Drying food
This programme is designed for
traditional style drying of food to
preserve it.
The temperature can be set between
80 and 100 °C.
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.
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Distribute the food evenly over the
universal tray.
You could also use the rack or
perforated baking tray, if you have one.
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Select "Special applications".
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Select "Drying".
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Alter the recommended temperature
if necessary and then set the
duration.
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Follow the instructions in the display.
Food
Drying time
Fruit
2–8 hours
Vegetables
3–8 hours
Herbs*
50–60 minutes
* Because this programme uses the
fan you should use Conventional
heat
V
with a temperature of
80–100 °C for drying herbs.
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Reduce the temperature if
condensation begins to form in the
oven.
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Danger of burning. Wear oven
gloves when removing the dried
food from the oven.
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Allow the dried fruit or vegetables to
cool down after drying.
Dried fruit must be completely dry,
but also soft and elastic.
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Store in sealed glass jars or tins.
Special applications
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