Description
Blanching (French blanchir) is a method of cooking vegetables, fruit or meat. Meat will remain more succulent for further heat treatment. Furthermore, this heat treatment method is used to facilitate easier removal of membranes. For fruit and vegetables, blanching is used to remove the skin on fruits and vegetables that are too stiff or too thick, such as tomatoes, peaches, apricots, and the like.
Due to the short-term exposure to higher temperatures, vitamins, taste and color will be retained in the food, but micro-organisms, which may cause deterioration of food during preservation, will be destroyed. This will preserve higher quality of food, for example, frozen vegetables will have a fresher color and more pronounced taste.
The blancher is prelimenary intended for blanching lumpy products such as mushrooms, vegetables, etc.
Suitable products:
- fruit and vegetables
- mushrooms
- seafood
Design The blancher consists of a thermally insulated vessel, designed for best energy efficiency, a heating system (electric or steam), a control system and optionally with cooking baskets. Raising the cover is made manually. Heating is carried out either by direct heating with electric heating elements, or through the bottom fully heated by heating elements or through a jacket, indirect heating by steam using an external electric steam generator. It is possible to heat the thermal oil through the jacket. In the models PE 200 / 300 there is also possibllity gas heating. The basket is loaded into the cooking container by means of a hoist.
Features and Benefits
- High heating power.
- Simple fixation of the lid in an exposed position, uncovering of the lid manually.
- Optionally fast loading thanks to the use of a basket.
- Reinforced thermal insulation of walls.
Options:
- Increased safety: exact temperature control
- Overheating protection.
- Adjustable processing time with timer relay.
- Datalogger – temperature and time registrar can be optionally installed.