Gallet Saint Tropez, Instruction Manual

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Fruit can also be soaked in honey, spices, orange juice. You can also try your own tasteful
solution for soaking. You can also use a salt solution or fruit syrup. Fruit like plums,
grapes, cherries, sour cherries can be soaked in water so that the skin cracks, which will
speed up dehumidification during drying.
Time of drying
The time changes according to the type of dried food, its contents of water, ripeness and
thickness. It also depends on the temperature and humidity of the air in the room where the
dryer is used (we recommend using the dryer at usual room temperature).
When herbs and similarly aromatic foodstuffs are dried for too long, a lot of aromatic
substances will leak. Fruit intended for snacks, or fruit to save place, does not have to be
soaked before drying and it should be dried until crispy, but chewable at the same time.
Using in kitchen
If you want to use dried fruit and vegetables in the same way as fresh ones, you have to
soften them - return humidity to them that was removed by drying. If you soak them for
more than 1 or 2 hours, we recommend storing food in a fridge so that you maintain the
nutrition value of the food. Use the remaining water from soaking (e.g. from vegetables)
for further food processing. Do not forget that food increases it size when soaked ( fruit 1.5
times, vegetables 2 times ).
Fruit
It can be consumed in dried state. Soak the required amount of dried fruit in the same
amount of water and leave for about 4 hours.
Vegetables
We always recommend soaking before further processing. Soak the required amount
of dried vegetables in about the same amount of water. But do not add more water than
necessary for preparation of the food. Do not let the softened vegetables stand for too long
before further use. The time of heat treatment of vegetables is about the same as in frozen
vegetables.
Herbs
They do not need further processing beside crushing or grinding and removing hard parts.
Do not crush dried herbs before storing, thus they will keep their taste and aroma for a long
time. Crush them right before use.
Mushrooms
The procedure is the same as for vegetables. Mushrooms can be ground before use, e.g.
into soups or sauces.
Packing and storing
Dried food can be stored packed in a foil (not an aluminium foil) for a long time, or in
various properly sealed containers and boxes intended for storing food. Peppers and hot
peppers can be cut or ground in a kitchen food processor and then stored in glasses as
spices.Let food cool down before packing or storing. Pack them in smaller amounts as
close as possible to one another and store preferably at a cool, dry and dark place. At
temperatures lower than 10 °C, the time of storing is extended about 2 to 3 times. Use all
the contents immediately after opening if possible. Check stored dried food at least once
a month. Do not use metal containers or containers with a metal lid for storing.
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