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- Dry cranberries for your own cereal? - That's how it's done!
- Which is why drying yourself is better than buying already dried fruits
- How to dry cranberries
- Delicious ideas with dried cranberries
- Tips & Tricks
Dry cranberries for your own cereal? - That's how it's done!
Fresh cranberries are sour and quite dry, but dried fruits are much milder and sweeter in flavor. Dried cranberries, like the fresh berries, contain a lot of vitamins, minerals and other beneficial ingredients. It takes some time to dry the red fruits, which are related to the native cranberries, but it's worth it.
Which is why drying yourself is better than buying already dried fruits
If you have cranberries in the garden, you probably will not even get the idea to buy ready-dried berries in the supermarket. On the contrary, you probably do not know where to go with all those beautiful, bright red fruits. Since cranberries are only partially edible in the raw state, this offers itself to dry and einkochen just to. Just gently dried fruits retain almost all of their healthy ingredients and can also be used very versatile. But even dried fruits have other health benefits compared to the finished ones from the supermarket: Dried fruit from the supermarket often contain a lot of sugar - as well as chemical preservatives such as sulfur. These are necessary because commercial dry fruits are only verkörrt, which is why they must be additionally preserved in other ways.
How to dry cranberries
First of all, you read the freshly harvested fruits: Only fully ripe and undamaged berries can be dried (they also say "dehydrate"). Now wash the cranberries thoroughly and dip briefly in boiling water. The skin of the berries is to burst open, because that reduces the dehydration considerably. Dry the fruits off briefly, z. For example, on kitchen paper, and distribute them on a baking sheet covered with baking paper. The fruits should not be on top of each other, but spread well. Now you can dry the prepared cranberries at 60 ° C. They're done as soon as they contract sharply and crumple. This can take up to 24 hours. If you select Recirculation, the time will be shortened accordingly. But do not be fooled: Dried cranberries do not feel dry, they are rather sticky. The dried fruits keep well sealed, of course, up to 24 months at room temperature or even up to five years in the freezer.
Delicious ideas with dried cranberries
Tips & Tricks
When drying the berries, push a wooden spoon between the oven and the oven door so that it does not close completely. In this way, the moisture can escape better.