Sunbeam DT5600 manual Drying Chart for Fruit, Food type Pre treatment, Suggested Use

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Drying Chart for Fruit

Expect a variance in the time needed to dry different foods. Drying times are affected by the size of the load, thickness of slices, humidity and temperature in your home.

NOTE: Times stated are based on drying using five racks. Times will vary depending on number of racks used.

	Food type	Pre treatment	Setting/drying time	Suggested Use
	Fruit
	Apples, core, peel,	None	8-10 hours	Eat as is or add to cakes
	cut into .5mm slices	None	8-10 hours	and slices
	cut into .5mm slices			and slices
	Apricot halves,	None	12-14 hours	Add to slices, biscuits
	de-stoned	None	12-14 hours	and muesli
	de-stoned			and muesli
	Banana halves	Soak in lemon	12 hours	Eat as is, add to cakes,
	Banana halves	juice	12 hours	puddings and slices
		juice		puddings and slices
				Add to fruit cake and
	Baby figs, halved	Blanch	6-8 hours	bread mixtures, slices and
				muesli
	Grapes, Muscatel	Blanch	16-18 hours	Eat as part of a cheese
	On vine	Blanch	16-18 hours	platter
	On vine			platter
	Grapes, Muscatel			Add to biscuit doughs,
	Off vine, deseeded,	Blanch	14-16 hours	fruit cake mixtures and
	flattened slightly			muesli
	Kiwifruit, peeled,	None	6 hours	Eat as is or add to muesli
	5mm slices	None	6 hours	Eat as is or add to muesli
	5mm slices
	Lemon, skin on, 5mm	Scrub whole fruit		Add to pasta sauces,
	Lemon, skin on, 5mm	Scrub whole fruit	8 hours	chicken dishes, cakes and
	slices	under warm water	8 hours	chicken dishes, cakes and
	slices	under warm water		puddings
				puddings

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