Fruits That Dry Best - Deni 7100 Use And Care Instructions Manual

7100 Instructions sgle pg 6/18/01

FRUITS THAT DRY BEST

Fruit Preparation
Apples Core and slice in
ring.
Apricots Halve & pit.
Bananas Slice lengthwise or
1 /
crosswise " thick.
4
Barely ripe bananas
hold color & flavor best.
Berries Only strawberries dry
well. Berries with seeds cereal
do not dry well. Slice
3 /
" thick.
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Cherries Remove stems & pits.
Dry whole or halve.
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Uses Suitability
For Leather
/
1 " snacks, granolas Excellent:
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cookies, fritters combines with
most other fruits
meat dishes, Excellent: a
salads, desserts, pinch of sodium
baking bisulfite per
quart of puree
holds color
baking, snacks Best in
combination,
color turns dark
snacks, in Excellent
snacks, use Excellent:
as raisins almond extract
is a nice flavor
Fruit Preparation
and Pretreatment
Coconut Drain the milk, crack
& remove meat, slice
1 /
" thick.
4
Figs Remove stems; halve
or quarter, dry skin
side down.
Grapes Seedless varieties only, snacks, baking
dry as is, or skins may
be cracked by steaming.
/
3
Papayas Peel and slice " thick.snacks
8
/
Peaches Peel, pit, cut in 3 "
8
rings.
1 /
Pears Peel and slice "
2
thick.
1 /
Pineapple Peel and slice "
2
thick in rounds.
Prunes Halve & pit, dry skin
side down.
Uses Suitability
For Leather
snacks, baking Use grated as
agarnish for
other fruit
leathers
snacks, baking Only in
combination
Fair to good,
depending on
type of grape.
Poor
breads, Excellent: nice
cookies sweetened with
cobblers honey, a pinch
of bisulfite per
quart holds
color*
snacks, baking Better in
combination
snacks, baking Better in
combination
snacks, baking Excellent
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