Found a deal on case lots of strawberries. Time to dig out the dehydrator again. I'll treat them the same as tomatoes. The next morning (52C), the smell will be heavenly.
Food dehydrator vegetation ideas ?
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So far is strawberries, apples, banana, onions and sweet potatoes. All just sliced then no waste and dried. Great for snacking on the way commuting to work.
Just put on another batch. Onions and veg top trays fruit below.
It’s the concentration of flavours that’s good. Onions are amazing, they shrink right down but I fortify pasta or pizza with them.
Need to try fruit leathers next.
There’s a Food Warehouse on the way to my school so stock up on big bags on offer there.
Just put on another batch. Onions and veg top trays fruit below.
It’s the concentration of flavours that’s good. Onions are amazing, they shrink right down but I fortify pasta or pizza with them.
Need to try fruit leathers next.
There’s a Food Warehouse on the way to my school so stock up on big bags on offer there.
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Pears make superb fruit leather. It's almost as sweet and chewy as toffee
If you manage to get hold of a bag of reduced price ones, they're ideal because they're usually very ripe. Best kind to use and at a bargain price
Making fruit leather is also a good way to use up the skins and the core from apples and pears. Just gently poach them until they're soft enough to mash down through a sieve and use that to make the leather. It won't all go through the sieve but that means you don't need to fuss cutting out the cores at all. Just take out the wee flower ends first so there are no black specks.
When I'm batch drying apples and pears I save up the skins, etc., for two or three days and poach them together. The pulp that comes through the sieve is excellent for making canned apple spread too. Just jar it and pop it into the pressure cooker. Bring it up to full three rings, turn off the heat and let it settle down. Remove and cool. Doesn't need any extra sugar added.
Lovely stuff
Pears make superb fruit leather. It's almost as sweet and chewy as toffee
If you manage to get hold of a bag of reduced price ones, they're ideal because they're usually very ripe. Best kind to use and at a bargain price
Making fruit leather is also a good way to use up the skins and the core from apples and pears. Just gently poach them until they're soft enough to mash down through a sieve and use that to make the leather. It won't all go through the sieve but that means you don't need to fuss cutting out the cores at all. Just take out the wee flower ends first so there are no black specks.
When I'm batch drying apples and pears I save up the skins, etc., for two or three days and poach them together. The pulp that comes through the sieve is excellent for making canned apple spread too. Just jar it and pop it into the pressure cooker. Bring it up to full three rings, turn off the heat and let it settle down. Remove and cool. Doesn't need any extra sugar added.
Lovely stuff
Thanks Toddy. You have certainly lots of ideas. City bypass commute is more interesting eating dehydrated fruit !
I'd rather eat fruit than chocolate and sweeties. True that; I've only just finished the last of my Christmas chocolates 
and I haven't even started on my Easter ones, but I've eaten an awful lot of fruit
The dehydrator adds a whole new dimesion to fruit, it really does. Makes it easy to keep, to carry, etc.,
and I haven't even started on my Easter ones, but I've eaten an awful lot of fruit The dehydrator adds a whole new dimesion to fruit, it really does. Makes it easy to keep, to carry, etc.,
Struggling to keep up with strawberries right now
Dried strawberry jar by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Try more acid fruit like rhubarb or gooseberry for leathers, they are wonderful
Rhubarb stalks by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Stewing rhubarb by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Pureed rhubarb by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Dehydrator sheets by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Rhubarb leather started by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Dehydrator by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Peeled rhubarb fruit leather by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Rolled rhubarb fruit leather by English Countrylife, on Flickr
Rhubarb fruit leather by English Countrylife, on Flickr
A 10 tray dehydrator can do 8 kilos of rhubarb puree at a time
