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water – rather less water) a leave it soaking about 4 hours (here is also preferable shorter time). Then you may
use this fruit as fresh according to the recipes.
Early plums are low in sugar and therefore are not suitable for drying.
We recommend to soak vegetables always before further processing. Eg. 1 cup of dry vegetables and 1 cup
of lukewarm water. Do not add more water than necessary for cooking. Do not let the softened vegetables
stand too long before further use. The vegetables cooking time is about the same as for frozen vegetables.
It is not necessary to soften vegetables for soup preparation. Dried vegetables for soups, sauces and salads
may be reduced to desired size with the help of kitchen appliances. To prepare creamy soups, sauces and
baby foods, it is best to use ground dried vegetables. Do not stock more ground vegetables than you can
consume in 1 month, because the vegetables lose shelf-life with longer storage.
Of course, you can use softened vegetables mixed with fresh vegetables. Peppers may be crushed or ground,
and stored for future use in airtight containers.
Soak the mushrooms (like vegetables) and use like fresh ones. You can grind the mushrooms for use in soups
and sauces.
The herbs do not need more processing, besides some crushing or grinding, and possible removal of the
hard parts.
RECIPES
Mixed fruit
2 peeled bananas
10 dkg strawberries
10 dkg pineapple
Cut the fruit in equal pieces of about ½ cm. After drying and cooling, stir in a mixture of crushed nuts.
Apple rings with cinnamon
2 kg of apples
5 teaspoons of cinnamon
Peel apples, cut into ½ cm thick rings, cut out the core and sprinkle with cinnamon. Dry it.
Citrus mix
1,5 kg of oranges and 5 lemons
4 grapefruits
Wash fruit thoroughly. Cut into ½ cm thick slices including the peel and dry.
Tropical paradise
10 kiwis
1 pineapple
1 papaya
Peel papaya and kiwis, peel the pineapple. Cut into ½ cm thick slices and dry.
Celery and garlic salt
Mix the dried material with salt in 1:1 ratio.
Mixture of flowers and spices
You can preserve the scent of the spring and summer, enjoy the scents of plants and flowers growing in your
garden or in the countryside with the help of the food dehydrator. Put flowers loosely on the tray and dry
with all the vents in open position. Place the well dried flowers (in about 5 hours) in a decorative container
