Bonsai - Food Dehydrator OneConcept - Free user manual and instructions

USER MANUAL Bonsai OneConcept

• Do not work the appliance longer than 40 hours running. After finishing uninterrupted work of the appliance during 40 hours, turn off the appliance (the switch should be in the position “OFF”), unplug the appliance and let it cool down.

• Improper use of the appliance can cause its damage and in jury to this user.

• Use the appliance only for its intended use and always follow the manual guidelines.

• Unplug the appliance when it is not use.

• Keep the power base away from water. Do not switch on the appliance if its surfaces are wet.

• Do not use appliance with damaged electric cord, plug, after appliance is dropped or with other damages. If it has happened contact service center.

• Do not allow children to use the appliance without close supervising.

• Unplug the appliance before cleaning it.

• Never yank cord to disconnect from outlet, instead grasp plug and pull to disconnect.

• Use the appliance only for household purposes, It is not designed for commercial use.

• Do not cover the appliance.

• Do not leave the appliance unattended while in use.

• Put the appliance only on to the flat surface.9 Use and Operation Before first Use

• Unpack the appliance.

• Before use make sure that the electric parameters of your kettle, indicate on the technical characteristics table, match the characteristics of your local electric network.

• Wash lids and sections of appliance. Wash sections in warm water adding a small quantity of detergents for washing dishes. Clean the power base with the help of wet rag (do not put it into a water and do not wash it). General Use

1. Put the prepared in advance products to a removable sections. Sections for products should be placed in

such way to let the air circulate freely between them (the regulation of height of the sections is possible). that is why you should not put too many products to the sections and put the products on to each other.

2. Put the sections on to a power base.

3. Put the upper lid on the appliance. During drying the upper lid should always be on the appliance.

4. Plug and turn on the appliance by putting the switch to the position “ON”-the indicator light becomes red.

Set the temperature of the dehydrator. Dry products following the guidelines of this manual. Herbs 50 °C Greens 50 °C Bread 50 °C Yoghurt 50 °C Vegetables 50 °C Fruits 50-60 °C Meat, Fish °C

5. When you finish using the appliance turn it off by putting the switch to the position „OFF“. Let the products

cool down. Put dried products into a container/package for keeping food and put it into a freezer.

6. Unplug the appliance.

• Wash products before putting in the appliance. Do not put wet products into appliance, rub it dry.

• ATTENTION！Do not put sections with products if there is water in it.

• Cut off the spoiled parts of products. Slice the products in such a way to situate it freely between the sections.

• The duration of drying products depends on the thickness of pieces into which it is sliced etc.

• You can change the position of the sections if not all products on it dried well. You can put upper sections down, closer to power base, and lower sections you can put it place of upper sections. Some of the fruits can be covered by its natural protective layer and that is why the duration of drying may increase. To avoid this matter it is better to boil products for about 1-2 minutes and than put it to cold water and rug after that.

• NEED TO KNOW: THE DURATION OF DRYING STATED IN THIS INSTRUCTION IN APPROXIMATE.

• The duration of drying depends on the temperature and humidity of the room！the level of humidity of pro- ducts, thickness of the pieces etc.10 Drying Fruits ！ Wash the fruits. ！ Take out the pit and cut off the spoiled parts. ！ Slice into pieces which you can place freely between the sections. ！ You can put the fruits down to natural lemon or pine apple juice not to let them fade ！ If you want your fruits to smell pleasantly, you can add cinnamon or coconut swaft. Drying Vegetables ！ Wash the vegetables. ！ Take out the pit and cut off the spoiled parts. ！ Slice into pieces which you can place freely between the sections. ！ It is better to boil vegetables for about 1-5minutes and than put it to cold water and than rug dry. Drying Medicinal Plants ！ It is recommended to dry leafs, propagules. ！ After drying it is better to put medicinal plants in paper bags or glass cans and place it in dark cool place. Storage Of Drying Fruits ！ Containers for storage the dried products should be clean and dry. ！ For better storage of dried fruits use glass containers with metal lids and put it into a dark dry place where the temperature should be 5-20 degrees. ！ During first week after drying it is better to check if it is any moisture in container. If yes, it means that pro- ducts are not dried well and you should dry it again. Preliminary Preparing of The Fruits Preliminary preparing of the fruits saves its natural color, taste and flavor.

1. Take 1！4 glass of juice (natural preferably).Remember that the juice, which you take, should correspond to the

fruit which you prepare .For example for preparing apples you should take apple juice.

2. Mix the juice with 2 glasses of water. Than immerse preliminary processed fruits(see “table of preparing the

fruits for drying” into prepared liquid for 2 hours.11 Preparation and Drying Times Table of Preparing the Fruits for Frying Name Preparing Condition after drying Duration of drying in h Apricot Slice it and take out the pit Soft Orange peel Cut it to long stripes Fragile 6-16 Pine apple(fresh) Peel it and slice into pieces or square parts Hard 6-36 Pine apple(tinned) Pour out the juice and dry it Soft 6-36 Banana Peel it and slice to round piece s(3-4mm thickness) Crispy 8-38 Grapes No need to cut it Soft 8-38 Cherry It is not necessary to take out the pit 6-26 Pear Peel it and slice Soft 8-30 Fig Slice it Hard 6-26 Cranberry No need to cut Soft 6-26 peach Cut into 2 pieces and take out the pit Soft 6-26 Date-fruit Tale out the pit and slice Hard 4-8 Apple Peel it, take out heart, slice it in pieces or segments Soft 4-8 NOTICE: Time and ways of preliminary processing of the fruits which are described in the table only fact- finding. Personal preferences of customers can differ of the describled in the table. Preliminary Preparing of the Vegetables

• It is recommended to boil green beans, cauliflower, broccoli, asparagus and potato, Because those vegetables often are preparing for first and second dishes, it saves its natural color. Put the preliminary prepared vegetables into a pan with boiling water for about 3-5 minutes. Pour out the water and put vegetable into the appliance.

• If you want to add a smack of lemon to green beans, asparagus etc., just put it into a lemon juice for about 2 minutes. Name Preparing Condition after drying Duration of drying in h Artichoke Cut it to stripes(3-4mm thickness) fragile 5-13 Egg-plant Peel it and slice it into pieces(6-12mm thickness) Fragile 6-18 Broccoli Peel it and cut it. steam it for about3-5min. Fragile 6-20 Mushrooms Slice it for dry it whole(small mushrooms) Hard 6-14 Green beans Cut it and boil till become transparent Fragile 8-26 Vegetable marrows Slice it into pieces(6mm thickness) Fragile 6-18 Cabbage Peel it and cut into stripes(3mm thickness)Take out the heart Hard 6-1412 Name Preparing Condition after drying Duration of drying in h Brussels sprouts Cut the stems into 2 pieces Crispy 8-30 Cauliflower Boil till becomes soft Hard 6-16 Potato Slice it, boil for about 8-10min Crispy 8-30 Onion Slice it into thin round pieces Crispy 8-14 Carrot Boil till becomes soft. shred it or slice into round pieces Crispy 8-14 Cucumber Peel it and slice into round pieces(12mm thickness) Hard 6-18 Sweet pepper Cut it to stripes or to round pieces(6mm thickness). Take out the heart crispy 4-14 Piquant pepper No need to cut it Hard 8.14 parsley Put the leafs into sections Crispy 2-10 Tomato Peel it. Cut it into pieces or into round pieces Hard 8-24 Rhubarb Peel it and slice it into pieces(3mm thickness) Loss of humidity 8-38 Beetroot Boil it, let it cool down, cut off the roots and the tops. Slice it to round pieces Crispy 8-26 Celery Slice it into pieces(6mm thickness) Crispy 6-14 Spring onion Shred it Crispy 6-10 Asparagus Slice it into pieces(2.5mm thickness) Crispy 6-14 Garlic Peel it and slice into round pieces Crispy 6-16 Spinach Boil till it becomes fade Crispy 6-16 Champignons Choose the mushrooms with hats which bend inside. cut into pieces or dry whole Hard and crispy 3-10 NOTICE: Time and ways of preliminary processing of the vegetables which are described in the table only fact- finding. Personal preferences of customers can differ of the describled in the table. Preliminary Preparing of Meat, Fish and Poultry Preliminary preparing of the meat is indispensable and necessary for saving health of customer. Use meat without adeps for effective drying. it is recommended to pickle, it helps to remove the water out of the meat and save it better.

• Standard pickle: ½ glass of soybean sauce, 1 denticle of garlic, cut to a small pieces, 2 big spoons of ketchup, 1 and ¼ dessert spoon of salt, ½ dessert spoon of dried pepper. All ingredients should be mixed carefully.

• Poultry: Before the beginning of drying, poultry should be preliminary prepared. It is better to boil it or fry it.

• Dry it for about 2-8 hours or till moisture is gone.

• Fish: It is recommended to boil or bake it before the beginning of drying (bake it for 20 minutes with a tem- perature 200 degrees). Dry it for about 2-8 hours and till all moisture is gone.

• Meat: Prepare it, cut it into small pieces and put into the appliance for about 2-8 hours or till all moisture is gone.13 Cleaning and Care

• Before cleaning check if the appliance is unplugged and cool down.

• Clean the body of the appliance with the help of a wet sponge and than rug it dry.