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Operating the Oven

To prevent darkening during dehydration and storage, you 

should steam blanch apples, apricots, peaches, nectar-

ines, pears or foods that will oxidize.

1.  Add 1 inch of water to a 4 quart sauce pot. Insert the 

steam basket and place the fruit in it.

2.  Cover the pot and steam for 1 to 2 minutes.
3.  Remove with a slotted spoon and dab with a paper 

towel to remove excess moisture before dehydrating.

4.  Apples, pears, pineapples and some other fruits will 

brown or darken during dehydration. To prevent dis-

coloration, dip fruits in pineapple juice or lemon juice 

after steam blanching.

To give fruit a candied effect and to help retain color, 

blanch them in a simple syrup. You can candy the fruits 

mentioned above as well as figs and plums. The basic 

ratio for a simple syrup is 1 cup of sugar to 1 cup of 

water. Add these ingredients to a 4 quart stock pot and 

bring to a boil. Stir until all the sugar dissolves. Remove 

the saucepan from the cooktop and allow it to cool. Dip 

fruit into the simple syrup after it has cooled.

You should water blanch items with tough skins such as 

grapes, prunes, dark plums, cherries, figs and some types 

of berries. Water blanching these types of fruit will crack 

the skins so that moisture can escape and dehydration 

can be done more effectively.

1.  Bring 2 quarts of water to boil in a 4 quart sauce pot.
2.  Drop the fruit in the water for 1 to 2 minutes, or until 

the skin begins to crack.

3.  Remove the fruit with a slotted spoon and dab dry 

with a paper towel before dehydrating. The pit can be 

left inside or removed half way through the dehydrat-

ing process.

Defrosting Tips

•  Food that takes an exceptional amount of time to 

defrost will not defrost well in a convection oven.

•  You should not defrost anything that would normally 

take over 2 hours to thaw. The food will begin to spoil 

because the defrost temperature is not high enough 

to cook the food.

•  If you have a partially defrosted turkey, rib roast or 

other large cut of meat, you may continue to defrost it 

in your convection oven. If wing tips and legs begin to 

dry out when you defrost poultry, you may wrap the 

tips with aluminum foil.

•  If you are defrosting a small cut of meat, lay it on a 

flat cookie sheet with a 1 inch rim to catch juices as 

the meat thaws.

•  Thick, frozen casseroles such as lasagna will not 

defrost well in your oven. Instead, defrost accord-

ing to the food manufacturer’s suggestions. You may 

also defrost casseroles in the refrigerator overnight. 

You should leave the food in its original container and 

keep it covered.

•  You can bake some foods from frozen. Some exam-

ples are: pizza, frozen pastries, croissants, cookies, 

etc. Before baking frozen food, allow the oven to 

preheat.

Proofing

You can use your range to proof yeasted doughs at a low 

and draft-free temperature using the bake mode.
1.  Press the BAKE key.
2.  Enter the temperature of 100°F on the keypad.
3.  Press 

START.

4.  Place the dough in a greased bowl inside of the oven. 

Cover it with either a damp cloth or plastic wrap 

coated with a non-stick spray.

5.  Turn on the oven lights.
6.  Set the timer for the amount of rise time in the recipe.

Information About Operation on 

Sabbath and Jewish Holidays

For Sabbath and other Jewish holidays, use the delay start 

(START TIME) feature with the 12 hour shut-off feature 

disabled and the control panel beep turned off.
•  Turning off the 12 hour shut-off feature allows the 

oven to be used continuously without it shutting off 

automatically. See page 14.

•  Turning off the control panel “beep” prevents the con-

trol panel from emitting a beep when you press the 

control panel buttons. See page 14.

•  Place the food in the oven in advance and use only 

the START TIME feature (See Delay Timed Cooking 

on page 18) to start the oven. Other oven modes 

(including the meat probe and the timers) are not 

considered Sabbath compliant.

Please visit www.star-k.org for further information about 

Sabbath compliance and usage of this product.