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Freezing and storing
frozen food
Purchasing deepĆfrozen
food
Packaging must not be damaged.
Use by the bestĆbefore" date.
Temperature in the supermarket freezer
ć18 °C or lower.
If possible, transport deepĆfrozen food
in an insulated bag and place quickly
in the freezer compartment.
Storing frozen food
S To ensure good air circulation in the
appliance, insert the freezer drawers
all the way.
S If you have to store lots of food, it is
possible to transfer the food to the
carrying trays and stack it on the base
of the freezer base. To do this, remove
all the freezer drawers. Pull out the
freezer drawers all the way, lift at the
front and remove. Fig. 9
Making ice cubes
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Fill the iceĆcube tray ¾ full of water
and place in the bottom of the freezer
compartment. If the iceĆcube tray is stuck
to the freezer compartment, dislodge with
a blunt implement only (spoon handle).
To loosen the ice cubes, hold the tray
briefly under running water or twist the
tray slightly.
Fast freeze
Several hours before placing fresh food in
the freezer compartment, switch on fast
freeze".
4-6 hours is usually adequate. If the max.
freezing capacity is used, 24 hours are
required. Smaller quantities of food can
be frozen without Fast freeze". To switch
on "Fast freeze", simply press the Fast
freeze" button Fig. 2/4.
Fast freeze" switches off automatically
after 2½ days at the latest.
Freezing food
Food should be frozen solid as quickly as
possible. To retain vitamins, nutritional
value, appearance and flavour, do not
exceed max. freezing capacity. If freezing
food in the freezer drawers, the max.
freezing capacity is reduced slightly.
Freezing capacity
Information about the max. freezing
capacity within 24 hours can be found
on the rating plate.
The max. freezing capacity is reached
on the upper wire shelf.
Keep food which is to be frozen away
from food which is already frozen.
To retain the flavour and prevent the food
from drying out, pack airtight.
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