BIGJIM72
Landlord.
I bought this little bit of kit,along with a vac packer, for hy homegrown hops.
Not wanting it to sit idle for the rest of the year,I often use it for drying fruits-good for snacking.This morning's efforts (apart from the loaf & slow roast lamb breast):
2 pineapples,couple of kilos of bananas & 3 punnets of strawberries from the market. Grand total of £3.50.I soaked the strawberries in a little juice & sugar for about 10 mins-they can be a bit tart. I don't bother with lemon juice on the bananas as they go fairly dark anyway during the process. My fruit may be sliced a little too thickly to dehydrate completely-but I find a thick slice semi dried much more pleasant to eat as a snack rather than thin slices completely dry.
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Lid on & timer set for 8 hours at 65'c.
I will need to rotate the shelves around a bit as they dry.The house smells wonderful.
If you like those deli style sunblush tomatoes,they work a treat in one of these-even using cheap supermarket tomatoes.
Some of the finished bananas may be heading into my porter in secondary as an experiment. I know most banana flavouring in beer comes from the yeast type & temp control so it will be interesting to see just how much flavour they will impart.
Not wanting it to sit idle for the rest of the year,I often use it for drying fruits-good for snacking.This morning's efforts (apart from the loaf & slow roast lamb breast):
2 pineapples,couple of kilos of bananas & 3 punnets of strawberries from the market. Grand total of £3.50.I soaked the strawberries in a little juice & sugar for about 10 mins-they can be a bit tart. I don't bother with lemon juice on the bananas as they go fairly dark anyway during the process. My fruit may be sliced a little too thickly to dehydrate completely-but I find a thick slice semi dried much more pleasant to eat as a snack rather than thin slices completely dry.
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Lid on & timer set for 8 hours at 65'c.
I will need to rotate the shelves around a bit as they dry.The house smells wonderful.
If you like those deli style sunblush tomatoes,they work a treat in one of these-even using cheap supermarket tomatoes.
Some of the finished bananas may be heading into my porter in secondary as an experiment. I know most banana flavouring in beer comes from the yeast type & temp control so it will be interesting to see just how much flavour they will impart.
