Black & Decker VS350 Preparing Fruit for Vacuum Sealing, Preparing Other Foods for Vacuum Sealing

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Preparing Fruit for Vacuum Sealing

Soft or delicate fruits and berries of all kinds should be individually pre-frozen for 1 to 2 hours until solidly frozen before vacuum sealing in bags. For example, slice stone fruits (peaches, plums, nectarines, etc.) and place slices on a cookie sheet and freeze, then place solidly frozen pieces in bag to vacuum seal.

Berries can be individually frozen as above before vacuum sealing in a bag then freezing or vacuum-sealed fresh in a FreshGuard ™ canister and stored in refrigerator.

Fruit, Cut	Where	Recommended	Black & Decker®	Normal
	to Store	Storage	System	Recommended
		System	Storage Time	Storage Time**
Apricots, Nectarines	Freezer	Bag	1 to 3 years	2 to 3 months
Peaches, Plums
Berries	Refrigerator	Canister	10 days	1 to 2 days

**Food Marketing Institute, January 2003.

Preparing Other Foods for Vacuum Sealing

Baked goods (breads, rolls, cakes, pastries, bagels) should always be pre-frozen for 1 to 2 hours before vacuum sealing. Pre-freezing prevents baked goods from collapsing when the vacuum sealing process takes place.

When vacuum-sealing foods like soups and stews that are liquid-based, pre-freeze in a shallow casserole or pan that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. The frozen food can then be easily removed from the container and placed in an appropriate sized bag.

Food	Where	Recommended	Black & Decker®	Normal
	to Store	Storage	System	Recommended
		System	Storage Time	Storage Time**
Baked pies/pastry	Freezer	Bag	1 to 3 years	1 to 2 months
Quick Breads	Freezer	Bag	1 to 3 years	3 to 6 months
Coffee, beans	Refrigerator	Bag or canister	2 years	2 weeks
(from can)
Ground coffee,	Pantry	Bag or canister	3 years	2 years
(from can)
Cookies (packaged)	Pantry	Canister	6 months	2 months
Nuts	Freezer	Bag or canister	2 years	6 to 12 months
Pasta (uncooked)	Pantry	Canister	3 years	2 years
Rice (uncooked)	Pantry	Canister	2 years	6 months
Granulated sugar	Pantry	Canister	3 years	2 years

**Food Marketing Institute, January 2003.

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Preparing Foods for Marinating

Marinating is a great way to tenderize a less expensive cut of meat, and give added flavor to meats, poultry, fish and vegetables.

The Black & Decker® Professional-Performance Vacuum System offers you two ways to have tender, flavorful meats, poultry and fish and flavor-infused vegetables and salads—and now it can be done in minutes, not hours.

For larger pieces of meat, poultry or fish, use the 8-inch (21 cm) or 11-inch

(28 cm) wide rolls to prepare a custom-sized bag. Place the food and marinade in bag and vacuum seal. Place in refrigerator for 30 to 45 minutes.

For cubes of meat, poultry or fish, or for marinated vegetables or salads use the appropriate size canister for the amount of food and marinade.

Always place marinating food, whether in canister or bags, in the refrigerator until ready to cook or eat.

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