Mistral MDF015 User manual

Model: MDF015
3.5 Litre Air Fryer
Instruction Manual

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Important Safeguards
When using this electrical appliance,
the following basic safety precautions
should always be followed:
For Your Safety
• Please read these instructions before
operating and retain these for future
reference.
• Before connecting the appliance to the
power supply, check that the voltage
indicated on the appliance corresponds with
the voltage in your home. If this is not the
case, contact your local qualied technician
and DO NOT use the appliance.
• If the supply cord or any part is damaged,
cease use of this appliance immediately to
avoid a hazard.
• Do not hang the power cord over the edge
of table and do not let cord contact hot
surfaces, including stovetop.
• Place the appliance on the at surface. Do
not place on the heated surface or near a
hot gas or electric burner or oven.
• This appliance is not intended for use by
persons (including children) with reduced
physical, sensory or mental capabilities,
or lack of experience and knowledge,
unless they have been given supervision or
instruction concerning use of the appliance
by a person responsible for their safety.
• Children should be supervised to ensure that
they do not play with appliance.
• Never immerse the housing, which contains
electrical components and the heating
elements, in water nor rinse it under the tap.
• Avoid any liquid entering the appliance to
prevent from electric shock or short-circuit.
• Keep all ingredients within the basket and do
not overll beyond the basket to prevent any
direct contact with heating element.
• Do not cover the air inlet or the air outlet
when the appliance is working.
• Filling the basket with oil may cause a re
hazard.
• Do not touch the inside of the appliance
while it is operating.
• Keep the appliance and its mains cord out of
the reach of children.
• Do not connect appliance to an external
timer switch.
• Do not place the appliance on or near
combustible materials such as a tablecloth or
curtain.
• Do not place the appliance against a wall or
against other appliances.
Hot air up to 160 Degrees expels through the
rear vent of the appliance.
Leave at least 10cm clearance around the
entire appliance , including directly above it.
Additional care should be taking when
placing appliances on bench top surfaces or
near splash backs where such materials
(Acrylics , timber etc. ) do not have the high
heat resistant properties , so advise to place
them on top of a heat resistant material
between bench and appliance and further
away from wall surfaces / splash backs.
• Do not place anything on top of the
appliance.
• Do not use the appliance for any other
purpose than described in this manual.
• Do not let the appliance operate
unattended.
• During hot air frying, hot steam is released
through the air outlet openings. Keep your
hands and face at a safe distance from the
steam and form the air outlet openings.
• Also be careful of hot steam and air when
you remove the basket from the appliance.
• Caution: After cooking process is completed,
do not turn the basket with ingredients upside
down (Excess oil may have collected in the
basket that could drip out). Place basket on
a level and at heat resistant surface, then
remove the ingredients of the basket onto
plate or into a dish with a spatula or tongs.
• Surfaces may become hot during use.
• Do not operate the appliance if there is a
malfunction or if it is damaged in any
manner. Immediately unplug the appliance
if you see dark smoke coming out of the
appliance.
• Wait for the smoke emission to stop before
you remove the basket from the appliance.
• This appliance is intended to be used in
households and similar applications such as:

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- Staff kitchen areas in shops, ofces and
other working environments;
- Farm houses;
- By clients in hotels, motels and other
residential type environments;
- Bed and breakfast type environments.
Caution:
• This appliance is intended for household use
only and not for commercial, industrial or
outdoor use.
• This appliance must be earthed. Only
connect it to a suitable earthed AC
240V~50Hz mains socket. Always make
sure that the plug is inserted into the socket
properly.
• Ensure the appliance is placed on a
horizontal, even and stable surface.
• The baking basket becomes hot all over
when it is used in the air fryer. Always use
oven gloves when handing the baking
basket.
• If the supply cord is damaged, it must be
replaced by the manufacturer or similarly
qualied persons in order to avoid a hazard.
• Always unplug the appliance when not in
use.
• The appliance needs approximately 30
minutes to cool down.
• In the interest of safety, regular periodic close
checks should be carried out on the supply
cord to ensure no damage is evident. Do not
attempt to dismantle or repair this unit
yourself. Repairs should only be performed
by qualied personnel in order to avoid a
hazard.
Warning
If the supply cord is damaged, the cord must be
replaced by the manufacturer, its service agent
or similarly qualied persons in order to avoid a
hazard.
This product has not been designed for any uses
other than those specied in this booklet.
Save These Instructions
Automatic Switch-off
The appliance has a build in timer, it will
automatically shut down the appliance when
count down is completed. You can manually
switch off the appliance by turn off the timer.
The heating-up and fan will stop immediately.

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Features of Your 3.5 Litre Air Fryer
Timer Control Knob
Air I nl et
Basket
Power indicate light Temperature(Heating)
indicate light
Air Outlet
(Not showing)
Temperature
Control Knob
Basket Handle

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Introduction
The Air fryer provides an easy and healthier way
of cooking your favorite foods, by applying rapid
air circulation from all directions additional to a
top grill and is able to cook a variety of dishes
without adding any oil or adding just a little oil
for nominated ingredients tabled further in this
booklet.
Before First Use
1, Remove all packaging materials including
any within the basket.
2. Slide out the basket, place on a at surface
and take out the rack within the basket.
Clean both basket and rack with non-
abrasive sponge and warm water, rinse
thoroughly and dry completely.
3. Wipe clean the inside and outside of the
appliance with a slightly dampened cloth.
Preparing for Use
1. Place the appliance on a stable, horizontal
and even surface.
Do not place the appliance on non heat
resistant surface.
2. Slide the basket back into the appliance.
3. Plug the power cord into a standard
domestic power outlet and switch the power
outlet ON. Your Air fryer is now ready for use.
4. Preheat the appliance for 5 minutes when it is
cold. Turn the timer control knob to 5 minutes
and temperature control knob to 80°C. The
appliance will warm up gradually. After the
warming-up, carefully pull the basket with out
of the air fryer.
Using the Appliance
1. Place the rack into the basket and put it to
the bottom and then put ingredients into
the basket and slide the basket into the
appliance.(Fig.2)
NOTE: Do not ll the basket with oil or
any other liquid.
Fig.1
Fig. 2

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NOTE: Do not overll beyond basket rim
(see section ‘settings’ in this chapter),
as it may effect the quality of the fried
food.
Caution: Never operate the appliance without
basket placed in the appliance. Do not touch
the Basket and internal surface of appliance
during use or when removed from appliance
just after cooking, as it gets very hot. Only
hold the basket by the handle protruding from
the front of the appliance.
2. Turn the timer and temperature control
knob in clockwise direction to your desired
cooking time and temperature.
3. The time and temperature was set, the
temperature indicate light (Red) and
Power light (Green) will illumination and the
appliance will start to cooking process, and
the power light will stay on.
NOTE: During the cooking process the
heating element (temperature) indicator
light will illuminate while temperature not
reached the preset value. The indicator
light will goes off once it reached the
preset temperature and the heating
element will stop heating up.
Caution: The appliance will stop
working after the basket is pulled out,
when basket is placed back into the
appliance it will resume cooking for the
time left before basket was removed .
4. During the cooking process, oil or fat will drip
down and be collected on the bottom of the
basket, it can be cleaned after cooking and
when basket has cooled down.
5. At any time during cooking process, you can
adjust the time and temperature up or down
from the initially setting by turning the timer
and temperature control knob, it will start
counting down from the reset time.
6. For cooking of some ingredients, it requires
you to shake contents in the basket halfway
during the cooking process to ensure even
cooking and avoid charring of ingredients
that sit on top of basket (as tabled on page
8 of this booklet). you can pull out the basket
and shake the basket and let the food turn
over. After shaking contents, reposition
basket into the appliance to resume cooking
process.
When time has elapsed, a bell sound
activates.
You can now remove the basket by the
handle from the appliance .
Place basket assembly on heat resistant at
surface and remove the cooked food by use
spatula or tongs.
NOTE: Do not turn over the basket
because the oil or fat that driped into the
basket bottom will pour in the cooked
food and container.
Be mindful that all surfaces of basket remain
hot for some time, so only carry by handle
and use oven mits where possible.
7. After cooking time has elapsed and bell
sound activates that it is ready, the fan and
heating function will turn off immediately.
Only store appliance away when it has
completely cooled down.
NOTE: You can manually switch Off
the appliance at any time during the
cooking process. If unable to supervise,
by turn the timer in anti-clockwise
direction to “0”, the fan and heating
function will turn off immediately).
NOTE: The basket and food in basket
is hot during cooking process and
cooking is completed. Steam may
escape from the basket depending on
the type of ingredients was cooked in
the basket.
CAUTION: Do not turn the basket with
ingredients upside down (Excess oil may have
collected in the basket that could drip out ).
Place basket on a level and at heat resistant
surface, then remove the ingredients of the
basket onto plate or into a dish with a spatula
or tongs.

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Tips:
To remove large individual or delicate
ingredients from the basket, don’t pour out
but pick up with tongs.
8. At completion of the cooking process, the
air fryer is immediately ready for cooking the
next batch food.
9. After cooking process is completed, remove
the plug from the wall socket while unit’s fan
was stop and allow it to cool completely.
NOTE: Remove the rack from the basket
after cooking is completed, must clean
and thoroughly dry the rack before next
cooking process.
Take care, the rack is still very hot just
after cooking cycle has completed ,
only remove when rack has completely
cooled down.
Settings
To assist with selection of cooking times and
maximum basket volumes for specic
ingredients,refer to the table on page 8 of this
booklet.
The time setting range is 0-30 Minutes. Within this
range,you can set any time as your desire to
ensure food will be cooked to your liking.
The temperature can be set 80ºC to 200ºC.
Within in this range you can select and set any
temperature to your desire to ensure food can
be cooked to your liking.
NOTE: Please keep in mind that time
and temperature settings are indicative
only and that variation in ingredients
size , shapes and brands may require
minor time adjustments up or down from
your manual setting or the dedicated
preset cooking times to achieve your
desired / preferred cooking outcome .
This type of heating technology reheats the air
inside the appliance instantly, so pulling the
basket briey out of the appliance to shake
ingredients during the cooking process barely
disturbs the process.
Tips:
- Smaller ingredients usually require a slightly
shorter cooking time than larger ingredients.
- A larger amount of ingredients only requires a
slightly longer cooking time.
A smaller amount of ingredients only requires
a slightly shorter cooking time.
- Shaking smaller ingredients halfway during
the preparation time optimizes the end
result and can help prevent unevenly fried
ingredients.
- Do not prepare extremely greasy ingredients
such as sausages in the fryer.
- Snacks that can be prepared in an oven can
also be prepared in the fryer.
- The optimum amount to prepare crispy fries is
500 grams.
- Place a baking tin or oven dish in the air fryer
basket if you want to bake a cake or quiche
or if you want to fry fragile ingredients or lled
ingredients.
- You can also use the air fryer to reheat
previously cooked dishes . To reheat dishes ,
manually set the temperature to 160 ºC for up
to 10 minutes .
- For best results with home-made fries soak the
cut fries in water for 30 minutes to remove
excess starch, dry on kitchen paper and
shake in ½ tablespoon of Olive oil (or lightly
spray with Olive Oil Spray) until the fries are
coated.
- For a crispy home-made coating mix ne
breadcrumbs with a tablespoon of Olive oil.
- Pre-packaged snacks like breadcrumbed sh
or chicken drumsticks only need to be
coated lightly with Olive oil.

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Ingredients Min-max
Amount (g)
Time
(min)
Temperature
(ºC)
shake Extra information
Baking
Cake 300 20-25 160 Use baking tin
Mufns 300 15-18 200 Use baking tin / ramekin
Quiche 400 20-25 180 Use baking tin/oven dish
Tarts /soufe 400 12-15 160 Use baking tin / ramekin
Fish
Fish (Fresh) 100-500 8-11 160 Pour 1 cup ( 250ml ) of
water in the basket and
brush oil all around sh
potions for steamed style
sh.
Fresh Meat &
Poultry
Chicken Thigh 100-500 10-15 180
Chicken Wings/
Drumsticks /thigh/
Breast
100-500 10-22 180
Lamb or Pork Chops 100-500 10-14 180
Mince Patties / Meat
Balls
100-500 7-14 180
Steak / Beef cubes 100-500 8-12 180
Fries & Potatoes
Hash brown 250 15-18 180 shake
Home-made French
Fries
300-800 10-16 200 shake Add 1/2 tbsp of oil
Home-made
potato wedges
300-800 18-22 180 shake Add 1/2 tbsp of oil
Home-potato bites
(Cubes) or scalloped
potatoes
300-750 12-18 180 shake Add 1/2 tbsp of oil
Thick frozen fries 300-700 11-20 200 shake
Thin frozen fries 300-700 9-16 200 shake
Snacks
Croquettes 100-400 10-15 200
Frozen bread
crumbed
cheese snacks
100-400 8-10 180 Use oven-ready
Frozen chicken
nuggets
100-400 6-10 200 shake Use oven-ready
Frozen sh ngers 100-400 6-10 200 Use oven-ready
Sausage roll 100-500 13-15 200
Spring rolls 100-400 8-10 200 shake Use oven-ready

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Maintenance and
Cleaning
1. Remove the mains plug from the wall socket
and allow the appliance to cool down
completely before cleaning. Clean it after
every use.
NOTE: Remove the basket to let the air
fryer cool down faster.
CAUTION: Do not immerse the housing in
water or any liquid when you clean the unit.
Care must be taken not to touch any hot
surfaces .
Do not use harsh abrasives, caustic cleaners or
oven cleaners when cleaning this appliance.
2. Wipe the outside of the appliance with a
moist cloth.
3. Clean the basket and rack with hot water,
washing-up liquid and a non-abrasive
sponge.
NOTE: The rack and basket are
dishwasher-proof.
Tips:
If dirt is stuck to the basket or the bottom, ll
the basket with hot water and some
washing-up liquid. Place the rack in the
basket and allow the rack and the basket
soak for about 10 minutes.
4. Clean the inside of the appliance with a
slightly dampened cloth and polish it with a
soft dry cloth.
5. If required lightly brush the heating element
to remove any attached food residue.
6. Make sure all parts are clean and dry, before
storing or using it again.
7. Store the Air Fryer in a cool, dry place. Do
not place heavy objects on top of the Air
Fryer during storage as this may damage the
appliance.
Warning: Beware of escaping steam when
removing the basket. There is a danger of
scalding.
Recipe
Making home-made fries
To make home-made fries, follow the steps
below:
1. Make the potatoes peel and slice.
2. Wash the potato sticks thoroughly and dry
them with kitchen paper.
3. Pour 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil in a bowl, put
the sticks on top and mix until the sticks are
coated with oil.
4. Remove the sticks from the bowl with your
ngers or a kitchen utensil so that excess oil
stays behind in the bowl. Put the sticks in the
basket.
Fry the potato sticks according to the instructions
in this chapter.

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Troubleshooting
Problem Possible cause Solution
The fryer does
not work
The appliance is not
plugged in.
Put the mains plug in an earthed wall socket.
Have not set the timer Turn the timer knob to the required operation time
to switch on the appliance.
The ingredients
fried within fryer
are not done
The amount of ingredient in
the basket are too many.
Place smaller batches of ingredients in the basket.
Smaller batches are fried more evenly.
The set temperature is too
low.
The operation time is too
short.
Set the temperature control to the required,
temperature setting (refer to page 8 of this
booklet).
Set the timer to the required operation time.
The ingredients
are fried
unevenly in the
fryer
Certain types of ingredients
need to be tossed halfway
through the operation
time.
Ingredients that lie on top of or across each other
(e.g. fries) need to be tossed halfway through the
preparation time. (refer to page 8 of this booklet).
Fried snacks
are not crispy
when they
come out of
the fryer
You used a type of snacks
meant to be prepared in a
traditional deep fryer.
Use oven snacks or lightly brush some oil onto the
snacks for a crisper result.
I cannot slide
the basket into
the appliance
properly
There are too much
ingredients in the basket.
Do not ll beyond the basket.
White smoke
comes out from
the Appliance.
You are preparing greasy
ingredients.
The basket still contains
grease residues from
previous use.
When you fry greasy ingredients in the fryer, a
large amount of oil will leak into the basket. The
oil produces white smoke and the basket may
heat up more than usual. This does not affect the
appliance or the end result.
White smoke is caused by grease heating up in the
basket. Make sure you clean the basket properly
after each use.
Fresh fries are
fried unevenly
in the fryer
You did not use the right
potato type.
You did not rinse the
potato fries properly before
you fried them.
Use fresh potatoes and make sure that they stay
rm during frying.
Rinse the potato fries properly to remove starch
from the outside of the fries.
Fresh fries are
not crispy when
they come out
of the fryer
The crispiness of the fries
depends on the amount of
oil and water in the fries.
Make sure you dry the potato fries properly before
you add the oil.
Cut the potato fries smaller for a crispier result.
Add slightly more oil for a crisper result.

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Specications
Power Supply 220-240V ~ 50Hz
Power Consumption 1500W
NOTE: As a result of continual improvements,the design and specications of the product
within may differ slightly from the unit illustrated on the packaging.

Cat. No. MDF015
July 2019
GSM International Ltd has a policy of continual improvement throughout the product range.
As such the unit contained within may differ slightly from the unit illustrated on the pack.
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