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Drying fruit is one of the oldest known methods of fruit preservation. You can invest in a fruit dehydrator, or you can dry fruit in your oven without any special equipment. Read on to learn how to dry fruit so that you can enjoy it all year long
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How To Dry Fruit
This New Mexico State University video discusses various methods of dehydrating fruits, as well as a number of tips you can use to ensure that the food you dry is safe and healthy to eat. She mentions that after your fruit is dried, you should place it in the freezer for 72 hours to kill any insects or larvae that may have infested the fruit.
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Introduction
Dried fruits are convenient to have on hand for snacks, salads, and baking. You can produce a wide variety of dried fruits at home - almost any fruit can be dried to be enjoyed later on. If you don't have a food dehydrator, you can use your oven to make homemade dried fruit. -
Step 1: Prepare Fruit to be Dried
- Select fruit that is ripe, not overripe, and in good condition with no bruised or damaged spots.
- Wash and peel fruit, then pit or core it.
- Slice the fruit thinly, keeping all slices the same thickness. Small fruits that will be dried whole, such as blueberries, do not need to be peeled or sliced.
- Soak the fruit for 30 minutes in a bowl of lemon water.
Step 2: How to Dry Fruit
- Preheat Oven to 200 degrees.
- Turn the heat down to 135 degrees, if possible, or as close as you can get the temperature. Anything under 200 degrees will work. If your oven does not operate below 200 degrees, you will not be able to effectively dry fruit in the oven.http://farmgal.tripod.com/Dehydrate.html
- Arrange the fruit on cookie sheets, making sure not to overlap the slices.
- Place the cookie sheets in the oven.
- The fruit will take from 6-20 hours to dry; rearrange the pieces periodically to ensure they dry uniformly.
Step 3: How to Store Dried Fruit
Dried fruit should be stored at less than 60 degrees, in an airtight container. If you suspect that the fruit may have been harboring insects before you dried it, you can freeze it overnight to kill any larvae, as the low temperatures you used to dry the fruit would not have been high enough to destroy them.About this page
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