Freezer compartment en Prerequisites for freezing capacity 1. Approx. 24 hours before placing Ў Vegetables: Wash, chop up and blanch before freezing. Ў Fruit: Wash, pit and perhaps peel, fresh food in the appliance, switch on Super freezing. → "Switching on Super freezing", Page 22 2. Place food in the bottom frozen possibly add sugar or ascorbic acid solution. Ў Food that is suitable for freezing in- 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 food container first.
11.2 Fully utilising the freezer compartment volume includes lettuce, radishes, eggs in shells, grapes, raw apples and pears, yoghurt, sour cream, crиme fraoche and mayonnaise. Learn how to store the maximum amount of frozen food in the freezer compartment. 1. Remove all fittings from the freezer compartment. → Page 27 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 from losing flavour and drying out. 4. Label the packaging with the con- 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 tents and the date of freezing. of the frozen food containers. Ў To quickly and gently freeze larger 11.5 Shelf life of frozen food at −18 °C quantities of fresh food, place this in the bottom frozen food con- tainer. Ў To ensure that the air can circulate 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 Vegetables, fruit up to 12 months 11.4 Tips for freezing fresh food The imprinted freezer calendar indic- ates the maximum storage duration in months at a constant temperature of –18 °C. 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. 25