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Blanching
Blanching helps food maintain its aroma and
vitamins during freezing. Fruit and vegetables
can be blanched in 1 minute at 100°C. After
blanching it needs to be plunged immediately
into ice-cold water to stop it from cooking any
further. It is then ready for freezing.
Clean and trim the vegetables or fruit. Cut larger
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in the steam combi oven. Select the blanching
programme and blanch for approx 1-2 minutes
at 100°C. Plunge into ice-cold water immediately
after blanching. Berries and herbs are not
suitable for blanching.
Special applications
Defrosting
Defrosting food in the steam combi oven takes
considerably less time than at room
temperature. Food also defrosts more evenly
than in the microwave – partially cooked or grey
patches are things of the past. At 50–60°C frozen
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and ready meals defrost gently. Dairy products
and baked goods are also quickly ready for serv-
ing again.
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defrosting process.
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more quickly and gently than large portions.
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food that are the same size (e.g. several
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providing they have been frozen singly.
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them on a plate or in a shallow cooking steam
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defrosting programme and separate pieces
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e.g. steak or portions of meat to roast.
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