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20.4 Special cooking methods and other
applications
Information and recommended settings for special
cooking methods and other applications, e.g. slow
cooking or preserving.
Drying
You can achieve outstanding drying results for the food
using hot air. With this type of preserving, flavours are
concentrated as a result of the dehydration.
The temperature and drying time depend on the type,
moistness, ripeness and thickness of the food. The
longer you leave the food to be dried, the better it will
be preserved. The thinner you cut the slices, the
quicker the drying process will be and the more flavour
the dried food will retain. Settings ranges are specified
for this reason.
Recommended settings
Drying
The table contains settings for drying various foodstuffs. If you want to dry food that is not listed in the table, you
should use similar foodstuffs in the table as a reference.
Note:
Use the following shelf positions for drying:
¡ 1 wire rack: Shelf position 3
¡ 2 wire racks: Shelf positions 3 + 1
Meal
Pome fruit, e.g. apple rings, 3 mm
thick, 200 g per wire rack
Root vegetables, e.g. carrots,
grated, blanched
Mushrooms, sliced
Herbs, stalks removed
Preserving food
You can preserve fruit and vegetables by heating them
and sealing them in air-tight jars.
¡ Only use heat-resistant, clean, undamaged pre-
serving jars, rubber seals and clips.
¡ Only use fruit and vegetables which are in perfect
condition.
¡ Only use jars that are the same size and contain the
same food.
Recommended settings
Preserving food
The specified times in the table are average values for preserving fruit and vegetables. They may be influenced by
room temperature, the number of jars, quantity, heat and quality of the jar contents. The specifications are based on
1-litre round jars.
Meal
Vegetables, beetroot:
Accessory/cookware
Wire rack
Wire rack
Wire rack
Wire rack
Accessory/
Shelf posi-
cookware
tion
1-litre pre-
2
serving jars
Preparation for drying
Only use unblemished, fresh fruit, vegetables and
1.
herbs and wash them thoroughly. Line the wire rack
with greaseproof paper or parchment paper. Drain
the excess water from the fruit and then dry it.
If required, cut the fruit into thin pieces or slices of
2.
equal size. Place unpeeled fruit onto the dish with
the sliced surfaces facing upwards.
Ensure that neither fruit nor mushrooms overlap on
the wire rack.
Grate vegetables and then blanch them. Drain the
3.
excess water from the blanched vegetables and
spread them evenly on the wire rack.
Dry herbs on the stem. Spread the herbs out evenly
4.
and slightly heaped on the wire rack.
Turn very juicy fruit and vegetables several times.
5.
After drying, remove the dried fruit and vegetables
from the paper immediately.
Shelf position
Type of
heating
3
3+1
3
3+1
3
3+1
3
3+1
WARNING ‒ Risk of injury!
If the preserving process is not carried out correctly,
the preserving jars may crack.
Make sure that you use the specified setting values.
▶
Use clean and undamaged preserving jars.
▶
Place no more than six ½ litre or 1 litre jars of food
▶
in the oven at a time. Do not use jars that are larger
than this.
Type of
Temperature
heating
in °C
1. 170–180
2. 120–140
3. -
How it works en
Temperat-
Cooking
ure in °C
time,
minutes
80
4–8 hours
80
4–7 hours
80
5–8 hours
60
2-5 hours
Cooking time, minutes
1. Until bubbling starts
2. Once it starts bubbling:
35
3. Residual heat: 30
31
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