Making Dried Fruit for a Jello Cake Recipe Topping
Article by KC Kudra
Whether you are trying to enrich your diet with more healthy fruit or whether you have children in mind and are thinking of their nutritional requirements, one great way to do so is to make dried fruit. This also ensures you are getting plenty of natural sugars and vitamins in your diet. Dried fruit is very versatile and can be eaten alone as a snack or used to decorate your favorite jello recipe in a unique way. The only problem is that dried fruit can be quite expensive but this is easily overcome when you discover how easy it is to make your own.
Another great idea is making dried fruit to top your jello cake recipe this is a fun way to make this decadent dessert a little healthier and a whole lot more interesting to look at. Adding dried fruit to the top and sides of your jello cake is really easy once you have the fruit and drying your own makes it a whole lot more fun and economical, get the kids to help with this one, they will love it. Take a look below for a few things to keep in mind before you start buying your apples and bananas, however!
If you can get a food dehydrator, this is the most simple, straightforward, and reliable way to dry your fruit. This device allows you control the temperature, the speed of drying, and practically everything involved with the process of drying out whatever fruit you choose to put into it. It can also dry fruit without taking up valuable stove time, which is a plus for the busy individual. In a food dehydrator, fruits like apples and pears will dry at a stable 135 degrees Fahrenheit and come out looking great.
If you would prefer to try it the old fashioned way, it is actually quite simple. First, decide on what fruits you are interested in drying. Apples and bananas are quite popular, and they are quite easy if you are looking for a simple first-time experience. The first thing you need to do to the fruit is cut it. While theoretically fruit of any shape or configuration can be dried, the drying process happens a great deal more swiftly and evenly if you cut the fruit into thin slices first.
Next, you need to prepare the fruit. A lot of fruits go black or brown they exposed to the air for a while, so you will need to soak them in a solution. You can use ascorbic acid, lemon juice, and honey and water or fruit juice containing plenty of citric acid. This will keep your fruit’s color and needs to be done also with fruit you are going to dry in a food dehydrator.
There are a few different ways to dry your prepared fruit. You might want to use a plastic needle to thread the fruit on to a clean cotton thread and hang it in a sunny spot. Depending on the juice content of the fruit, this can take a few days. You should put a cloth on the floor to catch any drips. You can also dry the fruit in a conventional oven if it is not sunny where you are or if you are worried about insects getting to it before you can! If you want to do this, to prepare your fruit for adding to an easy jello recipe for example, you need to place some wax paper on a cookie sheet. Lay the fruit slices on the wax paper without allowing them to touch one another. Heat the oven to 175F and let the fruit slices cook. This will take a few hours but it is important to keep the oven at 175F unless you want burnt fruit on your jello!
When the fruit looks good, it is ready to be removed from the oven, cooled, and then used to decorate your jello recipe. Do some experimenting with different fruits and have some fun with fruit drying! Remember that dried fruit is healthy as well as delicious and making your own is just as economical as buying fresh fruit.
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