27Uses, Tables and Tips
Drying
Oven function: Fan-assisted circulation
• Use oven shelves covered with greaseproof paper or baking parchment.
• You get a better result if you switch the oven off halfway through the drying time,
open the door and leave the oven to cool down overnight.
• After this finish drying the food to be dried.
Making preserves
Oven function: Base heat
• For preserving, use only commercially available preserve jars of the same size.
• Jars with twist-off or bayonet type lids and metal tins are not suitable.
• When making preserves, the first shelf position from the bottom is the one most
used.
• Use the shelf for making preserves. There is enough room on this for up to six 1-litre
preserving jars.
• The jars should all be filled to the same level and clamped shut.
• Place the jars on the baking tray in such a way that they are not touching each other.
• Pour approx. 1/2 litre of water into the baking tray so that sufficient moisture is pro-
duced in the oven.
• As soon as the liquid starts to pearl in the first jars (after about 35-60 minutes with
1 litre jars), switch the oven off or reduce the temperature to 100°C (see table).
Food to be dried
Temperature in
°C
Oven level
Time in hours
(Guideline)
1 level 2 levels
Vegetables
Beans 60-70 3 1 / 4 6-8
Peppers (strips) 60-70 3 1 / 4 5-6
Vegetables for soup 60-70 3 1 / 4 5-6
Mushrooms 50-60 3 1 / 4 6-8
Herbs 40-50 3 1 / 4 2-3
Fruit
Plums 60-70 3 1 / 4 8-10
Apricots 60-70 3 1 / 4 8-10
Apple slices 60-70 3 1 / 4 6-8
Pears 60-70 3 1 / 4 6-9