Freezer Compartment; Freezing And Storing Food; Purchasing Frozen Food; Freezing Fresh Food - Gaggenau rb 287 Gebrauchsanleitung

Freezer compartment

Use the freezer compartment:
For storing deep frozen food.
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To make ice cubes.
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For freezing fresh food.
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Ensure that the freezer compartment door is always
closed! 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
To ensure good air circulation in the appliance,
insert the freezer drawers all the way.
If a large quantity of food is to be placed in the freezer
compartment, the food can be stacked directly on
the glass shelves and in the bottom of the freezer
compartment. To do this, remove all the freezer drawers.
Pull out the freezer drawers all the way, lift at the front and
remove.
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Note
To insert the freezer drawer with telescopic rails, the rails
must be pulled out.

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.