Page 10 - Manual – Food Dehydrator G21 – Mistral

Fruit preparation table
Recommended
State after Time
Product Preparation temperature
drying (hours)
(°C)
Pare, core and cut slices or rings
Apples Pliable 5 - 6 55
pliable.
Apricots Clean, cut in halves or in slices. Pliable 12 - 38 60
Bananas Peel and cut into 1/8 inch slices. Crisp 8 - 38 55
Cut strawberries into 3/8 inch slice
Berries No moisture 8 - 26 55
Other berries whole.
Pitting is optional, or pit when 50%
Cherries Leathery 8 - 34 60
dry.
Cranberries Chop or leave whole. Pliable 6 - 26 60
Dates Pit and slice. Leathery 6 - 26 60
Figs Slice. Leathery 6 - 26 60
Grapes Leave whole. Pliable 8 - 38 60
Cut in half, dry with skin side
Nectarines down. Pliable 8 - 26 60
Pit when 50% dry.
Orange Rind Peel in long strips. Brittle 8 - 16 60
Pit when 50% dry. Halve or
Peaches Pliable 10 - 34 60
quarter with cut side up.
Pears Peel and slice. Pliable 8 - 30 60
Herbs, rose
hip Slice, chop, or dry whole. No moisture 6 - 10 40

Making beef jerky
As with nearly all foods, it is important to start with a quality cut of meat. Select a lean flank
or round steak about 1 to 1 1/2 inches thick. Trim off all fat and connective tissue. Fat hampers
the ability of the meat to dry, and the connective tissue will make the beef jerky hard to chew.
For easier cutting, place meat in the freezer for about 30 minutes to partially freeze. Then turn
it over and freeze for an additional 15 minutes. Cut across the grain into strips.
Marinate the strips for at least 3 hours, or even overnight.
Meat may be seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic or onion powder, or other spices.
Drain marinated strips on paper towels, and place the strips on drying trays (remember to protect
the dehydrator from dripping foods as described earlier in this manual). Dehydrate until strips are
quite dry, and stiff to bending but can be bent without breaking This will take from 6 to 16 hours.
Unlike other dried meats, Jerky should be slightly chewy but not brittle.
Jerky marinade
• ½ cup soy sauce • garlic clove, mashed
• 2 tbsp. brown sugar • 2 tbsp. ketchup
• ½ cup of Worcester sauce • 1-1 ¾ tsp salt
• ½ tsp onion powder • ½ tsp pepper