en Freezer compartment Prerequisites for freezing capacity 1. Approx. 24 hours before placing 11.4 Tips for freezing fresh food fresh food in the appliance, switch on Super freezing. → "Switching on manual Super freezing", Page 17 2. If the appliance has a flat frozen Ў Freeze fresh and undamaged food only. Ў Freeze food in portions. Ў Cooked food is more suitable than food that can be eaten raw. Ў Vegetables: Wash, chop up and food container, fill this with food first. For appliances without a flat frozen food container, fill the low- est frozen food container with food first. 3. Freeze fresh food as close as pos- blanch before freezing. Ў Fruit:
Wash, pit and perhaps peel, possibly add sugar or ascorbic acid solution. Ў Food that is suitable for freezing in- sible to the side panels. cludes baked items, fish and sea- food, meat, game, poultry, eggs without shells, cheese, butter and quark, ready meals and leftovers. Ў Food that is unsuitable for freezing 11.2 Fully utilising the freezer Learn how to store the maximum amount of frozen food in the freezer compartment. 1. Remove all fittings from the freezer compartment volume includes lettuce, radishes, eggs in shells, grapes, raw apples and pears, yoghurt, sour cream, crиme fraoche and mayonnaise. compartment. → Page 23 2.
Store food directly on the shelves Packing frozen food If you select suitable packaging ma- terial and the correct type of pack- aging, you can determine the product quality and prevent freezer burn. 1. Place the food in the packaging. 2. Squeeze out the air. 3. Pack food airtight to prevent it and on the floor of the freezer compartment. 11.3 Tips for storing food in the freezer compartment Ў Store food in air-tight packaging. Ў Do not bring food which is to be frozen into contact with frozen food. Ў Place the food over the whole area from losing flavour and drying out. 4. Label the packaging with the con- tents and the date of freezing. of the compartments or the frozen food containers.
Ў To quickly and gently freeze larger 11.5 Shelf life of frozen food quantities of fresh food, place this in the top frozen food container. Ў To ensure that the air can circulate at −18 °C Food Storage time Fish, sausages, pre- pared meals and baked goods up to 6 months freely in the appliance, push the frozen food containers in as far as they will go. Poultry, meat up to 8 months 20