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Preserving food
Hints for food preservation
∙ To ensure that the preserved food will
keep for as long as possible, cleanliness
and thorough preparation are essential.
∙ Fruit and vegetables should be of good
quality, fresh and ripe.
∙ Additional information on the various
methods of preserving fruit or
vegetables is available in numerous
cook books.
Preparing the food to be preserved
Wash the whole fruit or vegetables
thoroughly and let them dry; do not cut
them. Green beans and peas keep longer if
you briey blanch them rst.
Preparing the jars, lids and lid fasteners
∙ Glass jars, tins, bottles and all lids
should be washed carefully in hot soapy
water, then rinsed with clean water and
placed on a clean cloth until the water
has run off.
∙ Check all containers, lids etc. for
stubborn residues and damaged pieces.
∙ Leave the rubber seals and fasteners
in clear water until they are needed. Do
not use any porous, damaged or over-
stretched rubber rings or caps.
∙ Fill the jars or tins up to 2 cm below
the rim; when preserving pulpy items
(apple purée etc.) leave 3 to 4 cm below
the rim. When preserving sausage ll
containers only three quarters full.
∙ Close the containers tightly with their
screw-on lids or clamps.
Preserving food
∙ Put the grid insert inside the chamber.
Do not place a cloth between the
chamber bottom and the grid insert.
∙ Fill the chamber with at least 6 litres of
water.
∙ Place the prepared glass jars on the
grid insert in the cooker. The water
temperature should be approximately
that of the jars.
∙ The highest glass jars (i.e. those on the
upper level) must be 3/4 submerged. If
both levels are being used, the lower-
level jars will be completely submerged.
∙ Attach the lid.
∙ Connect the appliance to the mains
power.
∙ Use the temperature control to select
the correct setting in accordance with
the Preservation cooking timetable (see
at the end of this instruction manual).
∙ Timer-supported models:
To pre-heat, set the timer to ON/
Continue (continuous operation), and
afterwards to the desired time.
∙ The pilot light comes on and the
appliance starts heating up.
∙ The actual preserving (i.e. cooking)
process begins when the thermostat
switches the pilot light off for the rst
time. The heating-up time is not counted
in the cooking process. Depending on
the quantity and temperature of the
water in the chamber, this heating phase
may take up to 90 minutes.
∙ If boiling point is reached during
operation although the thermostat has
been set to a point below the MAX
position, turn the thermostat slightly
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