From existing methods of harvesting apples most convenient is the use of special dryers. On the street, fresh air to prepare apples do not always allow weather conditions, and ovens sometimes overdry.
In turn, a specialized device allows to regulate competently temperature, and the whole process. In addition, the amount that modern dryers can be harvested at once is very attractive.
If with benefits this method is understandable, then it is necessary to analyze some details in more detail.
Fundamental rules
In many ways, the quality of harvested apples depends on the preparation of apples. In this regard, it is useful to read an article about preparing apples before drying, where it is possible to find out how correctly cut These fruits and some other details.
There are different versions regarding the presence or absence of skins for the drying process.
In fact, there is no fundamental difference here and leave or clean the skin depends on your personal preference.
Although the peel has a lot of useful ingredients, a padana and similar apples. it is advisable to clean.
Drying apples in an electric dryer does not imply a complete lack of moisture. Should only do minimum amount of moisture, so that the processes of decay did not occur in pieces, but the useful components remained. To the touch dry apples are not brittle, but bending, and when squeezed moisture on the surface does not act.
Using an electric dryer over time becomes more convenient, since it becomes clear how many apples dries on each pallet, how often to change their location, how much it is possible to enclose. In general, it is not advisable to give any general recommendations here, since the devices differ in many respects.
Drying Instructions
How to dry apples in a fruit dryer? In general, put sliced and set a certain mode is not difficult. Moreover, many devices have indicators for fruit or more accurate, including for apples. Here, it would seem, one should not add something, but it is nevertheless useful to consider certain aspects.
Duration
How much time to dry the apples in the dryer? Try to adjust the longest periods between 11 pm and 7 am, since during this period electricity tariff is cheaper.
In general, the duration at the desired temperature is about eight o'clock, but it is not necessary to observe such a duration without interruption and the process may vary if you put, for example, new pieces or change the location of the pallets.
Accordingly, the specified duration can be used as reference pointbut not as a main parameter.
Different size of slices, differences in varieties, size of pallets, set temperature, location of apples and their number in the dryer - these and many other parameters affect optimal duration.
The most reasonable is the proper setting of the mode and temperature and drying until ready, which is determined by by myselfand not on time.
Temperature
What should be the temperature of drying apples in an electric dryer? If the device has the ability to set a certain temperature, then the regulator should be installed somewhere within 70-75 degrees Celsius.
Of course, apples can dry faster. at 100-110 degrees (as a rule, the limiting temperature on household dryers), but the effect of such a temperature is not entirely reasonable, since some useful components can stand out from the pieces.
So, at what temperature to dry the apples in the dryer, you choose.
Mode
How to dry apples in an electric drier? Many devices have the ability to set the drying mode. Somewhere apples are drawn or just fruit and descriptions of each mode are given. With this option, you should use the optimal mode for fruit.
Readiness
After gaining a certain experience, a skill appears to recognize the readiness of apples with ease. At first, it is better to spend more time on determining readiness.
Moreover, it is not difficult to understand better a little nedosushivat and check the readiness than to overdry, since you can always dry it, but over-dried apples are difficult to supplement with the necessary moisture.
A well dried apple slice is not brittle. In fact, dried apples have plasticityand they only darken outwardly.
Overdry fruits should not be, as soon as they began to darken a little and significantly decreased in size, you need to check readiness.
Moisture is not released from the dried piece, but the flesh is present and has a pleasant apple aroma, whiteness. The surface is darker and slightly crusted.
You can find out how to use an electric dryer for making dried fruits from apples from the video:
Recipes
Briefly describe the sequence of actions in the form of a drying recipe:
- Apples wash and chop (For more details, see the article about preparation for drying) with semi-shellfish or slices.
- Lay out the pieces on the drip trays, tightly, but so that the pieces do not lie on top of each other.
- Fill the pallets and set them in the dryer, set mode and temperature timerif there is one.
- Periodically we shift pallets (upper with lower) for more uniform drying and check the apples.
- At the end, we take out the apples from which, when pressed, no more juice is released, let them cool down a little and shift to glass container or bag of natural fabric.
In this, our article “How to store dried apples so that the mole does not start up in them: protection options” comes in handy.
Results
Cooked using the above recommendations apples, can be stored for about a couple of years. Although sometimes they can lie more depending on the variety and conditions. As a rule, the two-year period is quite optimal for harvesting apples. How to store dried apples at home, read on our website.
The electric dryer in this regard is a useful device, as it allows spend a minimum of time and harvest apples in very substantial quantities.
After a pair of independent drying apples in an electric dryer appears appropriate skill and the process is optimized.
You can make a certain number of test batches at different temperatures and with different durations in order to determine the best way.
How to dry five kilograms of apples for the winter in the dryer, you will learn by watching this video:
