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 frozenabrasions or "frost/freezer burns".
in the top compartment of the freezer as this is theIf 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
stacked up to the mark on the cell so as to ensurewhole time of the power failure. If the freezer is
that air circulation is not obstructed.fully loaded, the frozen food will not be affected
if the power cut is of short duration; otherwise,
You should never freeze more than 12 Kg. of freshit 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 drawers, proceed as follows: pull the
manually at any time by depressing the button Adrawer out until it comes to a stop, then tilt it upwards
again for more than one second. The yellow light(see figure).
goes out. If the fast freeze 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 freezerPR001c
door remains closed.
Freezing calendar
Frozen food storage
The symbols on the drawers show different types of
When you first start the freezer or if the freezer hasfrozen goods.
been out of use for some time, we advise you to runThe numbers indicate storage times in months for the
appropriate types of frozen goods. Whether the upper
your appliance for at least two hours in the �fastor lower value of the indicated storage time is valid
freezeE mode before storing frozen food.depends on the quality of the foods and pre-treating
To obtain the best performance from this appliance,before freezing.
we strongly recommend that you make sure that the
commercially frozen foodstuffs were adequately
stored by the retailer and, furthermore, be sure that
these frozen foodstuffs are transferred from theThawing
foodstore to the consumer in the shortest possibleFrozen food, prior to being used, can be thawed in
time (a temperature increase of the frozen food couldthe fridge or at room temperature depending on the
shorten its storage period).time available. Small food items may even be cooked
It is also advisable not to exceed the storage periodfrom frozen; in this case cooking will take longer. Any
indicated by the producer of the food.frozen food which is allowed to thaw accidentally
should either be eaten as soon as possible or thrown
Finally, do not open the door frequently or leave itaway. Alternatively, if the food is uncooked and has
open longer than is absolutely necessary.not been completely defrosted it can be cooked and
then refrozen.
Defrosted cooked food must never be refrozen.
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