Drying with Hot Air
Use shelves lined with greaseproof paper or baking paper.
You will achieve a better result if you switch the oven off half way through the drying time.
Open and leave to cool, preferably overnight. Then finish drying the dried food.
Vegetables
Beans
Peppers (strips)
Vegetables for making soup
Mushrooms
Herbs
Fruit
Plums
Apricots
Sliced apple
Pears
Air
Temperature in °C
60-70
60-70
60-70
50-60
40-50
60-70
60-70
60-70
60-70
Time in hours
(approximate guide)
6-8
5-6
5-6
6-8
2-3
8-10
8-10
6-8
6-9
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