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MICROWAVE COOKERY BOOK
& OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
FOR MODELS: NN-SD466 / NN-SD456 / NN-SD446
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Standard Conversion Chart When using recipes in this book always follow metric or imperial measurements. Weight Do not combine the two. In some recipes the conversions are not a direct 1 / 2oz – 15g equivalent due to recipe result. 1oz – 25g Important Notice 2oz – 50g The IEC (60705) power 3oz – 75g output (watts) 900W 4oz – 100g The heating category for small packs of food 5oz – 150g E 6oz – 175g Microwave symbol 7oz – 200g 8oz – 225g Your oven is rated 900 Watts (IEC)*. When using other cookbo
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Welcome to Panasonic Microwave Cooking CONTENTS Dear Owner, Safety Information 2 Thank you for purchasing a Panasonic Microwave Oven. Unpacking your oven 3 Even if this is not your first microwave oven, do please read the opening Care and Cleaning 4 chapters of this cookbook to achieve perfect results every time Parts of your oven 5 Important Information 6-7 Microwaving Principles 8 General Guidelines 9-10 Containers to use 11-12 Control Panel 13 This microwave oven has the benefit of the Invert
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Important safety instructions Read carefully and keep for future reference This appliance is supplied with a moulded three pin mains plug for your IMPORTANT: The wires in this mains lead are coloured in accordance safety and convenience, which may be marked, and rated, either 10 with the following code: Green-and-yellow: Earth. Blue: Neutral. Brown: amps or 13 amps. Live. As the colours of the wire in the mains lead of this appliance may not A 10 amp or 13 amp fuse is fitted according to the typ
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Unpacking your oven Placement of your oven Counter Top: 1. Examine Your Oven This oven is intended for counter-top or built-in use only. It is not Unpack oven, remove all packing material, and examine the oven intended for use inside a cabinet or cupboard. Refer to Building-In for any damage such as dents, broken door latches or cracks in your oven on page 59. the door. Notify dealer immediately if unit is damaged. Do NOT install if unit is damaged. 1. Oven must be placed on a flat, stable sur
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Care & Cleaning of your Microwave Oven - IMPORTANT It is essential for the safe operation of the oven that it is kept clean, and wiped out after each use. Failure to maintain the oven in a clean condition could lead to deterioration of a surface that could adversely affect the life of the appliance and possibly result in a hazardous situation. 1. Switch the oven off before cleaning and unplug at socket if door, wipe with a soft cloth. This may occur when the microwave possible. oven is operated
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Parts of Your Oven 1. Do not operate the oven without the Roller Ring and Glass 6. The Glass Turntable can rotate in either direction. The maximum Turntable in place. weight that can be placed on the turntable is 4 Kg (8 lb 14 oz) (this includes total weight of food and dish). 2. Only use the Glass Turntable specifically designed for this oven. Do not substitute with any other Glass Turntable. 7. While cooking by MICROWAVE the turntable may vibrate. This will not affect cooking performance. 3. I
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Important Information – Read Carefully 4. Boiled Eggs. Safety Eggs in their shell and whole hard- If smoke or a fire occurs in the oven, press Stop/Cancel pad and leave the door closed in order to stifle any flames. boiled eggs should not be heated in Disconnect the power cord, or shut off the power at the fuse or the microwave ovens since they may circuit breaker panel. explode even after microwave heating has ended. Short Cooking Times As microwave cooking times are much shorter than other
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Important Information – Read Carefully 9. Meat Thermometer. 13. Keeping Your Oven Clean. Use a meat thermometer to check the It is essential for the safe operation of degree of cooking of roasts and poultry the oven that it is wiped out regularly. only when meat has been removed from Use warm soapy water, squeeze the the microwave. If undercooked, return to cloth out well and use to remove any the oven and cook for a few more grease or food from the interior. Pay minutes at the recommended power
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Microwaving Principles IMPORTANT NOTES Microwave energy has been used in this country to cook and reheat food The dish used to cook or reheat the since early experiments with RADAR in World War II. Microwaves are food will get warm during cooking, as present in the atmosphere all the time, both naturally and from manmade the heat conducts from the food. Even sources. in microwaving, oven gloves are required! Manmade sources include radar, radio, television, telecommunication links and car phones
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PIERCING General Guidelines The skin or membrane on some foods will cause steam to build up during cooking. These foods must be STANDING TIME pierced or a strip of skin should be peeled off before cooking to allow the steam to escape. Eggs, potatoes, apples, sausages etc, will all need to be pierced before cooking. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO BOIL EGGS Dense foods e.g. meat, jacket IN THEIR SHELLS. potatoes and cakes, require a STANDING TIME (inside or MOISTURE outside of the oven) after cooking, CONTENT
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DISH SIZE QUANTITY SPACING SHAPE Follow the dish sizes given in the Small quantities cook faster than Foods cook more quickly and Even shapes cook evenly. Food recipes, as these affect the large quantities, also small evenly if spaced apart. NEVER cooks better by microwave when cooking and reheating times. A meals will reheat more quickly pile foods on top of each other. in a round container rather than quantity of food spread in a than large portions. square. bigger dish cooks and reheats more
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Containers to use Choosing the correct container is a very important factor in deciding the success or failure of your cooking. Testing Dishes for Suitability When unsure that a cooking container Result is suitable for use in your microwave, If the dish is suitable for microwaving, it check by the following test: will remain cool, whilst the water in the jug will begin to feel warm. If the testing 1. Fill a microwave safe measuring jug 1 ⁄ dish feels warm, do not use as it is with 300ml ( 2pt) c
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PLASTIC CLING FILM ® Many plastic containers are designed for microwave use. Only use Tupperware Microwave containers if they are designed for microwave use. Do not use Melamine – although it cling film can is heat resistant it absorbs be used for microwave energy and covering food scorches. Even if a that is ✘ ✔ container is microwave safe, reheated by do not use for cooking foods microwave. It is also useful for covering high in sugar or fat. Foods food to be cooked, but care should be that re
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Control Panel (1) Display Window NN-SD466/NN-SD456/NN-SD446* (2) Microwave Power Setting (3) Turbo Reheat (4) Auto Weight Defrost Programs (5) Delay/Stand Pad: (1) This can be used to delay a cooking program for up to 9 hrs 90 mins., or used to time or for standing (non-cooking) time. (6) Clock Pad: Press the clock pad. Using the Time/Weight Dial set the clock (12 hr clock). Press clock pad (2) again to stop colon flashing. (8) (7) lb/oz Conversion Pad (8) Auto Cook Menu Dial (3) (9) Time/Weight
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Let’s Start to Use your Oven 1 Plug in Plug into a 13 amp fused electrical socket. You will be reminded to read your operating instructions. NN-SD466/NN-SD456 NN-SD446* 2 Press Clock Pad Set clock as a 12hr clock. Set time using Time/Weight Dial. Press clock pad again. (See page 15 for details). 3 Demonstration Mode This is to enable you to experiment setting various programs. (The letter D will always appear in the display window. This is to confirm that there is no microwave power produced and
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Setting the Clock ● ● ● Press Clock Pad Turn Time/Weight Dial Press Clock Pad “SET TIME” will appear in the display window, Enter time of day by using the Time/Weight Colon stops blinking. Time of day is now locked and the colon starts to blink. Dial. Time counts up in minutes. Turning the into the display. dial slowly will count up in 1 minute steps. Turning the dial quickly will count up in 10 minute steps. Set as a 12 hour clock. N.B. 1. To reset time of day, repeat step 1 through to step 3.
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Turbo Reheat This will provide an added boost of microwave power up to 1000 watts, for the initial part of the cooking time, when reheating foods e.g. soup, baked beans. ● ● Press the Pad. ● Press Start. Select Cooking time using Time/Weight Dial (up to 30 minutes). Using the the Delay/Stand Feature The Delay/Stand Pad is used as a timing pad either before, during or after a cooking program (up to 30 minutes). When the Delay/Stand Pad is selected with a time, there is no microwave power in the o
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Microwave Cooking and Defrosting ACCESSORY TO USE: When using your oven, the glass turntable Foods reheated or cooked by provided must always be in position. MICROWAVE are normally covered with a lid or cling film, unless otherwise stated. DO NOT place food directly onto the turntable except in the case of Jacket Potatoes or Auto Program Jacket Potatoes. Two Stage Cooking: eg. High power 10 minutes followed by Simmer power 20 minutes; Select High power and program 10 minutes then select secon
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Auto Weight Defrost Programs This feature allows you to defrost minced meat, chops, chicken portions, meat joints and bread. The CHAOS defrost pad should be pressed to select the correct category and then enter in the weight of the food in grams or pounds and ounces using the appropriate pads (See page 17). Foods should be placed in a suitable dish, whole chickens and joints of meat should be on an upturned saucer or on a rack. Chops, chicken portions and slices of bread should be placed in a si
