Precautions Precautions to avoid possible exposure to excessive microwave energy. You cannot operate your oven with the door open due to the safety interlocks When heating liquids, e.g. soups, sauces and beverages in your microwave oven, overheating the liquid beyond boiling point can occur without built into the door mechanism.
Contents How the Microwave Oven Works Precautions Contents Microwaves are a form of energy similar to radio and television waves and Unpacking & Installing 4 ~ 5 ordinary daylight. Normally, microwaves spread outwards as they travel Setting the Clock through the atmosphere and disappear without effect. Microwave ovens, Child Lock however, have a magnetron which is designed to make use of the energy in Micro Power Cooking...
Unpacking & By following the basic steps on these two pages you will be able to quickly check that your oven is operating correctly. Please pay particular attention to the guidance on where to install your oven. When unpacking your Installing oven make sure you remove all accessories and packing.
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Plug your oven into a standard household socket. Open your oven door by pulling the DOOR HANDLE. Make sure your oven is the only appliance Place the ROTATING RING inside the oven and place connected to the socket. If your oven does not operate the GLASS TRAY on top.
Setting the You can set either 12 hour clock or 24 hour clock. Clock In the following example I will show you how to set the time for 14:35 when using the 24 clock. Make sure that you have removed all packaging from your oven. Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described earlier in this book.
Child Lock Press STOP (ARRÊT). STOP (ARRÊT) Your oven has a safety feature that Press and hold until “L” appears on the display and prevents accidental running of the oven. BEEP sounds. Once the child lock is set, you will be The CHILD LOCK is now set.
Micro Power In the following example I will show you how to cook some food on 80% power for 5 minutes and 30 seconds. Cooking Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described earlier in this book. STOP (ARRÊT).
Micro Power Your microwave oven is equipped with 5 power levels to give you maximum flexibility and control over cooking. Level The table below shows the examples of food and their recommended cooking power levels for use with this microwave oven. POWER LEVEL POWER LEVEL (%) POWER OUTPUT...
Two stage In the following example I will show you how to cook some food in two stages. The first stage will cook your food for 11 minutes on High the second will cook for 35 minutes on 320W. Cooking STOP (ARRÊT).
Quick In the following example I will show you how to set 2 minutes of cooking on high power. Start STOP (ARRÊT). Press START (DÉPART) The QUICK START feature allows you to Press four times to select 2 minutes on HIGH power. set 30 seconds intervals of HIGH power Your oven will start before you have finished the fourth press.
Grill In the following example I will show you how to use the grill to cook some food for 12 minutes and 30 seconds. Cooking STOP (ARRÊT). Press This feature will allow you to brown and Press FUNCTION key twice to select the grill mode. crisp food quickly.
Combination In the following example I will show you how to programme your oven with micro power 40% and combi for a Cooking cooking time of 25 minutes. STOP (ARRÊT). Press Press FUNCTION key three times and turn DIAL until display shows “Co-2”.
Auto In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.6kg of fresh vegetable. Cook STOP (ARRÊT). Press AUTO COOK allows you to cook most of Press AUTO COOK (CUISSON AUTOMATIQUE) twice to select Fresh vegetable. your favorite food easily by selecting the food type and entering the weight of the “Ac-2”...
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FUNCTION CATEGORY WEIGHT LIMIT UTENSIL FOOD TEMP. INSTRUCTIONS Choose medium sized potatoes 170 -200g. AUTO 1. JACKET 0.1 kg ~ 1.0 kg Room Wash and dry potatoes. Pierce the potatoes several times with fork. Place the potatoes on COOK POTATO the glass turntable.
Auto The temperature and density of food varies, I would recommend that the food is checked before cooking commences. Pay particular attention to large joints of meat and chicken, some foods should not be completely thawed before cooking. The BREAD programme is suitable for defrosting small items such as Defrost rolls or a small loaf.
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AUTO WEIGHT DEFROST GUIDE * Food to be defrosted should be in a suitable microwave proof container and place uncovered on the glass turntable. * If necessary, shield small areas of meat or poultry with flat pieces of aluminum foil. This will prevent thin areas becoming warm during defrosting. Ensure the foil does not touch the oven walls.
Auto In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.6kg of Roast Lamb. Roast STOP (ARRÊT). Press AUTO ROAST allows you to cook most of Press AUTO ROAST (RÔTISSAGE AUTOMATIQUE) twice to select Roast Lamb. your favorite food easily by selecting the food type and entering the weight of the “Ar-2”...
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FUNCTION CATEGORY WEIGHT LIMIT UTENSIL FOOD TEMP. INSTRUCTIONS Brush the beef with melted margarine or butter. Place on the AUTO 1. ROAST 0.5 kg ~ 1.5 kg Low rack Refrigerated low rack over the glass turntable. Place microwave-safe container for dropping meat ROAST BEEF juice under the rack When BEEP, turn food over.
Auto In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.6 kg of Chilled Meal. Reheat STOP (ARRÊT). Press Press CHILLED MEAL ( PLAT CONGELÉ) . AUTO REHEAT cooking make food reheating convient and easy to use. The oven has been pre-programmed to automatically reheat food Your oven has three AUTO REHEAT...
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FUNCTION CATEGORY WEIGHT LIMIT UTENSIL FOOD TEMP. INSTRUCTIONS Pierce using a skewer on the surface. Refrigerated AUTO 1. CHILLED 0.3 kg ~ 0.6 kg Own tray Place food on the glass turntable. After cooking, REHEAT MEAL allow to standfor 2-3 minutes before serving. - Stirrable e.g : Spaghetti bolognese, Beef stew - Non-stirrable e.g : Lasagne, Cottage pie Note :...
More or Less In the following example I will show you how to change the preset AUTO COOK programmes for a longer or Cooking shorter cooking time. STOP (ARRÊT). Press Set the required AUTO COOK (CUISSON AUTOMATIQUE) programme. If you find that your food is over or (Select weight of food.) undercooked when using the AUTO COOK or AUTO REHEAT or AUTO...
Heating or Reheating To heat or reheat successfully in the microwave, it is important to follow several guidelines. Measure the amount of food in order to determine the time needed to reheat. Arrange the food in a circular pattern for best results. Room temperature food will heat faster than refrigerated food.
Grill Cooking Guide Directions for grilling meat on grill Directions for grilling fish and seafood • Trim excess fat from meat. Cut fat, making sure you do not cut into the lean. Place fish and seafood on the rack. Whole fish should be scored diagonally on both sides (This will stop the fat curling.) before grilling.
WARNING Important safety instructions Please ensure cooking times are correctly set as over cooking may result in FIRE and Read carefully and keep for future reference subsequent DAMAGE to the OVEN. 1 Do not attempt to tamper with, or make any adjustments or repairs to the 12 Before cooking, pierce the skin of potatoes, apples or any such fruit or vegetable.
Microwave-safe Utensils Never use metal or metal trimmed utensils in your Paper microwave oven Paper plates and containers are convenient and safe to use in your microwave oven, Microwaves cannot penetrate metal. They will bounce off any metal object in the provided that the cooking time is short and foods to be cooked are low in fat and oven and cause arcing, an alarming phenomenon that resembles lightning.
Food characteristics & Microwave cooking Moisture content of food Keeping an eye on things Since the heat generated from microwaves tends to evaporate moisture, relatively dry food The recipes in the book have been formulated with great care, but your success in such as roasts and some vegetables should either be sprinkled with water prior to cooking preparing them depends on how much attention you pay to the food as it cooks.
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Food characteristics & Microwave cooking. Stirring To Clean Your Oven Stirring is one of the most important of all microwaving techniques. In conventional cooking, food is stirred for the purpose of blending. Microwaved food, however, is stirred in order to 1 Keep the inside of the oven clean spread and redistribute heat.
Questions & Answers Q What’s wrong when the oven light will not glow? Q Is it possible to pop corn in a microwave oven? A There may be several reasons why the oven light will not glow. A Yes, if using one of the two methods described Light bulb has blown below Door is not closed...
Plug wiring information/ Technical Specifications Warning Technical Specification This appliance must be earthed The wires in this mains lead are colored in accordance with the MH6083ALB following codes BLUE ~ Neutral Power Input 220 V AC / 50Hz BROWN ~ Live...