Курага – полезные сухофрукты.Take them is recommended for anemia, cardiovascular diseases or lesions of the gastrointestinal tract. Dried apricots must be eaten daily. However, it is not cheap, and not everyone can afford such a purchase. Therefore, many housewives are wondering how to make dried apricots at home.
Курага – кладезь витаминов и микроэлементов (А1, B1, B2, C, PP, potassium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus, sodium, etc.). Make this fruit from apricots. Just do not confuse with apricot and kaisa. They are made from whole apricots, with or without stones. This is also a useful dried fruit. And yet, one might say, dried apricots are dried apricots.
It is made from pitted fruit. However, it is necessary to know the variety from which this product is made. For example, wild apricot with small fruits is not suitable.
Doctors recommend to use dried apricots daily inQuantity about 5 pcs. If you regularly eat dried fruit, you can protect yourself from a heart attack or stroke. Dried apricots are used in the diet, as well as used in cosmetology - they make masks for face and hair.
There are more mineral substances in dried fruits thanof vitamins. It is their consumption that keeps the body in good shape. If you do not like dried apricots in its pure form, then you can add to the dessert. They give spice and unique taste to the dish.
For the preparation of dried fruit is important correctly.choose a fruit. If you take wild apricots, dried apricots will not work. It will be bitter and tasteless, and maybe too sour. Therefore, it is necessary to take large varieties. It may be a red-cheeked apricot. The weight of one fruit is 40-50 grams. Stone is not very adjacent to the pulp, separate it without problems. Apricot color is yellow with ruddy sides. Therefore, dried apricots will turn out not only tasty, but also beautiful.
Melitopol apricot weight - up to 40 gr. The color is bright orange. These fruits are also suitable for drying dried apricots. Dried fruits get tasty, as the fruits are juicy and sweet. Dried apricots will turn orange.
More for the manufacture of dried fruit suitable varieties:Polissya large-fruited apricot, Kuibyshev anniversary, pineapple, etc. Of all these species, you can make dried apricots. It will be tasty, juicy and beautiful. Colors can be from yellow to orange. Then you will learn how to make dried apricots at home.
Как правило, сухофрукты стоят дорого, поэтому не every buyer has the opportunity to purchase them. Especially self-cooking gives a guarantee of quality product. You can be sure that the dried fruits are not chemicals that are harmful to the body. After you have learned what apricots are, we offer a simple recipe.
You will need:
Rinse apricots thoroughly, divide them into two.halves and gently remove the bones. In order for the color not to fade or burn out, immerse the fruit for 5 minutes in boiling sweet water. If you want dried apricots with acidity, add citric acid to boiling water, but this is optional.
After 5 minutes, remove the halves of the fruit from the water and place it on a paper towel to free them from excess moisture and liquid.
After that, you can do cooking. You will learn how to dry apricots in three ways:
1. This method came to us from grandmothers.Put the apricots on a clean cloth under the scorching sun. Such drying takes about two weeks. However, every evening it is necessary to clean them, because the night moisture and morning dew do not allow apricots to dry. They only become raw.
If you dry on the street, you need to cover the fruits with thick gauze. Because of this, they dry longer.
2. In the oven you can also dry apricots.The temperature should be about 50-60 degrees, and the fruits should be left for 8-11 hours. Ovens often dry out the food, so you need to monitor the preparation.
3. Dryer - the best way.The device is designed just for this. Apricots in the electric drier will be prepared more qualitatively than in other ways. As a rule, for 2 hours they put the fruit to languish at 50 degrees. Do not come to the machine yet. The remaining 8 hours set at 45˚.
So dried apricots - the recipe is quite simple. Dried fruits can make any hostess. Out of 2.5 kg, approximately half a kilogram remains.
Homemade dried fruits are much darker than the store. How to keep a beautiful and bright color? There are two methods:
1. Put apricot halves in boiling water for 5 minutes. Fruits will fix the color, and boiling water will disinfect the product. Perhaps the microbes do not disappear completely, but they will no longer multiply.
2. Special solution will help preserve the color of the fruit. For this you need 1 liter of water and citric acid (8 tsp.). In this syrup, hold apricots for about 10 minutes.
These are two proven methods. Citric acid and boiling water retain the color of the fruit for a long time. But try not to overdo them.
Now you know how to make dried apricots at homeconditions. However, it is necessary to correctly determine its readiness. After all, if it is undersized, it will quickly deteriorate. In order to find out if dried apricots are ready, you must use one of three methods:
1. Pressing down.Squeeze one dried apricot in your hand, it should be no more than 10% liquid. To the touch fruits are dry, elastic. When they tap on a hard surface, they make a dull sound.
2. Lowering into hot water. Dried apricots swells. This is a sign of good quality. It is necessary to lower in water for 5-10 minutes.
3. Color is a true indicator of quality. If before drying, apricots are dipped in boiling water or in citric acid, then almost natural color is preserved.
Bright orange fruits are getting a little dimmer,like yellow. There was no attempt to preserve the color - then the dried apricots will be of a dark color. If it has not changed much, then the fruit should be dried completely so that it does not spoil.
Many people like to eat dried apricots in the winter.Some use it in a variety of dishes, others prepare compotes, others just love to eat. However, it is important not only to know how to make dried apricots at home, but also to understand how to properly store it.
Plastic bags - the first enemy of dried fruit,therefore, products cannot be kept in them. They only spoil there and become bland, start to bloom. A box or a small box made of wood is best suited. Evening bags from old times are used to store food. You can also keep dried fruits in glass jars, only make small holes in the lid.
