Drying Food - Miele TX3587 Operating And Installation Instructions

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.
^ To prepare food for drying:
– Peel and core apples, and cut into
slices 0.5 cm thick.
– Core plumbs if necessary.
– Peel, core and cut pears into
wedges.
– Peel and slice bananas.
– Clean mushrooms, then either halve
or slice them.
– Remove parsley and dill from the
stem.
^ Distribute the food to be dried evenly
over the glass tray or the rack.
Special applications
^ Touch Special applications †.
^ Touch "Drying".
^ Alter the recommended temperature,
if necessary, and then set the
duration.
^ Follow the instructions in the display.
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. Juice must
not escape when cut.
^ Store in sealed glass jars or tins.
Drying time
2–8 hours
3–8 hours
50–60 minutes
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