Dried fruits

Candied fruits made from pumpkin and orange peels are an excellent dessert for tea. For children, this dish replaces candy - tasty and natural! My step-by-step recipe with photos will tell you in detail how to make candied pumpkin and orange peels at home using an electric dryer for vegetables and fruits.

You can dry apples of any size in electric dryers, but only small garden apples are suitable for drying in the oven - they are not too sweet, and late varieties of apples have little juice.

When you make preparations for the winter, you want the maximum vitamins to be preserved in the product. Therefore, I really love making homemade sushi.Today I’ll tell you and show you how to dry apples in the oven or in the sun.

Quince has a tart, sweet and sour taste, but the pulp itself is so hard that it is practically not consumed fresh. Although quince can be stored for up to 5 months without any problems, it is better to immediately process it and make it suitable for consumption in order to avoid rotting and get rid of possible pests that have settled in the fruit.

In the East, persimmon is considered a “Divine Gift” and “Food of the Gods,” so a good host will always show you respect by treating you to dried persimmon. When dried, persimmon loses most of its astringency, leaving only a honey taste and aroma.

It is very difficult, almost impossible, to preserve peaches at home for at least some, more or less long time. But dried peaches retain their taste and aroma for a long time, and depending on the drying method you choose, they can become chips, candied fruits, or marshmallows.

Store-bought dried pears are often treated with chemicals for a beautiful appearance, for longer storage, to speed up drying, and this is impossible to determine by eye. It’s better not to take risks and harvest pears yourself, especially since there are a lot of drying options, and each of them is equally good.

Currant is a juicy and aromatic berry that not only has excellent taste, but also a lot of vitamins and minerals. Unfortunately, its ripening period is so short that we do not have time to fully enjoy the taste of the berry. They have been trying to prepare it for the winter for a long time. The most common method is canning berries. But, when cooked, currants lose most of their beneficial properties. Therefore, drying black currants is the most effective method that will preserve not only the taste, but also the beneficial properties of currants.

We sell apples almost all year round, but apples grown in summer or autumn are still considered the healthiest and tastiest. To preserve them for a long time, without worrying too much, you can dry them. Drying in an electric dryer is rightfully considered the best method of drying: it is relatively quick, convenient and easy compared to drying in the open air or in an oven.

Harvesting homemade dried apricots is the best way to preserve apricots for the winter.After the process is completed, up to 30% of vitamins and up to 80% of microelements remain in the dried fruit, which makes it indispensable in the cold season. In addition, dried apricots are very tasty; they are perfect for adding to desserts and as an independent treat for tea.

Dried plums, or, in other words, prunes, are a very healthy delicacy. But are you 100% sure that you are purchasing a quality product in the store that has not been treated with any chemicals to improve its appearance? I think that no one can answer this question unequivocally. Today we propose to consider ways to dry plums yourself at home. Such a product will certainly be of the highest standard, since the entire preparation process will be controlled by you personally.

Dried orange slices have become very widespread not only in cooking. They are increasingly being used as a basis for creativity. DIY New Year and Christmas compositions using dried citrus fruits will not only decorate your home, but also bring a festive aroma to it. We will talk about how you can dry an orange at home in this article.

Dried apricots are divided into three types: apricots, dried apricots and kaisa.They differ in the method of drying and in what form this apricot is dried.

Fruits such as bananas are not a delicacy and are always available for sale, regardless of the time of year. Why then dry bananas, you ask. The answer is simple. Dried and sun-dried bananas are a very tasty and satisfying dessert. You can always take dried fruits with you and snack on them at the right time. We’ll talk about how to properly approach the process of dehydrating bananas in this article.

For preparing prunes at home, plums of the “Hungarian” varieties are suitable - Italian Hungarian, Azhan, purple. These are large plums, easily separated from the stone, contain a lot of pulp and little juice, and have a sweet taste. Prunes are essentially dried plums. Eating them can improve digestion, normalize blood pressure, and strengthen the nervous system.

Dried apples are quite easy to prepare. At the same time, the effort spent on their preparation is not commensurate with the price in the store for the same dried fruits. In a word, you should make such apple preparations yourself for the winter.

We suggest you try making dried apricots at home.Despite the fact that we are all very familiar with store-bought dried apricots, apricots or kaisa, if you have a lot of apricots, then it’s worth taking the time to wither them for the winter. Their taste will be more intense, and many times more vitamins will be retained! Although cooking itself at home, of course, the process is not so simple. But, as they say, the game is worth the candle!

Dried apples, or simply drying, are a favorite winter treat for many not only children, but also adults. They, alone or in combination with other dried fruits, are used to prepare wonderful aromatic compotes (called uzvar) and jelly in the winter. And craftsmen even prepare kvass.