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completely before storing it in containers.
TABLE OF PREPARING THE FRUITS FOR DRYING
Product Preparing
Condition
after drying
Duration of
drying (hours)
Apricot Slice it and take out the pit Soft 13-28
Orange peel Cut it to long stripes Fragile 8-16
Pineapple (fresh) Peel it and slice into pieces or square parts Hard 6-36
Pine apple (tinned) Pour out the juice and dry them Soft 6-36
Banana Peel it and slice to round pieces (3-4 mm thickness) Crispy 8-38
Grapes No need to cut them Soft 8-38
Cherry
It is not necessary to take out the pit (you can take it out when
cherry is half-dried)
Hard 8-26
Pear Peel it and slice Soft 8-30
Fig Slice them Hard 6-26
Cranberry No need to cut Soft 6-26
Peach Cut into 2 pieces and take out the pit when the fruit is half-dried
Soft 10-34
Date-fruit Take out the pit and slice Hard 6-26
Apple Peel it, take out the heart, slice it into round pieces or segments
Soft 5-7
NOTE: Time and ways of preliminary processing the fruits, which are described in the table are only fact-finding. Personal
preferences of users can differ of that as described in the table.
)PRELIMINARY PREPARING OF THE VEGETABLES
1. It is recommended to boil green beans, cauliflower, broccoli, asparagus and potato..
How to boil: put the preliminary prepared vegetables into a saucepan with boiling water for about 3-5 minutes. Then pour
out the water, cool the vegetables with cold water, wipe them dry with cloth and put them into the appliance.
2. If you would like to add a smack of lemon to green beans, asparagus etc, just put it into a lemon juice for about 2 minutes.
NOTE: The recomendations above are only fact-finding and it is not a must to follow them.
TABLE OF PREPARING THE VEGETABLES FOR DRYING
Name Preparing
Condition after
drying
Duration of
drying (hours)
Artichoke Cut it to stripes (3-4 mm thickness) Fragile 5-13
Aubergine Peel it and slice it into pieces (6-12 mm thickness) Fragile 6-18
Broccoli Peel it and cut it. Steam it for about 3-5 min. Fragile 6-20
Mushrooms Slice it or dry it whole (small mushrooms) Hard 6-14
Green beans Cut it and boil till become transparent Fragile 8-26
Vegetables marrows Slice it into pieces (6 mm thickness) Fragile 6-18
Cabbage
Peel it and cut into stripes (3 mm thickness). Take out the
heart
Hard 6-14
Brussels sprouts Cut the stems into 2 pieces Crispy 8-30
Cauliflower Boil till it becomes soft Hard 6-16
Potato Slice it. Boil for about 8-10 min Crispy 8-30
Onion Slice it into thin round pieces Crispy 8-14
Carrot Boil till becomes soft. Shred it or slice into round pieces Crispy 8-14
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