Making Preserves - Electrolux B4000-5-LG User Manual

20 Uses, Tables and Tips
Food to be dried
Mushrooms
Herbs
Fruit
Plums
Apricots
Apple slices
Pears

Making preserves

Oven function: Base heat
• For preserving, use only commercially available preserve jars of the same size.
• Jars with twist-off or bayonet type lids and metal tins are not suitable.
• When making preserves, the first shelf position from the bottom is the one most
used.
• Use the shelf for making preserves. There is enough room on this for up to six 1-litre
preserving jars.
• The jars should all be filled to the same level and clamped shut.
• Place the jars on the baking tray in such a way that they are not touching each other.
• Pour approx. 1/2 litre of water into the baking tray so that sufficient moisture is pro-
duced in the oven.
• As soon as the liquid starts to pearl in the first jars (after about 35-60 minutes with
1 litre jars), switch the oven off or reduce the temperature to 100°C (see table).
Preserves table
The times and temperatures for making preserves are for guidance only.
Soft fruit
Strawberries, blueberries, rasp-
berries, ripe gooseberries
Unripe gooseberries
Stone fruit
Pears, quinces, plums
Vegetables
1)
Carrots
Mushrooms
Temperature in
°C
50-60
40-50
60-70
60-70
60-70
60-70
Preserve
1)
Oven level
1 level
3
3
3
3
3
3
Cooking time until
Temperature
in°C
160-170
160-170
160-170
160-170
160-170
Time in hours
(Guideline)
2 levels
1 / 4
1 / 4
1 / 4
1 / 4
1 / 4
1 / 4
Continue to cook
simmering
in mins.
35-45
35-45
35-45
50-60
40-60
6-8
2-3
8-10
8-10
6-8
6-9
at 100°C
in mins.
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10-15
10-15
5-10
10-15