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- Dry rose hips and then?
- Harvest at the right time
- As a whole fruit or crushed?
- With or without cores?
- Where and how is it dried?
- Uses for dried rosehips
- Tips & Tricks
Dry rose hips and then?
Rosehip - they are delicious, healthy and dried they can be stored for a long time. But should they be dried in the oven, dehydrator or in the air? Which methods are preferable and how drying becomes successful, you will find below.
Harvest at the right time
First, the rosehips should be harvested at the right time. The harvest should at best be tackled at the end of October at the earliest. By December, the fruits will not noticeably lose quality. Later there is a great danger that they will start to ferment, rot or have already been eaten by birds.
As a whole fruit or crushed?
The rosehips can be dried as whole fruits or crushed. It is recommended to mince large fruits. This causes them to dry faster. Before that, the rosehips should be washed. In addition, if not already done, the stem should be removed.
With or without cores?
If the rose hips have been picked in the soft state, the preparation for drying is much faster. The reason: In the soft state, the cores contained can be removed well from the surrounding pulp.
If you want to use the rosehips to make tea later, you do not have to remove the seeds. They are as rich as the fruit pulp rich in vitamins. They also contain omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. To remove the seeds, the fruit is cut lengthwise. Then the cores can be scraped out.
Where and how is it dried?
To dry, you can use the following equipment: Dehydrator, oven, heating. In addition, rose hips dry well in the open air. For this they are spread on newspaper or a baking sheet. An air-dry room, the balcony or the terrace are ideal.
If you want to dry the rosehips in the dehydrator or in the oven, do not set the temperature higher than 40 ° C. If it is hotter, enzymes and vitamins are destroyed and the rosehips lose their health value. In the oven, you should leave the oven door open a crack. This allows the moisture to escape.
The following should be noted:
Uses for dried rosehips
Now the rosehips can be stored and stored for several months. They are used in the dried state, among others for the following purposes:
Tips & Tricks
Often, the cores of the rose hips can be easily pulled out of the former flower part, on which still like brown to black and withered stamen adhere.
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