You start by dicing up the strawberries into small pieces. Then in a pot they go, with a bit of water. And a squirt of lemon juice. Then you stew them. Mostly covered, until they are very very soft and mushy. Next you place some plastic over a sheet tray and brush it with olive oil. The stewed fruit should look like this, at which point you transfer it to a blender. Taste it and if you think it could be a lot sweeter add some sugar. And blend some more. But before you go and add a lot of sugar, keep in mind, that as the fruit leather dries, it will concentrate the natural sugars in the fruit and it will become sweeter on its own. Pour the mixture on the plastic covered tray. And with an offset spatula, spread it around evenly. Like so. Then it goes into the oven for what seems like years, but is really just many hours on a very low temperature. So low in fact, that you may need to keep the oven door partly opened. Then you score it into the size that you like. These rectangular shapes are the fruit leather size. It will peel right off. And if you really want to make it look like a fruit roll-up… Give it a little roll. And voila!
Posted on: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 09:06:05 +0000
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