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11 Defrosting Defrosting food is much faster in the steam oven than at room temperature. You can gently defrost all common frozen foods, such as vegetables, fruit, fish, meat, poultry and ready meals at temperatures between 50 and 60 °C. Even frozen dairy products or baked goods will be ready to eat again in record time. Reheating When it comes to reheating in the steam oven, the pros don’t talk about “regenerating” for nothing – the food looks and tastes freshly cooked. Reheating rounds o… the unparalleled food preparation process in the Miele steam oven perfectly. Ideally, heat up already cooked dishes at 100 °C – you can even heat up several plated meals at the same time. After approximately 8 minutes, the dish will be heated up – and the plate too, so you’ll have time to enjoy everything in peace. Blanching So you want to freeze fruit or vegetables? By blanching them, you can ensure that they retain their quality while they are in the freezer. Blanch them for 1 minute at 100 °C. Heating them briefly reduces the enzymes in fruit and vegetables which break down flavours and vitamins while they are in the freezer. Extracting juice You can also use your steam oven for extracting juice. This means you’ll get fruit juice for drinks or jelly, etc. Berries are ideal for juicing. The steam softens the cell walls of the fruits and causes them to split and the juice to escape. You can find the recommended settings in the cooking charts at the end of this book. Bottling Your Miele steam oven o…ers you the convenience of bottling without the annoying task of decanting hot liquids. You can bottle fruit, vegetables, meat and sausages, plus you can also disinfect the jars in the steam oven. Refer to the information on this in the operating instructions. Special applications