or ice cream or yoghurt.
), so I looked it up. 
you get a fruit leather which lasts with the vitamin C content in tact for about 12 months or more.... it is an old fashioned preserving method and we have also found children love them despite there being no added sugar and my basic recipes being fruit + baking apples. Sometimes I use an dessert apple instead, but usually a cooking apple which is needed to prevent them from being brittle.OK, I'll admit I did not have a clue as to what you were making (leathers
There must be a good reason to go to all that trouble - what do you use the finished article for?
That's an amazing site, SatNav. Do you have a dehydrator? I've often thought of getting one as we have a lot of spare fruit here in Kent.you get a fruit leather which lasts with the vitamin C content in tact for about 12 months or more.... it is an old fashioned preserving method and we have also found children love them despite there being no added sugar and my basic recipes being fruit + baking apples. Sometimes I use an dessert apple instead, but usually a cooking apple which is needed to prevent them from being brittle.
We have also found them excellent for taking on tour with us as well...
One of my favourite sites for various leathers is this one http://nouveauraw.com/raw-recipies/fruit-leathers/ so many to choose from.
yep - as well as an Omniblend equivalent. Not that I am a raw foodie, but I do incorporate some of it into our diet.
What brand of dehydrator, if it's not too boring of me to ask?
Excalibur. I have the 5 drawer version without timer - cheapest option. managed to pick up it 2nd hand for under £100 with a little bit of patience of ebay. Been brilliant and in use at least once a week. Have various raw bread recipes and kale crisp recipes I do as well. All posted over on http://www.goodfoodforum.com/threads/sweet-miso-kale-crisps.334/ and http://www.goodfoodforum.com/threads/raw-onion-bread.1721/ on one of Shaun's other forums.
Thanks SatNav!
Do you just purée and then dehydrate? I see some other sites cook the fruit first.you get a fruit leather which lasts with the vitamin C content in tact for about 12 months or more.... it is an old fashioned preserving method and we have also found children love them despite there being no added sugar and my basic recipes being fruit + baking apples. Sometimes I use an dessert apple instead, but usually a cooking apple which is needed to prevent them from being brittle.
We have also found them excellent for taking on tour with us as well...
One of my favourite sites for various leathers is this one http://nouveauraw.com/raw-recipies/fruit-leathers/ so many to choose from.
It depends on if I am using cooking apples or dessert apples. yes with cooking apples - cook them to a mash, then puree them, add the pureed, uncooked but sieved blackberries to them. If using dessert apples then I don't cook - but I do peel both for obvious reasons! Needs a very low temp over a very long time so as not to destroy the vit c.
