Freezing Fresh Food; Packing Frozen Food; Super Freezing - Bosch KAD-Serie Montage- Und Gebrauchsanleitung

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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:
Plastic film, tubular film made of polyethylene,
aluminium 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
Storage duration depends on the type of food.
At a temperature of -18 °C:
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 flavour.
Several hours before placing fresh food in the freezer
compartment, switch on super freezing to prevent
an unwanted temperature rise.
As a rule, 4–6 hours is adequate.
This appliance runs constantly and the freezer
compartment drops to a very low temperature.
If the max. freezing capacity is to be used, super
freezing must be switched on for 24 hours before the
fresh produce is placed in the freezer compartment.
You can freeze smaller quantities of food (up to 2 kg)
without fast freezing.
Note
When super freezing is switched on, increased
operating noises may occur.
Switching on super freezing
1. Keep pressing the "select" button until the freezer
compartment climate zone is marked with an arrow.
2. Press "super" button.
If "super freezing" is switched on, "SU" and "super" are
indicated on the display panel.
Switching off super freezing
1. Keep pressing the "select" button until the freezer
compartment climate zone is marked with an arrow.
2. Press "super" button.
If super freezing is switched off, the "SU" and "super"
displays go out on the display panel.
Note
Super freezing automatically switches off after approx.
2^ days.