Drying with Hot Air
Use shelves lined with greaseproof paper or baking paper.
You will achieve a better result if you switch the oven off half way through
the drying time.
Open and leave to cool, preferably overnight. Then finish drying the dried
food.
Vegetables
Beans
Peppers (strips)
Vegetables for making
soup
Mushrooms
Herbs
Fruit
Plums
Apricots
Sliced apple
Pears
36
Temperature in °C
60-70
60-70
60-70
50-60
40-50
60-70
60-70
60-70
60-70
Time in hours
(approximate guide)
6-8
5-6
5-6
6-8
2-3
8-10
8-10
6-8
6-9