How to dry apples for the winter?

Apples, of course, a very valuable and useful product that contains many vitamins, trace elements necessary for the human body. That is why many people want to make stocks of apples, but it is important to preserve their properties.

One such method is to dry the fruit. You will learn how to dry apples in order to get a high-quality result and provide yourself easy access to vitamins in the winter from this article.

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Why is drying preferred?

The advantages of this method of cooking and storage of fruits are as follows:

• Easy way to harvest.
• There is no need to use preservatives in the process.
• Fruits are stored for a very long time and do not lose useful substances.
• Dried apples are easy to store and they will not take up much space in your pantry.

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How to dry apples at home?

For drying, ripe, but not very juicy fruits are chosen. Preference is given to autumn sour or sweet and sour varieties.

Important! Try to cut apples in identical slices, not more than 1 cm thick. Fruits sliced ​​in circles dry for much longer.

If you opted for this particular procurement method, you still have to determine how the drying will be carried out. From the options listed below, select the most optimal based on your own capabilities.

Drying Methods

Now about how to dry apples at home:

1. If you live in a private house, then you can safely dry fruits on the street. Under the rays of the summer sun, the fruits will acquire the desired form. This method can also be used by people who have a non-glazed balcony on the upper floors of the house, but always from the sunny side.
2. Machining methods. To do this, use household appliances, such as: microwave, gas or electric oven, electric dryer.

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Dry apples in the microwave:

1. Put the sliced ​​fruit on a plate.
2. Cover the bottom of the plate with a cotton cloth, put the same piece of cloth on top of the apples.
3. Turn on the machine for 4 minutes with the set mode to 200 watts.

Important! A very quick method to dry apples. But at one time, too few harvested fruits are obtained, since the slices need to be laid out in one row.

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Dry apples in an electric dryer

You are very lucky if you are the owner of an electric dryer. With such a specially designed technique, all questions about the preparation of fruits disappear by themselves. You just need to read the instructions for using the equipment from the manufacturer, select the mode according to your preferences, load raw apples and take them out after cooking.

Important! The necessary modes help to easily cope with drying, while retaining all amino acids, vitamins and trace elements.

There are two types of dryers: infrared, convection. Both the one and the other type evaporate moisture from the fruit, but retains a beautiful appearance and beneficial properties.

Perhaps it is in this season that you are going to purchase this technique, then pay attention to the spaciousness of the machine and, of course, the type of action.

Important! Convection devices are cheaper than infrared, but have some drawbacks.After drying, the fruit changes shape and does not recover after soaking.

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Dry apples in a gas or electric oven:

1. Prepare apple slices, dry on paper towels from the rest of the moisture.
2. Spread on the grill, so it will circulate the air well.
3. Drying on a baking sheet is also possible, but less effective - you will have to spend more time drying.
   The optimum temperature is 50-60 degrees. You can set higher, thereby reducing the drying time, but the nutrients of apples will be destroyed.

Important! An electric oven is more profitable because the heat in it is distributed more evenly. Accordingly, the fruits will be processed better and faster.

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Dry apples on the street

Most often, the fruits are dried in the sun, as it will take too much time in the shade. Depending on some conditions, drying in the street will take from 4 to 6 days. How to dry apples on the street to cope with the task as quickly as possible? - Proceed as follows:

1. Prepare the fruits - you need to wash the apples, dry from water, cut the core and damage, cut into slices or mugs.
2. Further circles can be strung on threads, and put slices on a wire rack or a baking sheet.
3. Place or hang fruit in the fresh air and wait for the product to dry completely.

Important! Always cover apples with gauze to protect them from dust and insects.

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Now you know how to dry apples at home. The process of drying the fruit is quite a long one, especially when the fruit is dried outside. It will take patience and attention to the process so that the fruits dry out sufficiently, but not dry out, but the final result will undoubtedly please. To gnaw an apple slice in winter, which absorbed the energy of nature and your love, because you should always do work with love, it will bring great pleasure to adults and children. A delicious compote will be a wonderful addition to your table.