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Table for drying some foods
Fruit
Sort Preparation method
Spec.
pretreatment
Dryness test, surface
Drying time
in hrs.
Apples cut slices or circles, remove core yes flexible 4–15
Apricots cut in halves or quaters yes flexible 8-36
Fresh pineapple peel and slice circles – flexible 6-36
Canned pineapple slice, dry off – leathery 6-36
Ripe bananas cut into 4 mm round slices or
strips 4 mm thick
– brittle, crisp 5-24
Pears remove the core, cut in half
or slice
yes flexible, leathery 5-24
Strawberries cut in half, small ones whole yes not dewy 5-24
Plums halves or whole, with the pit or
without
– flexible 5-24
Grapes incise, preferably a seedless
kind
– flexible, leathery 6-36
Cherries whole, with the pits – leathery 6-36
Peaches well ripened yes flexible, leathery 5-24
Citrus fruit slice or separate, the peel in
strips for flavour
– flexible 6-36
Rhubarb use only fragile stems, after
washing cut into 3 cm chunks
yes not dewy 4-16
Vegetables
Sort Preparation method Blanching in min. Dryness test, surface
Drying time
in hrs.
Artichokes clean, cut in half 2-4 brittle 4-12
Asparagus peel, whole or cut into 2 cm
pieces
2-3 brittle 8-36
Beans (green) cut off ends, slice crosswise 3-4 brittle 4-14
Broccoli divide into pieces, soak ½ hour
in salt water
3–4 s tablespoons of
vinegar
brittle 5–15
Cauliflower divide into pieces, soak ½ hour
in salt water
3–4 s tablespoons of
vinegar
leathery 5–15
Savoy cabbage,
cabbage
clean and slice into strips
2–3 in steam leathery 4-12
Carrots slice diagonally or across 2-3 leathery 4-12
Celery root round slices 2-3 brittle 4-12
Cucumbers round slices 1 cm thick – leathery 4-14
Onion, leeks round slices – leathery 4-10
Herbs remove stem, do not squash – brittle 2-5
Fungi slice in half, or round slices – brittle 4-6
All times listed in the table are only recommendations, they may be very different depending on the properties
of the product.
Note:
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DRIED FOOD STORAGE
Allow the food to cool completely before storing it (otherwise it may spoil). Wait about 1 week before long-
term storage. Wrap dried pieces in smaller quantities, so that when you open it you consume the whole