Fruit Leather
It’s that time of year again. Peach Season. There’s nothing better than the smell of peaches drying on a summer-turning-to-fall day. With it being peach season, then pear season, then apple season, the dehydrator doesn’t stop running. I even had some frozen apricots left that I just finished drying.
My family LOVES fruit leather, which is just fine with me, it’s so easy to make. All you do is wash the peach and then just break it up with your hands into a big pot (remove the seed of course). Cook it down for a few minutes with a dash of lemon juice, and then blend. Pour onto fruit leather trays and dry. The most time consuming part is rolling it. I cut my “sheets” into 8ths and then roll in wax paper. Here’s a picture of the apricot leather all ready to be rolled.
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August 28th, 2004 at 5:56 pm
that sounds soooo good! i wonder if it would work in a low-temp oven…ever tried?
August 29th, 2004 at 1:31 pm
I have tried it in a low temp oven. I lined the baking sheet with parchment paper and poured the fruit mixture on top. It failed miserably. Twice.
Martha Stewart says to do it lining the baking sheet with Silpat, I don’t have one so I haven’t tried. But it seemed to turn out well on the televison show!
August 30th, 2004 at 9:13 am
ya know, one time i tried to make fruit leather with strawberries in my food dehydrator. i dehydrated it for what seemed like forever and it still was really wet and soupy in soup parts…any advice or helpful hits. mikey *loves* fruit rollups but really won’t eat fruit, so i would love to try a more healthy alternative. :)