Deni 7100 - Manual

4 BEFORE FIRST USE 1. Remove the base unit, 5 food trays, 2 tray liners (for making fruit leather), and 1 mesh tray (for drying finely chopped foods and herbs). 2. Wash trays, liners and cover in warm soapy water. Rinse well. (They can also be washed in the top rack of the dishwasher.) 3. Wash the o...

5 PREPARING FOODS TO DRY Apples, pears, peaches and apricots are frequently pretreated to slow the loss of vitamins A and C and also toprevent browning. All fruits and vegetables should be thoroughly washed to remove dirt, bacteria and insect larvae. Fruits and vegetables may be peeled. If the peels...

6 STORAGE Packaging DRIED FOODS MUST BE PROPERLY PACKAGED IN ORDERTO KEEP WELL. Package your dried foods in freezer plasticbags, squeezing out as much air as possible. We recom-mend using one of the several models of Deni Freshlock®vacuum sealers or vacuum canisters. Store the plastic bagsinside of ...

7 DRYING FRUITS Preparation ■ Wash fruits well and remove any bruised or overripeportions. Peel if desired. Large fruits may be halved.If pieces of fruit vary in size, they may be sliced 1 / 4 ” to 3 / 8 ” thick for more even drying. Smaller fruits such as grapes and cherries may be dried whole. Rem...

8 ■ Popping Backs: When drying fruit halves, especiallyapricots, it has been suggested that popping the back(“inside out”) will speed the drying time. This is true,but it also results in the loss of the nutritional juices tothe bottom of the dehydrator. Instead, cut each half inhalf again to give th...

9 FRUITS THAT DRY BEST Fruit Preparation Uses Suitability For Leather Apples Core and slice in 1 / 4 ” snacks, granolas Excellent: ring. cookies, fritters combines withmost other fruits Apricots Halve & pit. meat dishes, Excellent: a salads, desserts, pinch of sodiumbaking bisulfite per quart of...

10 3 / 8 ” free near the center and around the outer edge. Lemon juice, orange juice, fresh pineapple or slightlycooked apple mix well with most fruits and add additionalflavor. Some fruits are best when used in combination withother fruits, so experiment with different combinations. It is fun to va...

11 Steam Blanching Layer prepared vegetables in the top portion of a steamer,no more than 2 to 2-1/2 inches deep. Steam until the vegetables are heated all the way through, but are notcooked enough to eat (usually 2 to 3 minutes). Small piecesmay need occasional stirring to steam blanch evenly.Trans...

VEGETABLES THAT DRY BEST Vegetables Preparation Uses and Pretreatment Beets Use small tender beets. Steam Flake in blender until almost tender. Slice 3 / 8 ” for soups, salads, thick. pickled beets Carrots Peel, dice 3 / 8 ” thick and steam Dry soup mixes; or microwave blanch grated for carrot cake....

DRYING MEATS AND FISH Your Deni Food Dehydrator makes two types of dried meatsor fish: JERKY- dried, marinated, raw meat or fish that isconsumed without added water-and DRIED COOKED MEATOR FISH that is cooked, cut into small pieces and dried.Since most bacteria in raw meat and fish is destroyed dur-...

Deni by Keystone Manufacturing Company, Inc. ® ONE-YEAR WARRANTY Your Deni Food Dehydrator is warranted for one year from date of purchase or receipt against all defects in material and workmanship. Shouldyour appliance prove defective within one year from date of purchase orreceipt, return the unit...