California Farm Sun Dried Apples. Dried apples are just as good for you like fresh fruits. They are rich in fiber and antioxidants, which means they help improve digestion and benefit your well-being. What in the world could the State of California find to be carciogenic about organic apples???
Sweet/tart Blenheim Apricots grown on a third generation family farm in the premium agriculture region in Santa Cruz, California. We then let the California sun do it's work! Our dried fruit is then immediately freeze dried and stored from its fresh state. To cook California Farm Sun Dried Apples you need 8 ingredients and just 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients
- Prepare of large Granny Smith or Golden Delicious apples, half pound each, 10 lbs. fresh makes 8 lbs. dry.
- You need of water.
- You need of canning salt for blanching.
- You need of Equipment.
- Prepare of bucket.
- It's of mandolin hand slicer with 1/4 “ setting.
- It's of magnetic screen door curtain, 40” wide x 86” high, (amazon, $14).
- You need of cardboard to cover area 40” wide, 86” long.
We do not add sulfur to our fruit We are currently exploring new and exciting avenues for Ha's Apple Farm, including adding nutritional labels to our packaging, so stay tuned! We believe the best dried apricots come from the very best apricot variety. That's why all of our dried apricots are made from Blenheims grown and sun-dried right here on our farm. Much of California, and of the broader US West, has suffered through years of lighter-than-usual precipitation and a particularly dry winter.
California Farm Sun Dried Apples instructions
- Dip 1/4” apple slices in salt water to blanch them a few minutes. No peeling or coring needed. When slicing, discard both ends, lay slices lenghtwise over cardboard boxes to dry, full sun, pointing southward. Each apple makes about ten full slices..
- Make about 200 slices, drop slices in bucket with saline solution, stir well to blanch, keep slices from sticking together. Spread slices on cardboard. Cover with mesh to keep the bugs out. Put rocks on the ends of the mesh to keep from blowing away..
- Dry slices in sun one full day. Check second day, flip ones that still feel moist. Third day, feel and taste a slice. Once chewy, Leathery, dry and sweet, pack loosely in paper shopping bag, store in dry closet, fold and close top with clothes pin to keep insects out. Enjoy!.
Augason Farms Dried Whole Egg Powder adds versatility to your emergency food supply and is an easy way to ensure you have eggs Simply add to other dry ingredients and increase liquid requirements by necessary amount. If you don't have dried apples, you can use dried apricots or figs. California is an important apple-producing state, growing more varieties than any other state west of the Rocky Mountains. However, insects and birds are attracted to drying apples, and may contaminate them. If you wish to try sun drying, please consult other reliable ref-erences such as the.