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Drying is a traditional method of
preserving fruit, certain vegetables and
herbs.
It is important that fruit and vegetables
are ripe and not bruised before they are
dried.
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Prepare the food for drying
–
Peel and core apples, and cut into
slices 0.5 cm thick.
–
Stone plums, if necessary.
–
Peel, core and cut pears into thick
wedges.
– Peel and slice bananas.
– Clean mushrooms and cut them in
half or slice them.
– Remove parsley and dill from the
stem.
^ Distribute the food evenly over the
universal tray.
Use the Gourmet perforated baking
tray, if you have one.
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Select Fan plus U or Conventional
heat V.
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Select a temperature of 80–100 °C.
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Place the universal tray on shelf level
2.
With Fan plus U you can dry
produce on levels 1+3 at the same
time.
Food Drying time
Fruit 2–8 hours
Vegetables 3–8 hours
Herbs* 50–60 minutes
* Use Conventional heat V for drying
herbs.
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Reduce the temperature if
condensation begins to form in the
oven.
,
Danger of burning. Wear oven
gloves when removing the dried
food from the oven.
^ Allow the dried fruit or vegetables to
cool down after drying.
Dried fruit must be completely dry,
but also soft and elastic.
^ Store in sealed glass jars or tins.
Drying food
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