Moving right along...
Well... shifting gears again
Let's move on to citrus and fruits
Pretty much any fruit can be dried for future use
I used to wait for the produce lady to fill "That cart" with the not so good looking fruits,berries, and other tastee goodies...I'd just steal the whole cart and off to the register I'd go...If you flirt with the produce lady...you get better goody's
A 50/50 mix of FILTERED water and lemon juice are your friend...Berries,bannanna's, apples need this citric acid to not brown..(Minerals in the water are multiplied)
.Raspberries, Black berries and berries with alot of seeds should be pureed and run thru a seive before drying...there are lots of receipes out there if you look for fruit roll ups..For these you'l need the trays or some disposable lids IE...plastic butter, sour creme container lids etc.
I have some favorite concoctions When in season a raspberry, Blue berry, pineapple, bannanna mix...
More on that later if anybody is interested
When doing strawbwerries, kiwi fruit etc...Dry to leathery after dunking in the 50/50 mix
Bannanna, Apple, or Pear chips...I like to add some Honey and cinnamon to the mix...Then dry them till crispy...They will be shiney...
For trail mix type apples dry till leathery...Something else that dehydrated apples are good for........
If you don't have a good supply of applewood.................. dry apples will add ALOT OF APPLE FLAVOR IN YOUR SMOKER...Only dry to leathery for this
Moving on to the what the F spec
Lemons, Limes, Oranges, and Grape fruit are absolutly AWESOME dried...as additives to reciepes...I had a buddy who would eat bag after bag of dried oranges
( They don't need to be dredged in the lemon mix)
Now the flavor is really subdued...way not what you would expect..VERY LIGHT and MILD compaired to juice or the fresh fruit.
Slice the fruits 1/8 to 1/4" cross ways and in half lengthways... the peels always taste like shit unless zesting them. dry until they break like the onions
If you want a milder better marmalade these broken up in the mix with some fresh fruit tone it down a bit, don't forget to add some extra water...
These will not rehydrate like cauli,broc, corn etc... will... But are way good in sauces and and receipes tha call for Zest or juice You'll need to experoment to suit your tastes
Just crumble the dried fruit into the mix
Barb's bugging me to get in the tub...gotta go