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© Copyright by Matsushita Electric UK Ltd 2004.
Introduction
Microwaving Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Quick Check Cookware Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4
General Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-6
Defrosting Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-8
Tips for Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Auto Defrost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Defrosting Common Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Reheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-10
Reheating by Microwave Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-10
Microwave Cooking Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Convection/Bake Cooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Grilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Combination Cooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-15
Combination Cooking - Accessories to Use . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Guidelines For Using The Recipes In This Book . . . . . . . .17
Recipes
Soups and starters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-18
Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-20
Meat and Poultry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21-23
Eggs, Cheese and Snacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24-25
Rice, Pasta, Dried Vegetables & Jacket Potatoes . . . . .26-27
Vegetables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28-29
Pastry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30-31
Quiches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32-33
Desserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34-36
Cakes and Biscuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37-39
Bread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Preserves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Italian Dinner Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Chinese Dinner Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43-44
Thai Dinner Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Contents
Inverter technology is the key
Inverter technology for microwave ovens has been developed by a Panasonic initiative over a period of more than 10 years. It is the key technology
for making a very different type of microwave oven which has a number of special qualities:
• It makes possible the first oven in the industry which controls the amount of microwave energy linearly. This new distribution system allows cooking
and defrosting food without losing its flavour.
• It provides efficient conversion of electrical energy to microwave energy, resulting in minimizing power requirements without sacrificing microwave
output.
• It allows a dramatic enlargement of oven cavity size even in a compact oven body, due to the small size of the inverter circuit, which replaces the
currently used bulky transformer.
• Finally, at the end of the productʼs useful life, not using bulky transformers made of iron makes the process of recycling discarded ovens environ-
mentally friendly.
