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Operating Instructions Microwave oven To avoid the risk of accidents or damage to the appliance, it is essential to read these instructions before it is installed and used for the first time. en-AU, NZ M.-Nr. 10 229 970...
Contents Guide to the appliance .................. 4 Oven interior and accessories................. 4 Control panel ......................5 Accessories supplied ....................6 Optional accessories....................6 Caring for the environment .................. 7 Warning and Safety instructions................ 8 Description of the functions ................ 20 How the microwave oven works ................
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Contents Quick start (programmable)................... 31 System lock......................31 Using the minute minder ..................33 Altering a minute minder entry ................. 33 Minute minder + cooking process.............. 33 Operation - Grilling .................... 34 Gourmet plate ...................... 36 Use ........................36 Searing/browning food.................. 36 Examples of use ....................
Guide to the appliance Control panel i On/Off sensor j Automatic Popcorn programme k Function selector for microwave power, grill, combination and automatic programmes (can be turned clockwise and anti-clockwise and can be retracted in the • position by pushing in) l Electronic timer and clock display m Memory (to save a 1 - 3 stage programme sequence) M n Appliance settings ...
Useful tip: These products and others can be ordered from the Miele online shop. They can also be ordered directly from Miele (see the end of this booklet for contact details).
Caring for the environment Disposal of the packing Disposing of your old material appliance The transport and protective packaging Electrical and electronic appliances has been selected from materials which often contain valuable materials. They are environmentally friendly for also contain specific materials, disposal, and can normally be recycled.
Read the Operating instructions carefully before using the appliance. They contain important information on the safety, installation, use and maintenance of the appliance. This prevents both personal injury and damage to the appliance. Miele cannot be held liable for damage caused by non-compliance with these instructions.
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This special lamp must only be used for the purpose for which it is intended. It is not suitable for room lighting. Replacement lamps may only be fitted by Miele or a Miele authorised technician. Safety with children ...
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Do not use the appliance if it is damaged. If the electrical connection cable is damaged it must only be replaced by a Miele authorised service technician in order to prevent a hazard. Operating a damaged appliance can result in microwave leakage and present a hazard to the user.
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Any repairs not performed by a Miele authorised technician will void the warranty. During repairs or cleaning and maintenance, the microwave oven must be disconnected from the mains power supply.
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Warning and Safety instructions The manufacturer can only guarantee the safety of the appliance when Miele replacement parts are used. Faulty components must only be replaced by genuine Miele spare parts. If the appliance is installed behind a kitchen furniture door, it may only be used with the furniture door open.
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Warning and Safety instructions Correct use Danger of burning! When grilling with or without the microwave function, the microwave oven will get hot. You could burn yourself on the oven interior walls, the grill element, food, accessories or the oven door. Wear oven gloves when placing food in the oven or removing it, and when adjusting oven shelves etc.
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Warning and Safety instructions Cushions or pads filled with cherry kernels, wheat grain, lavender, or gel, such as those used in aromatherapy can ignite when heated, even after they have been removed from the microwave oven. Do not heat these up in the microwave oven. Fire hazard! ...
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Warning and Safety instructions When heating liquids, milk, sauces etc. using microwave power, the boiling point of the liquid may be reached without the production of the typical bubbles. Liquids do not boil evenly throughout. This so-called 'boiling delay' can cause a sudden build-up of bubbles when the container is removed from the oven or shaken, which can lead to the liquid boiling over suddenly and explosively.
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Warning and Safety instructions Heating up food in closed containers e.g. tins or sealed jars, results in an increase in pressure which can cause them to explode. Do not use the microwave oven for bottling food or for heating up food in tins.
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Warning and Safety instructions Disposable plastic containers must be specified by the manufacturer as suitable for use in a microwave oven. Do not leave the oven unattended when heating or cooking food in disposable containers made of plastic, paper or other inflammable materials.
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The surface is susceptible to scratching. Even magnets can cause scratches. Accessories Only use original Miele accessories. If other parts are used, warranty, performance and product liability claims will be invalidated. The rack and gourmet plate supplied are designed for use with microwave power and can be used for grilling with or without the microwave function.
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Warning and Safety instructions Optional accessories Do not place the hot glass tray (or any other hot cooking container) on a cold surface, such as a tiled or granite benchtop. The glass tray or container could crack or shatter. Use a suitable heat- resistant mat or pot rest.
Description of the functions The heat is produced directly in the How the microwave oven food. This has the following works advantages: In a microwave oven there is a high- – Food can generally be cooked without frequency tube called a magnetron. adding liquid or cooking oil, or with just This converts electrical energy into a little water or oil.
Modes of operation What can the microwave oven Microwave oven functions Microwave Solo mode In the microwave oven, food is cooked, Suitable for defrosting, reheating and reheated or defrosted quickly. cooking. You can use the microwave oven in the Grilling following ways: Ideal for grilling thin cuts of meat, e.g.
Suitable containers for microwave use Microwaves Material and shape The material and shape of containers used affect cooking results and times. Heat distribution is more even in round and oval shaped flat containers than in rectangular containers, providing better results. ...
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Suitable containers for microwave use the aluminium foil container to a dish Porcelain suitable for microwave use will result in Porcelain is a suitable material. a more even heat distribution. However do not use porcelain with Do not place aluminium foil dishes gold or silver edging, or items with on the rack, in case the dish sparks hollow knobs or handles.
Suitable containers for microwave use plasticware, make sure that it is suitable Testing containers for use in a microwave oven. If in doubt as to whether glass, Disposable containers, such as trays earthenware or porcelain plates or made from polystyrene, can only be dishes are suitable for use in a used for very short, timed warming and microwave oven, a simple test can be...
Suitable containers for microwave use The cover If the cover is used with a container which only has a narrow – prevents too much steam escaping, diameter, the cover could form a seal especially when cooking foods which around the container and there might need longer to cook, such as not be enough room for potatoes.
Before using for the first time After unpacking, let the appliance Do not use the appliance if stand for approx. 2 hours at room – the appliance door is warped. temperature after transporting it to its - the door hinges are loose. final location before connecting it to –...
Time of day display Altering the time of day The appliance must be built in before it can be used. Press and release the function and rotary selectors if they are retracted. Setting the time of day Connect the appliance to the mains ...
Operation Opening the door Starting a programme If the microwave oven is being used, Use the appropriate selector to choose opening the door will interrupt the the microwave power level and the cooking programme. cooking duration. Danger of injury! The door can support a maximum weight of 8 kg.
Operation Set the required time using the time A programme can only be started if the selector. door is closed. The duration selected is visible in the "door" message display. The "door" message in the display is a reminder that the appliance should not You can set a duration between be used without food inside it.
Operation touch Start during operation to Interrupting or restarting a increase the cooking duration. Each programme time Start is touched, the cooking At any time you can . . duration increases by another minute . . interrupt a programme: (exception: the cooking duration is increased in increments of 30 seconds when the maximum...
Operation Programming durations Automatic keeping warm function Set durations can be altered. The keeping warm function will switch Press Start/ to select the saved on automatically after the end of a duration you want to re-programme cooking programme which has used at (press once, twice or three times) and least 450 W, providing the door remains hold Start/.
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Operation The symbol will go out. Turn the rotary selector until appears in the display. and appear in the display and the symbol flashes. Confirm with OK. will light up in the display, and will flash.
Operation Use the time selector to alter the Using the minute minder time. The minute minder can be used to time Touch Start / to continue the any activity in the kitchen, e.g. boiling minute minder. eggs. The set time counts down in seconds.
The gourmet plate supplied is not suitable for catching fat. It could overheat when empty. This would damage the coating. The glass tray available from Miele as an optional accessory is ideal for this. Place the food in a suitable dish.
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Operation - Grilling To change a cooking duration A signal tone will sound when the cooking programme is complete. The cooking duration entered can be changed during operation if required. To change a cooking duration Interrupt the process by touching , The cooking duration entered can be and then change the duration.
Gourmet plate When using the gourmet plate, make sure that the food is ready to transfer The gourmet plate gets to the gourmet plate as soon as it has extremely hot when in use. heated up. Always use oven gloves when ...
Gourmet plate Examples of use Croque monsieur (serves 3) Pre-heat the gourmet plate directly on Preparation time: 10 – 15 minutes the turntable for up to max. 5 minutes at 450 W + Grill . Ingredients – Fish fingers (frozen), 150 g + 6 slices of white bread 30 g soft butter tbsp.
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Gourmet plate Vegetable stir fry (serves 3) Home-made potato rösti (serves 2) Preparation time: 25 – 35 minutes Preparation time: 25 – 30 minutes Ingredients 2 onions Ingredients tbsp. oil 400 g peeled potatoes 2 small onions 100 g oyster mushrooms or button mushrooms, cleaned 50 g Emmental cheese, grated Salt and pepper 150 g sliced carrots 20 g butter...
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Gourmet plate Pork fillets (serves 2) Pork fillet in a Roquefort sauce Preparation time: 15 – 20 minutes Preparation time: 10 – 12 minutes Ingredients Method 1 pork tenderloin (approx. 400 g) Cut 1 pork tenderloin into four thick 4 rashers of streaky bacon slices. Place on the pre-heated gourmet Salt and pepper plate and cook using 450 W + Grill for 10 g butter...
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Gourmet plate Curried chicken (serves 3) Fisherman's salmon (serves 2) Preparation time: 25 – 35 minutes Preparation time: 5 – 10 minutes Ingredients Ingredients 600 g chicken or turkey breast fillets 2 salmon fillets (approx. 150 g each) tbsp. oil tbsp. lemon juice Salt, white pepper tbsp. white wine tbsp.
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Gourmet plate Pineapple cake Quick almond tart Preparation time: 20 – 25 minutes Preparation time: 20 – 25 minutes Base Base 2 eggs 100 g flour 80 g caster sugar level 1 tsp. baking powder 1.5 ripe bananas 75 g butter or margarine 30 g grated chocolate 30 g caster sugar 100 g flour Topping tsp.
Operation - Automatic programmes Ad 9 Bread All of the automatic programmes are weight dependent. 100 – 1500 g This programme is particularly suitable The weight of the food can be for defrosting frozen sliced bread. If displayed as metric (g) or imperial (lb) possible, place single slices in the (see "Changing settings").
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Operation - Automatic programmes Cooking fresh food Ac 5 Vegetables 50 – 2000 g Ac 6 Potatoes 100 – 1500 g Ac 7 Rice 50 – 500 g Ac 8 Bakes, gratin 250 – 2000 g ...
Operation - Automatic programmes Interrupt the programme to turn or stir Make sure that the packet has the food, and then continue the enough room to expand. If it comes programme. into contact with the wall of the oven interior and gets stuck there, a heat If necessary, the programmed duration build-up may occur.
Recipes - Automatic programmes Below are some recipe suggestions for Carrots in a chervil cream the Automatic programmes using the sauce (serves 2) Cooking fresh food function. These Preparation time: 25 – 35 minutes can be adapted to suit your requirements. Ingredients If the weight guidelines are 350 g carrots, cleaned exceeded, the food will not cook 5 g butter...
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Recipes - Automatic programmes Ac 6 Potatoes Golden curried potatoes (serves 3) This programme can be used to cook boiled, jacket and bouillon potatoes. Preparation time: 25 – 35 minutes Ingredients Method 500 g peeled potatoes Enter the weight for the potatoes and 1 onion, finely diced the cooking liquid.
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Recipes - Automatic programmes Ac 7 Rice Ac 8 Gratins/Bakes: Vegetable gratin (serves 4) Use this programme for cooking rice in the microwave. Preparation time: approx. 40 minutes Ingredients Method 400 g cauliflower or broccoli Enter the weight of the dry rice. 400 g carrots Add boiling water in the ratio of 1 part For the cheese sauce...
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Recipes - Automatic programmes Ac 9 Pork kebabs (makes Potato cheese gratin (serves 4) 8 kebabs) Preparation time: 25 – 30 minutes Preparation time: approx. 25 – 35 minutes + 1 hour standing time Ingredients 500 g potatoes, peeled 250 ml double cream Ingredients 125 ml crème fraîche 1 fillet of pork (approx.
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Recipes - Automatic programmes Ac 10 Chicken drumsticks Chicken kebabs (makes 8 kebabs) Method Preparation time: approx. 25 – 35 Brush the drumsticks with melted butter minutes + 1 hour standing time or oil, and season. Place on the grill rack in the oven together with a heat- Ingredients resistant, microwave-safe dish.
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Recipes - Automatic programmes Ac 12 Fish fillet in sauce: Ac 13 Fish bake: Crispy Fish curry (serves 4) fish pie (serves 2) Preparation time: 35 – 45 minutes Preparation time: 25 – 35 minutes Ingredients Ingredients 300 g pineapple chunks 400 g filleted rosefish or other white 1 red capsicum fish, e.g.
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Recipes - Automatic programmes Ac 14 Fish: Grilled trout Perch and tomato gratin (serves 4) (serves 4) Preparation time: 35 – 45 minutes Preparation time: 25 – 30 minutes Ingredients Ingredients 500 g filleted perch or other white fish, 4 trout, 250 g each e.g. cod 4 – 8 tbsp. chopped parsley Salt, pepper, lemon juice tbsp.
Saving your favourite programme (Memory) You have the option of saving one favourite programme to memory. This programme can be used for your most frequently cooked recipe. The programme can have up to 3 stages (e.g. 1 minute at 600 W, followed by 2 minutes grill and finally 3 minutes at 150 W with grill).
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Saving your favourite programme (Memory) To call up your favourite programme Turn the power selector to the 12 o'clock position. Touch M. Turn the rotary selector to view the individual programme steps. Touch Start. In the event of a power cut, the favourite programme is no longer saved and must be re-entered.
Changing settings Turn the time selector if you wish to You can change some of the factory default settings by selecting an change the status (see chart), and alternative. confirm your entry by touching OK (for and , touch OK for approx. Please consult the chart for the 4 seconds).
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Changing settings Setting Settings available (* factory default) * Time of day display If the appliance is not used for a while, the time display is switched off but the clock continues to operate in the background. The appliance is also switched off and must be switched on again before it can be used.
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Changing settings Setting Settings available (* factory default) Automatic keeping The automatic keeping warm function is warm function deactivated. * The automatic keeping warm function is activated. "door" message The "door" message does not appear. ...
Reheating Select the following microwave power The time required depends on the levels to reheat food: nature of the food, its initial temperature and the amount to be cooked. Drinks 900 W Always ensure that food is Food 600 W sufficiently cooked or reheated. Food for babies and 450 W If in any doubt that a sufficiently high...
Cooking Place the food in a microwave-proof Eggs heated in their shells can dish and cover it. burst, even after they have been taken out of the oven. When cooking, it is a good idea to select a power level of 900 W to start Eggs can only be cooked in their with, and when the food is hot reduce shells in the microwave oven in a...
Defrosting Defrosting and cooking Do not refreeze food once it has thawed. Deep-frozen food can be defrosted and Defrosted food should be used up as immediately heated or cooked. quickly as possible, as food soon First select 900 W followed by 450 W. loses it nutritional value and goes off.
Bottling You can preserve small portions of fruit The amount of time required for the and vegetables in jars with your contents in all jars to start bubbling microwave. Prepare the food in the evenly is as follows: usual way. 1 jar approx.
Examples of use Food Quantity Duration Notes power level minutes) (Watt) Melting butter/ 100 g 1:00 – 1:10 Do not cover margarine Melting 100 g 3:00 – 3:30 Do not cover, stir halfway chocolate through melting Dissolving 1 packet + 00:10 –...
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Examples of use Food Quantity Duration Notes power level minutes) (Watt) Defrosting and 2 rolls 150+Grill 1 – 2 Place uncovered on the baking Grill 4 – 6 rack, turning halfway part-baked through. bread rolls The information given in this chart is intended only as a guide.
If any damage to the door or the necessary. door seals is noticed, the appliance must not be used until the fault has been repaired by a Miele authorised service technician.
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Cleaning and care To clean the interior: Do not turn the turntable and/or carrier manually, as this could damage the drive motor. Appliance front Do not let water or any small particles penetrate the vents in the appliance. Soiling that is left too long might become impossible to remove and could cause external surfaces to alter or discolour.
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Cleaning and care – abrasive cleaning agents, e.g. If the gourmet plate has been used to powder cleaners and cream cleaners cook food with a strong aroma, you can neutralise any odours by adding some – solvent-based cleaning agents water and lemon juice to the gourmet –...
Many malfunctions and minor faults that can occur in daily operation can be corrected without contacting Miele. If after reading this guide, you cannot remedy the problem yourself, please call Miele (see the end of this booklet for details). Please note, however, that a call-out charge will be applied to unnecessary service visits where the problem could have been rectified as described in this problem solving guide.
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You can operate the appliance as normal, but without the lighting the lighting. Contact Miele if you need to replace the lamp. . . strange noises are The food is covered with aluminium foil. heard when the ...
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Check whether the air inlet or outlet is blocked. during a cooking, Remove any obstruction. reheating or defrosting The appliance switches off automatically in cases of programme overheating. Cooking can be continued after a cooling-down period. If the appliance keeps switching itself off Contact Miele.
Contact in case of fault In the event of any faults which you cannot remedy yourself, please contact Miele. The contact details for Miele can be found at the end of these operating instructions. When contacting Miele, please quote the model and serial number of your appliance.
Please ensure these match the household electricity supply. If the connection cable is damaged, it must be replaced by a Miele authorised service technician in order to avoid a hazard. The appliance must not be connected to the inverter of an autonomous power supply such as e.g.
Installation When building in the appliance, ensure that there is adequate ventilation to the front of the appliance. Do not obstruct the air vents with any objects. Lifting the microwave oven by the door handle could cause damage to the door. Use the handle cut-outs on the side of the housing to lift the appliance.
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Installation Carrying out installation The appliance must be built in before it can be used. Align the appliance. Open the appliance door and secure Slide the appliance into the niche. the appliance into the side walls of Feed the cable with the plug through the furniture unit using the screws the back of the furniture unit.
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