch food which is already
frozen.
During the freezing process, ensure that the freezer
door remains closed.
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Frozen food storage
Freezing calendar
When you first start the freezer or if the freezer has
The symbols on the drawers show different types of
been out of use for some time, we advise you to run
frozen goods.
your appliance for at least two hours in the �fast
The numbers indicate storage times in months for the
freezeE mode before storing frozen food.
appropriate types of frozen goods. Whether the upper
To obtain the best performance from this appliance,
or lower value of the indicated storage time is valid
we strongly recommend that you make sure that the
depends on the quality of the foods and pre-treating
commercially frozen foodstuffs were adequately
before freezing.
stored by the retailer and, furthermore, be sure that
these frozen foodstuffs are transferred from the
foodstore to the consumer in the shortest possible
Thawing
time (a temperature increase of the frozen food could
shorten its storage period).Frozen food, prior to being used, can be thawed in
the fridge or at room temperature depending on the
It is also advisable not to exceed the storage period
indicated by the producer of the food.time available. Small food items may even be cooked
from frozen; in this case cooking will take longer. Any
Finally, do not open the door frequently or leave it
frozen food which is allowed to thaw accidentally
open longer than is absolutely necessary.
should either be eaten as soon as possible or thrown
away. Alternatively, if the food is uncooked and has
not been completely defrosted it can be cooked and
then refrozen.
Defrosted cooked food must never be refrozen.
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