My first post is going to be about FRUIT LEATHER - Which I LOVE. The recipe itself is very easy to follow and can be deviated from depending on your own personal preference. Essentially all you need to prepare for this recipe is:
- a food dehydrator
- Food Processor, Blender or Food Mill
- a few lids from yogurt, sour cream or other plastic lids
- Fruit of your choice
- Honey
Essentially you cut up your fruit and put it into a food processor (or food mill if you have small seeds). The amount of fruit you use depends on how many lids you have. For the lids below I was able to use ONE pear, ONE apple & about 5-6 Strawberries.
I am not sure why but one of those three made a kind of foamy mixture which I was afraid might be a problem, but it turned out fine!
After the mixture is pureed I then added a tablespoon or so of honey to the mixture and pureed it a little more to mix. After it is all mixed up I then added the mixture to my lids:
You need to be sure to fill the lids all the way to the top. It might seem like too much but it will shrink down considerably! If you do not fill them up all the way it will not turn out!!! ( I do not recommend using lids like the green one pictured above as that one did not work out so well.
You then put them in your dehydrator and wait. You need to keep an eye on them to make sure you don't over dehydrate them which can make them brittle (which is what happened to this batch). It took about a day to fully dehydrate and I left mine in for about a day and a half which was just a little bit too long. They are still edible, but it turns out more like a fruit chip than a fruit leather.
After they are complete you can just peel them out of the lids and wrap them individually in plastic wrap & enjoy.
If you have any questions or if I've left any obvious instructions out please leave me a comment!
*Shout out to my Mother In Law about the "Lid" idea! You can buy accessories for your Dehydrator that are Fruit Leather attachments, but this method is very easy.
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I suppose different dehydrators, and deeper lids/trays might take longer to dry, but it does go surprisingly fast, compared to drying regular fruit slices. I peeled and turned the leather over when it was almost done, to help dry the middles.
I was surprised how fast it was too which is why my first batch was too hard!