There is never a lot of reserves for the winter, every housewife will say this. Therefore, you need to think in advance about the preparation of drying in order to cook delicious compotes in winter. A step-by-step recipe with a photo of drying whole pears at home. Video recipe.
Delicious dried pears in the cold winter season will remind you of the warm summer gone by. But in order for the drying to be tasty, some simple rules should be followed.
- Small fruits are best suited for harvesting the whole; they are dried along with the stalks. Larger fruits are cut into halves, quarters or smaller pieces.
- Summer varieties are usually taken for drying. They will not work with an astringent taste and coarse pulp, i.e. will not provide good quality dried fruit. Ideal varieties are Bergamot, Talgar beauty, Forest beauty, Fragrant, etc.
- Select pears that are not quite ripe, with firm pulp and a small seed chamber. At the same time, they should already begin to turn yellow. Do not take overripe fruits for drying
- Pears are dried in the oven, in the sun, in the oven, and even in the microwave. With the right approach, pears dried in any way will be good.
- You do not need to peel or core the fruit. Only fruits with rough and tough skin are peeled. And tough pears are first boiled, and sometimes sugar-coated.
- You can make pear powder from ready-made dried pears. To do this, the dried fruits are ground with a special mill or coffee grinder, 10-20% sugar and a pinch of cinnamon are added. Powder is used for sprinkling porridge, used for filling …
- When stored for a long time, pears become hard and dry. Before using them, drying must be kept in the oven so that it is steamed, soft and tasty.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 249 kcal.
- Servings - Any Amount
- Cooking time - 10 minutes of active work, plus 5-6 hours for drying
Ingredients:
Pears - any quantity
Step-by-step preparation of dried pears for the winter whole for compote, recipe with photo:
1. Place small whole pears in a sieve and rinse under running water.
2. Spread pears out on a clean cotton towel and leave to dry completely.
3. Put the pears on a baking sheet and send to dry in a preheated oven to 60 degrees. This temperature will help prevent cracking of the fruit and the formation of bubbles under the skin. Dry them for 5-10 hours with the door slightly open. Drying time depends on the size of the fruit. Turn them over from time to time to dry evenly. Dried pears for the winter as a whole for compote are considered ready when they do not stick to the hands, dry, and elastic at the same time.
Note: If you wish, you can dry the pears in the sun. Place a baking sheet with them in the sun, where they should stay for about 2-4 days, depending on the size of the fruit. Bring the fruit indoors at night. Choose a sunny time for drying, without rain. Finish drying in the shade with good ventilation.
See also a video recipe on how to cook dried pears at home.
