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Title: | HOW TO DRY APPLES, PEACHES OR PEARS |
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How to dry apples, peaches, or pears
HE-0204-B, Reprinted July 2006. Jean Weese, Extension Food Science Specialist, Associate Professor, Nutrition and Food Science, Auburn University. Originally prepared by Isabelle Downey, former Specialist in Food Preservation.
Dry fruit on a hot, dry day. Use only ripe fruit.Fruit should dry in 2 days.
Dried fruit is good stewed. It is good in pies and tarts.
- Wash fruit.
- Fill a quart jar with water.
Pour it in a big pan.
Add 1 tablespoon of salt. - Fill the jar with water again.
Pour it into the pan.
Do this until the pan is half full.
Add 1 tablespoon of salt for each jar of water.
Stir the salt and water. - Peel one piece of fruit.
Cut it into two pieces.
Cut out the core and seeds.
Cut out any bad spots. - Cut each piece into 8 or 10 small pieces.
- Put pieces in salt water.
Fix other fruit like you did this one. - Put tin in the sun. Put it out of reach of dogs and cats.
- Spread a clean cloth over the tin.
Cloth must be as big as the tin. - Put tin cans on top of cloth.
Put one can at each corner.
Put one can on each side between the corner cans.
Put one can in the middle.
- Take fruit pieces out of water.
Spread them on the cloth.
Do not let pieces touch each other.
Do not let them touch the cans. - Put the big cloth over the fruit.
It should cover the fruit.
But it should not touch the fruit.
This will keep flies off the fruit. - Put a can at each corner of the big cloth.
This will keep the cloth off the fruit.
- Turn fruit over every once in a while.
Fruit is dry when it is not sticky.
It will feel tough and leathery. - Put dried fruit in a clean, dry jar.
Do not pack fruit. Screw the lid on tightly.
Put jar on shelf or in the corner of the room.
- After 3 days take fruit out of jars.
- Turn oven to 175°F. The oven needs to be just warm.
- Put fruit in a baking pan.
Spread it one layer deep.
- Put baking pan in oven.
Shake it every once in a while.
Do not let fruit get too hot. - Let oven stay on for 15 minutes.
Turn oven off. Leave fruit in oven.
Shake pan every once in a while.
Let fruit stay until it is cool. This will be about 3 hours. - Wash jars again. Rinse them. Let them dry.
- Put fruit in clean, dry jars.
Screw lids on tightly. - Put jars on shelf.
Now fruit is ready to use.
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