Sun-dried apples are not only tasty, but also healthy for the body. But in order for vitamins and minerals to be preserved in them, you need to know some of the subtleties of cooking.
When preparing a dish, it is important that everything works out perfectly, but it is difficult to do this without having certain culinary knowledge and without knowing the proportions of the ingredients. Likewise, dried apples, which are popularly called "drying", are not easy to make. To keep the fruit tasty and healthy until deep winter, you need to know a number of nuances of its preparation.
Tips for Cooking Sun-Dried Apples
Note that drying is a natural source of vitamins and minerals not found in apples sold in winter. Therefore, it is important to take care of the drying of the apples during their fruiting season. At the same time, it is important that the apples retain their pleasant taste and appetizing appearance. To do this, it is necessary to observe the temperature regime of drying, which, by the way, in addition to the aesthetic appearance, allows you to preserve all the beneficial properties of the fruit.
The apples are dried in the oven at a temperature close to 60 degrees, ideally there should also be air movement if your stove supports this function. However, already sun-dried apples turn out to be great, especially if they are soaked in a glass of sugar with lemon juice before drying. The apples are put under a press, and after twelve hours the resulting syrup is drained. The apples can be sent to the oven! The syrup itself can be drunk like nectar, but first you should dilute it with water to taste, because it turns out to be highly concentrated.
How best to store ready-made apples
So, it is worth mentioning separately how best to store dried apples. Note that pre-cured apple wedges are best stored in an air-permeable container. This can be a cloth bag or a cardboard box. But in no case should the air stagnate in a container with dried fruits. Exposure to moisture is also undesirable, because it can provoke the development of fungus or the appearance of other pests that, ultimately, can spoil the product. Proper storage conditions allow you to keep dried apples for several months.
Drying can be used instead of cookies with tea or chewed like candy. In addition, dried fruits make excellent compotes, as well as filling for sweet pies. The sweetness will appeal not only to children, but also to adults. In addition, sun-dried apples are not only tasty, but also useful for the body, and in particular for the circulatory system. The latter is due to the high content of iron in the product, which, as you know, is part of hemoglobin!
