Want to keep peaches for longer? Learn a step-by-step photo recipe on how to prepare and store delicious and healthy dried peaches. Video recipe.
The taste and aroma of fresh peaches will not leave anyone indifferent. They are especially desirable for women and children: their sweet and not sugary taste never gets boring. However, unlike many fruits, peaches do not last long. If apples can be stored for 2-3 months, then peaches at room temperature begin to deteriorate after 5 days, and in the refrigerator - a couple of weeks. You can eat them in the winter season only in the form of jam, jam, compote and other preparations that involve heat treatment. It is clear that most of the vitamins die during heat treatment, but drying is a method that allows you to preserve the maximum amount of nutrients in the fruits. Therefore, today we will prepare fragrant peaches for future use and learn how to make dried peaches correctly.
Some people perceive dried and sun-dried peaches to be the same foods. However, they differ in cooking technology. Before drying the fruit, excess moisture is removed from it, and then dried at a low temperature. And as a result of drying ripe fruits, a dried fruit is obtained with a pleasant aroma and sweet and sour taste. The moisture content in dried peach is not more than 20%. Dried peach fruits are usually small in size together with a stone, and peach dried apricots are made from the larger fruit, cut into small slices.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 254 kcal.
- Servings - Any Amount
- Cooking time - 5-6 hours
Ingredients:
Peaches - any quantity
Step by step preparation of dried peaches, recipe with photo:
1. Select peaches as small as apricots. we will dry them with bones. Select fruits that are ripe, but dense, without spoiled spots and rot. Then wash well-selected peaches, rinsing off all dusting.
2. Place the peaches on a cotton towel and let the moisture dry completely.
3. Place the peaches on a baking sheet. If they are large, cut them in half, remove the seeds and place them on a baking sheet, skin side down. Send the peaches to a heated oven up to 65 ° C for 5-6 hours. Dry them with the door slightly open to release steam. Turn them over several times during drying. Dried peaches are considered ready when they do not stick to your hands, while remaining soft.
4. You can also dry fruits in a special electric dryer for 5-6 hours. They can also be dried using the grandmother's method in the fresh air for 2-3 days. Then cover them with gauze so that debris does not fall, and bring them indoors at night.
Store dried peaches in a paper bag or glass container at room temperature and moderate humidity.
See also a video recipe on how to cook dried peaches.
