Freezing Fresh Food; Packing Frozen Food; Shelf Life Of Frozen Food; Super Freezing - Thermador T18ID Serie Manual De Uso

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Freezing fresh food

Freeze fresh and undamaged food only.
To retain the best possible nutritional value, flavour and
colour, vegetables should be blanched before freezing.
Aubergines, peppers, zucchini and asparagus do not
require blanching.
Literature on freezing and blanching can be found
in bookshops.
Note:
Keep food which is to be frozen away from food which
is already frozen.
The following foods are suitable for freezing:
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Cakes and pastries, fish and seafood, meat, game,
poultry, vegetables, fruit, herbs, eggs without shells,
dairy products such as cheese, butter and quark,
ready meals and leftovers such as soups, stews,
cooked meat and fish, potato dishes, soufflés and
desserts.
The following foods are not suitable for freezing:
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Types of vegetables, which are usually consumed
raw, such as lettuce or radishes, eggs in shells,
grapes, whole apples, pears and peaches, hard-
boiled eggs, yoghurt, soured milk, sour cream,
crème fraîche and mayonnaise.

Packing frozen food

To prevent food from losing its flavour or drying out,
place in airtight containers.
1. Place food in packaging.
2. Remove air.
3. Seal the wrapping.
4. Label packaging with contents and date of freezing.
Suitable packaging:
Cling wrap, tubular film made of polyethylene,
aluminum foil, freezer containers.
These products are available from specialist outlets.
Unsuitable packaging:
Wrapping paper, greaseproof paper, cellophane, bin
liners and used shopping bags.
Items suitable for sealing packaged food:
Rubber bands, plastic clips, string, cold-resistant
adhesive tape, etc.
Bags and tubular film made of polyethylene can
be sealed with a film heat sealer.

Shelf life of frozen food

Depends on the type of food.
At a temperature of 0 °F:
Fish, sausage, ready meals and cakes and pastries:
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up to 6 months
Cheese, poultry and meat:
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up to 8 months
Vegetables and fruit:
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up to 12 months
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Super freezing

Food should be frozen solid as quickly as possible
in order to retain vitamins, nutritional value, appearance
and flavor.
To prevent an undesirable temperature rise when
placing fresh food in the freezer compartment, switch
on super freezing several hours beforehand. As a rule,
4–6 hours is adequate. 24 hours are necessary when
using the maximum freezer capacity fully.
After 2 days the temperature set before super freezing
is automatically restored.

Switching on

Press super freezing button.
The display panel indicates the symbol SUPER¾ and
the compartment for which the function was
switched on.

Switching off

Press super freezing button.

Thawing frozen food

Depending on the type and application, select one of
the following options:
at room temperature,
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in the refrigerator,
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in an electric oven, with/without fan assisted hot-air,
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in the microwave.
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Note:
Do not refreeze thawing or thawed food. Only ready
meals (boiled or fried) may be refrozen.
No longer store the frozen produce for the max.
storage period.