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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.
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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
