Freezer Compartment; Freezing And Storing Food; Freezing Fresh Food - Bosch KGV Serie Gebrauchsanleitung

Freezer compartment

Use the freezer
compartment
S For storing deep frozen food.
S Making ice cubes.
S To freeze food.
Ensure that the freezer compartment
door has been closed properly. If the
door is open, the frozen food will thaw.
The freezer compartment will become
covered in thick ice.
Also: waste of energy due to high power
consumption!
Freezing and storing
food
Purchasing frozen food
Packaging must not be damaged.
Use by the best before" date.
Temperature in the supermarket freezer
-18 °C or lower.
If possible, transport deep frozen 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 a large quantity of food is to be placed
in the freezer compartment, the food
can be stacked directly on the wire
shelves. To do this pull out the freezer
drawers all the way, lift at the front and
remove.
S The refrigeration system may cause
several areas of the freezer shelves to
frost quickly. This does not affect function
or power consumption.
The appliance does not require defrosting
until the entire surface of the freezer shelf
is covered with more than 5 mm of frost
or ice.

Freezing fresh food

Freezing food yourself
If you are freezing food yourself, use only
fresh, undamaged food.
The following foods are suitable for
freezing:
Meat and sausage products, poultry and
game, fish, vegetables, herbs, fruit, cakes
and pastries, pizza, ready meals,
leftovers, egg yolk and egg white.
The following foods are not suitable
for freezing:
Eggs in shells, soured cream and
mayonnaise, green salads, radishes and
onions.
Blanching vegetables and fruit
To retain colour, flavour, aroma and
vitamin C", vegetables and fruits should
be blanched prior to freezing.
Blanching is the brief immersion of
vegetables and fruit in boiling water.
Literature on freezing and blanching
is available in bookshops.
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