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Operating the Oven

Dehydrating Tips (continued)

To prevent darkening during dehydration and storage, you should 

steam blanch apples, apricots, peaches, nectarines, 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.

Apples, pears, pineapples and some other fruits will brown or 

darken during dehydration. To prevent discoloration, 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 effec-

tively.

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 dehydrating process.

Defrosting Tips

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Food that takes an exceptional amount of time to defrost will 

not defrost well in a convection oven.

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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.

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

large cut of meat, you may continue to defrost it in your con-

vection oven. If wing tips and legs begin to dry out when you 

defrost poultry, you may wrap the tips with aluminum foil.

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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.

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Thick, frozen casseroles such as lasagna will not defrost well 

in your oven. Instead, defrost according to the food manu-

facturer’s suggestions. You may also defrost casseroles in the 

refrigerator overnight. You should leave the food in its original 

container and keep it covered.

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You can bake some foods from frozen. Some examples 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.
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Turning off the 12 hour shut-off feature allows the oven to be 

used continuously without it shutting off automatically. See 

page 15.

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Turning off the control panel “beep” prevents the control 

panel from emitting a beep when you press the control panel 

buttons. See page 15.

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

START TIME feature (See Delay Timed Cooking on page 

19) 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.