Dried apples and pears

Wash the fruits well and dry them.

Put the fruits upright on a shelf and use an apple drill to cut out the cores.

Then cut the fruit into round slices of up to half a centimeter thick or into thin segments.

Dilute the lemon juice in a bowl with some water and brush the pieces of fruit to prevent discoloration very thinly with a brush with lemon juice.

There are 2 ways in which the fruit can be dried :.

To the air: thread the round slices through the hole on a wire and tighten the wire in a warm, dry place.

Make sure that the pieces of fruit do not touch each other.

For thin parts, use a thin wire with a thick darning needle and thread through the fruit.

This air-drying can take 5-10 days.

Or lay the fruit on grids to dry.

In the oven: place the fruit on fine racks or cover the oven racks with fine wire mesh.

Spread the slices or segments of fruit on them.

Put the grates in the oven, ensure sufficient space between the fruit and between the grids.

Switch the oven on at 40 ° C, preferably at the hot air setting, increase the temperature to 50 ° C during drying.

If possible, open the oven door ajar so that the moisture can escape.

This is not always possible with electric ovens.

Drying in the oven can take up to 6-10 hours.

Allow the fruit to cool well and store it in a glass jar or plastic bags.

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