Looking for a great new fruit leather dehydrator recipe to try.
Mango fruit leather recipe dehydrator.
Set the food dehydrator to 140f 60c.
As harvest time starts drawing to a close and with it food preservation season i find myself running short on both canning jars and freezer space.
Leather dries from the outside edge toward the center.
So i m relying more and more heavily on my dehydrator lately for putting away.
There is no added sugar necessary as the fruits are sweet enough.
Turn on your dehydrator and let it run for at least six hours.
Place on the lid and let the machine do the work and trust me it does take a long time.
The mango will keep for over a year if dried properly.
With no added sugar or preservatives this mango fruit leather is the ultimate healthy snack for kids and adults to enjoy.
I made the strawberry and blueberry fruit leathers first.
I add a little bit of lemon juice to prevent oxidation.
So essentially if you ve got mangoes and an oven you ve got healthy homemade fruit roll ups which are the ultimate back to school snack for fruit leather lovers of all ages.
When your fruit leather is done baking let it cool and then cut it into strips or shapes with a pizza cutter or kitchen shears.
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The larger fruit leathers take longer to dry.
The fruit leather is done when it s dry to the touch but still pliable.
Mango and lemon juice.
Making this mango fruit leather at home is easy and requires only two ingredients.
Allow your fruit leather to cool.
Store the mango and mango leather in air tight containers somewhere cool and dark.
Your fruit leather is done when it feels completely dry to the touch.
If condensation forms on the bag the mango is too moist and needs longer in the dehydrator.
To test if the mango still has too much moisture in it put a couple of warm pieces in a zip lock bag and seal it.
I never buy mangos i m not super fond of their taste but grabbed a few anyway since they were on sale for 0 89 and figured i could like them for that price.
The salton dehydrator has 5 layers so it is possible to make lots of fruit leather in now drying session.
Then carefully pull it off of the screen and place it on a piece of parchment paper.
To test for dryness touch the center of leather no indentation should be evident.
There s also no dehydrator required.
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Then cut the fruit leather and parchment paper backing into strips.
Sometimes the edges will be finished before the center in which case you can cut them off and continue baking the rest.
Approximate drying times are 6 to 8 hours in a dehydrator although it depends on the humidity of the room as well.