Drying Food - Miele H6360BP Operating And Installation Instructions

Further applications

Drying food

This programme is designed for
traditional style drying of food to
preserve it.
The temperature can be set between
80 and 100 °C.
It is important that fruit and vegetables
are ripe and not bruised before they are
dried.
^ Prepare the food for drying
– Peel and core apples, and cut into
slices 0.5 cm thick.
– Stone plums, if necessary.
– Peel, core and cut pears into thick
wedges.
– Peel and slice bananas.
– Clean mushrooms and cut them in
half or slice them.
– Remove parsley and dill from the
stem.
^ Distribute the food evenly over the
universal tray.
You could also use the rack or
perforated baking tray, if you have one.
^ Select
.
^ Select "Drying".
^ Alter the recommended temperature
if necessary and then set the
duration.
^ Follow the instructions in the display.
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Food
Fruit
Vegetables
Herbs*
* Because this programme uses the
fan you should use Conventional
heat V with a temperature of
80–100 °C for drying herbs.
^ Reduce the temperature if
condensation begins to form in the
oven.
,
Danger of burning. Wear oven
gloves when removing the dried
food from the oven.
^ Allow the dried fruit or vegetables to
cool down after drying.
Dried fruit must be completely dry,
but also soft and elastic.
^ Store in sealed glass jars or tins.
Drying time
2–8 hours
3–8 hours
50–60 minutes