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7100 Instructions sgle pg 6/18/01 9:46 AM Page 1
Food Dehydrator
Model 7100
IMPORTANT
Please keep these instructions
and your original box
INSTRUCTIONS
packaging.
FOR PROPER USE AND CARE
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7100 Instructions sgle pg 6/18/01 9:46 AM Page 2 INDEX Contents of package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Pretreatment (optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Important Safeguards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Drying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Using the Food Dehydrator For The First Time. . . . . 4 Vegetables That Dry Best . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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7100 Instructions sgle pg 6/18/01 9:46 AM Page 3 Food Dehydrator CONTENTS Ventable See-Through Lid 1 Herb Tray Liner 5 Stackable, Adjustable Dehydrator Trays 2 Fruit Leather Tray Liners Dehydrator Base Unit 2
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7100 Instructions sgle pg 6/18/01 9:46 AM Page 4 ■ For indoor use only. IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS ■ Do not place near hot gas or electric burner. When using this electrical appliance, safety precautions should always be observed, ■ To disconnect, turn the control to “off” before removing including the following: the plug from the outlet. ■ Read all of the instructions before using, then save for ■ To reduce the hazards of potential shock, the future reference. dehydrator has a polarized plug (on
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7100 Instructions sgle pg 6/18/01 9:46 AM Page 5 Food Dehydrator BEFORE FIRST USE HOW TO OPERATE THE DENI FOOD DEHYDRATOR 1. Remove the base unit, 5 food trays, 2 tray liners (for making fruit leather), and 1 mesh tray (for drying 1. Place the base unit on a counter top or other suitable finely chopped foods and herbs). firm surface. Plug the unit into a proper wall outlet. 2. Wash trays, liners and cover in warm soapy water. Be certain that the outlet voltage corresponds with the Rinse
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7100 Instructions sgle pg 6/18/01 9:46 AM Page 6 PREPARING FOODS TO DRY DRYING TIME There are so many variables that it is difficult to estimate Apples, pears, peaches and apricots are frequently exact times for drying. Variables include the outside tem- pretreated to slow the loss of vitamins A and C and also to peratures and humidity, how full the dehydrator is loaded, prevent browning. All fruits and vegetables should be and the type and thickness of foods to be dried. Here are thorou
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7100 Instructions sgle pg 6/18/01 9:46 AM Page 7 Food Dehydrator STORAGE SHELF LIFE Packaging Fruits have a naturally high sugar and acid content, which DRIED FOODS MUST BE PROPERLY PACKAGED IN ORDER will allow them to dry well and store for longer periods of TO KEEP WELL. Package your dried foods in freezer plastic time than vegetables. When properly packaged and stored bags, squeezing out as much air as possible. We recom- at room temperature or below (70°F or less), most fruits will men
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7100 Instructions sgle pg 6/18/01 9:46 AM Page 8 REHYDRATING DRYING FRUITS Foods which have been dehydrated can be rehydrated in Preparation water. It can be done in one of three ways: (1) Fruits and ■ Wash fruits well and remove any bruised or overripe vegetables may be soaked in cold water for 2-6 hours in portions. Peel if desired. Large fruits may be halved. the refrigerator; (2) they may be soaked in hot water or 1 If pieces of fruit vary in size, they may be sliced /4” to immersed in
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7100 Instructions sgle pg 6/18/01 9:46 AM Page 9 Food Dehydrator Pretreatment (optional) ■ Popping Backs: When drying fruit halves, especially apricots, it has been suggested that popping the back Below are listed several optional methods of pretreatment. (“inside out”) will speed the drying time. This is true, You need not pretreat food in order to dry it. However, pre- but it also results in the loss of the nutritional juices to treatment often makes food look better, increases the shelf
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7100 Instructions sgle pg 6/18/01 9:46 AM Page 10 Fruit Preparation Uses Suitability FRUITS THAT DRY BEST and Pretreatment For Leather Coconut Drain the milk, crack snacks, baking Use grated as Fruit Preparation Uses Suitability & remove meat, slice agarnish for For Leather 1 /4” thick. other fruit 1 Apples Core and slice in /4” snacks, granolas Excellent: leathers ring. cookies, fritters combines with Figs Remove stems; halve snacks, baking Only in most other fruits or quarter, dry sk
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7100 Instructions sgle pg 6/18/01 9:46 AM Page 11 Food Dehydrator 3 MAKING FRUIT LEATHER /8” free near the center and around the outer edge. Fruit leathers, also called fruit taffies or fruit rolls, are easy Lemon juice, orange juice, fresh pineapple or slightly to make in your Deni Food Dehydrator. Fruit leather is a cooked apple mix well with most fruits and add additional perfect “take along” snack, high in energy and nutrition. flavor. Some fruits are best when used in combination with
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7100 Instructions sgle pg 6/18/01 9:46 AM Page 12 DRYING VEGETABLES Vegetables dried at home require a little more effort in Steam Blanching processing and storage than do fruits because they are low Layer prepared vegetables in the top portion of a steamer, in acid and have little sugar. Some vegetables such as no more than 2 to 2-1/2 inches deep. Steam until the broccoli or asparagus have a poor quality when vegetables are heated all the way through, but are not rehydrated, and are bett
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7100 Instructions sgle pg 6/18/01 9:46 AM Page 13 Food Dehydrator VEGETABLES THAT DRY BEST Vegetables Preparation Uses Vegetables Preparation Uses and Pretreatment and Pretreatment Onions Trim ends and remove paper Flake in blender; Beets Use small tender beets. Steam Flake in blender 3 1 1 until almost tender. Slice /8” for soups, salads, shell. Dice /4” to /2” thick. seasoning thick. pickled beets Peas Shell and steam or microwave Soups, stews, or 3 Carrots Peel, dice /8” thick and steam D
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7100 Instructions sgle pg 6/18/01 9:46 AM Page 14 DRYING MEATS AND FISH MEAT JERKY Fresh or frozen lean meat makes the best jerky. The lower the fat Your Deni Food Dehydrator makes two types of dried meats or fish: JERKY- dried, marinated, raw meat or fish that is content of the meat, the better jerky it will make. Lamb and cured pork (ham) expire sooner because of their high fat content. Pork consumed without added water-and DRIED COOKED MEAT OR FISH that is cooked, cut into small pieces
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7100 Instructions sgle pg 6/18/01 9:46 AM Page 15 Food Dehydrator 3. Place paper towel on drying trays to soak up excess A marinade is an alternative to salt mixture in jerky. oils. Place fish strips on paper towel without overlapping. MARINADE RECIPE FOR JERKY OR FISH Dry until they are hard, dry, and tough, but do not crumble and no moisture remains. Jerky made from fish with a high For 4 pounds of meat or fish, use; 1 oil content will have an oily texture that is not moisture. /2 c
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7100 Instructions sgle pg 6/18/01 9:46 AM Page 16 Food Dehydrator CUSTOMER SERVICE ONE-YEAR WARRANTY If you have any questions or problems regarding the Your Deni Food Dehydrator is warranted for one year from date of purchase or receipt against all defects in material and workmanship. Should operation of your Deni Food your appliance prove defective within one year from date of purchase or Dehydrator, call our customer receipt, return the unit, freight prepaid, along with an explanation o
