The Best Fruits for Making Dried Fruit and Fruit Leather in a Food Dehydrator

Best Fruits for Drying

By food-dehydrator.com

Fruit Leather or Fruit Roll Up Recipes

The steps to produce dried fruit can vary slightly depending on the type of fruit that you are dehydrating. However, there are some common steps to take regardless of the type of fruit that you are drying. The basic steps to make dried fruit and make fruit leather are covered in these Food-Dehydrator.com articles. The list below catalogs the best fruits for dehydrating and preserving and making into fruit leather.

Fruit Type   Suitable for Drying?   Suitable for Making Fruit Leather?
Apples   Excellent   Excellent
Apricots   Excellent   Excellent
Avocadoes   No, fat content too high   No, fat content too high
Bananas   Good   Fair to good
Blackberries   No, too seedy   Excellent, especially in combinations
Blueberries   Fair   Good, especially in combinations
Cherries   Excellent   Excellent
Citrus Fruits   No, too watery & pulpy   Use in combinations
Citrus peels   Excellent   Use in combinations
Cranberries   Fair   Use in combinations
Grapes   Excellent   Good
Melons   Poor   Poor
Nectarines   Excellent   Excellent
Peaches   Excellent   Excellent
Pears   Excellent   Excellent
Pineapples   Excellent   Excellent
Plums   Good to excellent   Good
Raspberries   Poor to fair   Use in combinations
Strawberries   Good   Excellent

Published 8/13/2009 12:00:00 AM

Tags: Dried Fruit, Fruit Leather

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