Drying technology for vegetables, fruits

Girls unsubscribe on drying bananas (yesterday I received a dryer). The banana was the ripeness that many people consider the decay stage. True, he kept his shape, if he did not swing too much. In general, when dried, it just turned out like a purchased one. That is, due to the fact that there was an excess of sugars in it, it was not so much dried as dried. By the way, I got to the condition quite quickly, at about the same time as the cut apples.
Of course, you won't store such bananas in a leaky container, but if you dry them a little like a delicacy, then, I think, they will lie for a week or two without spoilage.

purchased dried fruits in my fridge are moldy

the refrigerator is rather damp, which is probably why it got moldy

I, too, almost spoiled the entire batch of dried plums for the first year, the middle * caught fire * - like in compost, the plum was dried, I had to send this middle to a real compost heap, and put the rest in the freezer, just dried (without boiling in syrup, etc.). even those covered with sugar do not lie without a freezer

dried - they are stored for a long time and chewed well, I like dried dishes - dry halves, they are quite flat and completely nondescript

[Crochet]

Crochetjust dried plum, no syrup?

[Yulcha K]

Yulcha K, I drain dry always without syrup. With syrup, this is no longer a dried plum, but a dried one ...

Of course, you won't store such bananas in a leaky container, but if you dry them a little like a delicacy, then, I think, they will lie for a week or two without spoilage.

And more will lie. In my open dish, they have been standing in the closet on the loggia for three weeks. They were a little damp and compressed, but there were no signs of spoilage. I also packed it in glass jars under the VACS lids. They were a little compressed, but not damp or spoiled. Stood about 4 weeks all in the same closet. The daytime temperature on the loggia is 28-33 degrees, it happened even higher and the humidity after the rain is high. In the same place, in an open dish, there is a mixture of dried apricots, kiwi, plums, pears, zucchini. Everything is perfectly preserved.

[lappl1]

lappl1, Lyudochkacooked in syrup and then in any way - naturally - by withering - or dried using any device - an oven, a dryer to varying degrees of moisture loss - this is candied fruit.

That is, in order to wither the fruit - in the sun or in a well-ventilated place, it is not at all necessary to boil them in syrup.

[Yulenka]

Crumb, just dried the plum, without syrup?

Simply, Yulenka , without syrup ...

Delicious, but sour, although fresh plum was honey, and where did that go during the drying process?

[Girls]

Girls, who has a rich experience in drying pears, tell me please), it is better to choose pears for drying that are slightly overripe)?

Hardy greens probably shouldn't be dried?

I only dried pears twice), both times the pears were well ripened) ...

I bought two varieties of pears, both green and still quite dense for a bite) ...

Probably let them get to the condition, and then you can start drying !!!

By the way), pears ripen faster at room temperature, right?

Inus, pears should be ripe, but so as not to overripe "into pulp", because while you cut, the juice flows strongly. I took "Beauty Klapa" (so it seems) ripe ate, and those that had to lie down for another week, dried them. And the sweetness remained and did not flow. I don't know about other varieties, but probably the principle is the same.

Namesake, thank you very much, my dear !!!

I feel my pears in the refrigerator will not ripen until NG, you need to get them out of there, so the process will go faster ...

pears must be ripe

That's just with regards to pears and apples for drying, ripeness is an optional condition. We dry perfectly the absolutely green scavenger and apple and pear. It dries perfectly, the sugar content increases during drying, in contrast to plums and apricots. (they really are where everything goes) By the way, pear chips are eaten before apple chips, they are much tastier and sweeter.

Yes, which is easier than drying apples and pears - they dry great

Dried Pears in Oursson Electric Dryer-Dehydrator (Admin)

But, there are subtleties:
- simple and unsweetened pears contain little sugar, dry faster and dry out, become almost brittle.
- sweet pears contain a lot of their sugar, dry longer, plastic (and it seems that they have not dried yet, this is how sugar affects them) and very sticky even when dry. They will never be crunchy! This is how the own sugar in pears works.

There is not so much sugar in apples, so they dry faster and better, and will be plastic (if sweet).

Have you, my dear hostesses, happened to bring a lot at once, and you need to dry everything first? That's how it came to me that week: tomatoes, peppers, and rose hips. And there is only one dryer ... My husband and I scratched our turnips and came up with it. Where is the warmest air in our apartments - right, in the kitchen. And in the kitchen itself, under the ceiling. And if you also turn on the gas a little for a while (not forgetting to put the windows for ventilation at the same time), then under the ceiling, you will have Tashkent on the kitchen cabinets. And this is how we got out of the situation, while the tomatoes were dried, my husband and I processed peppers and laid them on linen towels on top of the cabinets. There they dried up wonderfully while the tomatoes were drying. The tomatoes were folded, the peppers were put on to dry, the drying time of the peppers was very reduced. The place of the peppers on the cabinets, as well as on the refrigerator (we have a tall man) was taken by a rosehip. And so on in a circle. Maybe my advice will be useful to someone.

Ladies help please urgently

I dry the carrots on marshmallow sheets, grated them finely. It took about 5 hours to dry, then the lights were turned off and around 12 she stood like that. I turned on the dryer again, the smell went sour. I touched it, it is soapy. Packed thickly. Could I spoil it for such a long break? Maybe you can't eat it after drying?
This is my first time drying carrots. Therefore, I do not know what the process smells like

[Sikorka]

Sikorka, Yul, dried it last year - the smell was normal, carrot. It didn't smell sour. But I rubbed it on a Korean grater and dried it on ordinary pallets. Maybe suffocated on a marshmallow pallet? Alas, I can’t help you. Maybe Admin will come and suggest something.

[Orshanochka]

Orshanochka, Choked and sour. Eh, translated the product. I just saw in the video on YouTube how they dry on pallets.
And now the pallets are orange. Has done business

Carrots and other vegetables need to breathe when dried. This is the principle of drying - product dehydration!
Why dry on dense, non-breathable trays? Carrots became wet, did not dry out, suffocated and sour.

Take our recipes from the forum, there are so many tips and photos!

CONTENTS OF THE SECTION "RECIPES FOR ELECTRIC DRYER"

Dried carrots (Admin)

Soup greens (a mixture of dried vegetables, herbs) (Admin)

[Admin]

Admin, Thank you!
And I was led to the channel where they show everything about Isidri. Ashamed

[DRYING FRUIT AND BERRIES]

Methods for drying fruits and vegetables, from the book "Polish Cuisine" (authors S. Berger, E. Kulzova-Gavlichkova, E. Stobnitskaya; per. from Polish. - Warszawa: Polskie wydawnictwa gjspodarcze, 1966 .-- 736 S.)
here are the verbatim recipes from this edition

DRYING FRUIT AND BERRIES
Apples drying
For drying, fruits are used that are not suitable for long-term storage.
1. Wash the apples, peel (do not peel tender apples), cut into circles, quarters, removing the cores. To protect apples from darkening during drying, you can put them directly after cutting into water slightly acidified with lemon (5 g per 1 liter of water) or lactic acid (1 spoon per 1 liter of water).
2.Dry in the oven at about 70 ° C or over the stove, stringing on a string. Apples can be considered dry enough when they become firm but not firm.

Drying pears
Wash pears, do not peel; dry pears whole, larger pears can be cut in half. Dry in the same way as apples.

Drying plums and cherries
Wash the fruits, drain, dry in the oven or in a not too hot oven for baking bread (about 50 ° C). Dried fruits can be dried at a higher temperature (about 70 ° C). Fruits are considered dried when they become elastic and no juice flows out when broken.

Drying blueberries
Berries harvested in good weather are suitable for drying. You can dry blueberries in the sun or in the oven, at first slightly heated (about 50 ° C), and dry them at a higher temperature (about 70 ° C).

Drying rose fruits
Suitable for drying are roses and rose hips. Rinse the fruit before drying. In order to reduce the loss of vitamin C during drying, the fruits must be dried in a not very heated oven (about 50 ° C).
The fruit can be considered dried if it breaks in the fingers.

Vitamin drink made from dried rose hips
10 g dried fruit • 1/2 cup water • sugar to taste
Chop the dried fruits, add warm boiled water and leave at room temperature for 8-12 hours. Then strain through a thick sieve or cheesecloth and add sugar to taste. The drink prepared in this way covers the need of children under 3 years of age for vitamin C.

Storage of dried fruits
Dried fruits are stored in metal jars or in tightly closed glass jars, in dry and dark rooms.

DRYING VEGETABLES
Vegetables are dried when there is no suitable storage conditions for fresh ones.
Drying roots
650 g carrots • 200 g parsley • 150 g celery
You can also add leek, tops, parsley and celery... Each kind of root is dried separately and mixed after drying.
1. Thoroughly wash healthy roots, peel, rinse, dry and cut into strips.
2. Arrange by type on iron sheets lined with clean paper.
3. Insert into a warm oven or oven for baking bread (temperature 60-70 ° C) and dry, turning over from time to time.
4. When the vegetables are dry enough and brittle, cool and stir.
5. Dried vegetables are best stored in tightly closed cans or Veka jars, in a dry and dark room.

Drying green peas or green beans
1. After removing the fibers, wash the split peas or bean pods, drain the water (chop the long bean pods).
2. Put the cooked vegetables in a colander, which must be dipped in a bowl of boiling water for 3-5 minutes, and then removed and allowed to drain.
3. Put the peas or beans on iron sheets lined with clean paper, insert into a slightly heated oven or oven for baking bread and dry. First, you need to dry the peas or beans at a temperature of 35-40 ° C. Dry at about 50 ° C.
4. Store in tightly closed cans or "Veka" cans, in a dry and dark room.

Drying parsley and green dill
1. Rinse healthy parsley or green dill, drain and separate from thick stems.
2. Spread out on a sheet lined with clean paper and dry in a mild oven or oven for baking bread at a temperature of 40-50 ° C.
3. Chop dried parsley or dill and put in tightly closed cans, Veka jars or bottles; cork bottles.
4. Store in a dry and warm place.

m. b. useful to someone ...

Good day everyone! Tell me how to store dried fruits and vegetables? I put the apricots in a plastic bag and they braided. The market ones in the package do not grow moldy.

they braided

underdried

They looked dried)))) I even thought I was dry, chewed hard. On the market, if you buy soft ones, but my hard ones turned out.