Since ancient times, when it was not possible to keep fruits fresh, people dried them. We will learn how to properly dry apricots in order to preserve the maximum amount of vitamins in them. Step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Cooking dried apricots step by step
- Video recipe
We are all looking forward to summer to feast on the juicy fruits presented by nature itself. But the season passes, and with it fresh fruit ends. Therefore, you have to be content with conservation or freezing in order to enjoy any berries all year round. But the apricot season passes especially quickly, because sunny fruits ripen suddenly and disappear just as quickly. This fruit is considered perishable because very watery. For this reason, you need to eat enough of them. But the most important thing is not this, but to replenish the body with useful vitamins. When preserved, due to heat treatment, all the healing substances of the fruit are lost. And in order to eat apricots all year round and saturate the body with vitamins, the berries must be dried. Let's talk about dried apricots and their benefits for humans.
Thanks to the ability to consume dried apricots at any time of the year, we maintain immunity even in winter. Dried apricots are a nutritious snack, even for women who are looking after their figure. And this is despite the fact that dried apricots are sweet. Therefore, you can safely eat a menu of sweet slices without fear of gaining weight. Since the constituents of the product are easily digestible carbohydrates, which are divided into fructose and sucrose. Therefore, a feeling of satiety sets in quite quickly, which allows you to satisfy sudden hunger. In addition, the sun fruit gives a lot of energy, strength and vigor even after a hard day.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 232 kcal.
- Servings - 300-350 g
- Cooking time - 30 minutes preparatory work, plus time for boiling and drying
Ingredients:
- Apricots - 1 kg
- Lemon - 0.25
Step by step preparation of dried apricots, recipe with photo:
1. Sort out the berries, sorting ripe and not spoiled. Apricots should be firm and firm. Then wash and dry them with a paper towel or lay them on the counter to dry naturally. Carefully cut a half of the fruit with a knife, bringing the knife to the bone, and remove the bone. In this case, the apricot must remain intact.
2. Place the apricots in a cooking pot.
3. Wash the lemon, cut off 0.25 pieces and squeeze the juice into a saucepan.
4. Fill the apricots with water, place on the stove and boil. Boil for 3-5 minutes and turn off heat. Leave the fruit in the water until it is completely cooled and infused.
5. Remove the apricots from the liquid and place on a baking sheet so they do not touch each other. Send them to a heated oven up to 60 degrees and dry with the door slightly ajar. Turn the berries periodically so that they dry evenly. Adjust the degree of dryness yourself. If you want soft dried apricots, then the drying time will take about 3 hours, if you want to get very dry apricots, then increase the time by 1-2 hours.
See also a video recipe on how to cook dried apricots for the winter.
