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PREPARATION METHODS (1 of 14)
Hospitality and Catering
DEFROSTING (1 of 2)
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Food which has been frozen needs to be defrosted in the correct way to avoid problems. Frozen foods that have been purchased as processed usually will have defrosting directions which must be followed.

Food should never be cooked from frozen unless specified by the packaging directions.
Some foods are obviously cooked from the freezer such as scampi, chips and breaded fish items. An image of freezer foods cooked from frozen
Foods which you have frozen need to be defrosted in good time, to allow the food item especially if it is thick such as meat or poultry to that in the centre prior to cooking.
Defrosting Skinning Trimming Dicing Slicing Seasoning Coating