How To Dry Puree And Fruit Leather Recipe
Yield: 1 ServingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
COOKING ALASKAN
2 cup: Fruit puree,
Directions:
Line a cookie sheet (12 x 17 inches) with plastic wrap. This size cookie
sheet holds approximately 2 cups of puree. Spread puree or fruit leather
evenly over the plastic but do not push it completely to the sides. Leave a
bit of plastic showing for easy removal. Place on a card table or picnic
table in the hot sun to dry. If the plastic is bigger than the cookie sheet
and extends up the sides, anchor it with clothes pins so it will not flop
down and cover the edges of the leather. Puree should dry in the sun six to
eight hours. The heat of the sun and the humidity make drying time
variable.
Puree and fruit leather may be dried in an oven set at 140 degrees (F). Too
high a heat will disintegrate the plastic. Leave the oven door ajar so
moisture can escape. It takes about six hours in the oven. It can also be
placed in the back window of a car and dried. Leave the car windows open
about 1 inch.
To make sure the fruit leather is completely dried, pull from the plastic
wrap or touch to see if the fruit leather is "tacky." Purees without sugar
will be much drier and more brittle. If it is not completely dry it will
mold during storage. When the fruit leather becomes too dry, it will crack
and crumble and wont roll, but is still good to eat....call it "fruit
chips."
STORING PUREE AND FRUIT LEATHER
Roll fruit leather loosely in plastic wrap and store in the cupboard. To
store puree without sugar for other uses, break it into small pieces and
store in plastic bags in a dry, cool place or in the freezer.
Rose hip powder may be made by crushing dried puree with a rolling pin
until it is fine enough to suit you. This may be stored in small jars in a
cool, dry place. It is good to sprinkle over cereal and to include in hot
cakes and other dishes.
Posted on GEnie Food & Wine RT Nov 09, 1993 by COOKIE-LADY [Cookie]
MM by MMCONV and Sylvia Steiger, GEnie THE.STEIGERS, CI$ 71511,2253,
Internet sylvia.steiger@lunatic.com, moderator of GT Cookbook and PlanoNet
Lowfat & Luscious echoes
Source from luhu.jp
sheet holds approximately 2 cups of puree. Spread puree or fruit leather
evenly over the plastic but do not push it completely to the sides. Leave a
bit of plastic showing for easy removal. Place on a card table or picnic
table in the hot sun to dry. If the plastic is bigger than the cookie sheet
and extends up the sides, anchor it with clothes pins so it will not flop
down and cover the edges of the leather. Puree should dry in the sun six to
eight hours. The heat of the sun and the humidity make drying time
variable.
Puree and fruit leather may be dried in an oven set at 140 degrees (F). Too
high a heat will disintegrate the plastic. Leave the oven door ajar so
moisture can escape. It takes about six hours in the oven. It can also be
placed in the back window of a car and dried. Leave the car windows open
about 1 inch.
To make sure the fruit leather is completely dried, pull from the plastic
wrap or touch to see if the fruit leather is "tacky." Purees without sugar
will be much drier and more brittle. If it is not completely dry it will
mold during storage. When the fruit leather becomes too dry, it will crack
and crumble and wont roll, but is still good to eat....call it "fruit
chips."
STORING PUREE AND FRUIT LEATHER
Roll fruit leather loosely in plastic wrap and store in the cupboard. To
store puree without sugar for other uses, break it into small pieces and
store in plastic bags in a dry, cool place or in the freezer.
Rose hip powder may be made by crushing dried puree with a rolling pin
until it is fine enough to suit you. This may be stored in small jars in a
cool, dry place. It is good to sprinkle over cereal and to include in hot
cakes and other dishes.
Posted on GEnie Food & Wine RT Nov 09, 1993 by COOKIE-LADY [Cookie]
MM by MMCONV and Sylvia Steiger, GEnie THE.STEIGERS, CI$ 71511,2253,
Internet sylvia.steiger@lunatic.com, moderator of GT Cookbook and PlanoNet
Lowfat & Luscious echoes
Source from luhu.jp