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Leather and Fruit Roll Recipes

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Leather and Fruit Roll Recipes

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Leathers are an easy answer to the often heard request of "What is there to eat?!"

Yogurt, leftover fruits or vegetables can be pureed, sweetened and spiced and made into a nutritious, high-energy snack food. Spread the pureed produce thinly on Excalibur Paraflexx™ Premium sheets or parchment paper and dehydrate, transforming the liquid into a chewy, quick-energy snack! Leathers are so simple to make... and take along!

General Instructions Select ripe or slightly overripe (but not spoiling) produce that blends and tastes well together. (Strawberries and rhubarb, or bananas and pineapple make great combinations.) Wash, remove any blemishes, stems or pits and peel produce, if desired. (Keep in mind produce skins are highly nutritious). Puree the produce in a blender until it is smooth.
Pour 1½ to 2 cups of puree on to a ParaFlexx™ sheet or parchment paper covered trays. Since the edges tend to dry more rapidly, the poured puree should be 1/8" thick at the center and 1/4" thick at the edges. Place the prepared puree in the dehydrator with the temperature set at 135ºF. Average drying time for leathers is 4 to 6 hours. When the leather has dried, it will be a bit shiny and non-sticky to the touch. Allow the leather to cool and peel it from the tray. Roll it into a tight cylindrical shape. A piece of plastic wrap, measured to fit the length and width, is then tightly wrapped around the leather.

Fruit Tart fruits such as rhubarb and cranberries require sweetening before drying. To the fruit puree, add from ¼ to ½ cup of honey or sugar. The amount of sweetener added is dependent on your personal preference. Apple leather can be flavored with ground cinnamon or nutmeg. Peanut butter and banana leathers can be made with 4 ripe bananas and 1 cup of old-fashioned peanut butter. Try adding coconut or chopped nuts to the leather for an even more interesting taste and texture! (Be sure to refrigerate leathers containing nuts as the oil in them may shorten the leathers' shelf life.) Dry at 135ºF. Yogurt Yogurt, when spread onto Paraflexx Premium sheets or parchment paper and dried, becomes vividly colored taffy-like snack. Make yogurt , add flavorings such as pureed strawberries or peppermint extract. For best results with commercially made yogurt, use pre-stirred yogurt. Cut the rolled yogurt leathers into ½" pieces and re-dry into individual 'bites' for 1 hour. Re-drying the yogurt after it has been cut will help seal the edges and prevent pieces from sticking together in the storage container. Vegetables Vegetables can be steamed until tender, pureed and mixed with herbs and spices. Tomato puree mixed with Italian herbs can be dried and later rehydrated for use as tomato paste or sauce. Gazpacho leathers made from tomato, cucumber, onion, green pepper and herbs is a delicious, low calorie treat! Carrot leathers can be the base for a cream soup. Using your imagination, experiment a bit to find out what you like the most! Dry at 125ºF. Excalibur Tips When you plan your meals, consider planning for extra left-overs to be dehydrated. Often, it only takes a few minutes to double a recipe, especially when cooking vegetable dishes. Serve half of your recipe and dehydrate the other half. Quick and easy, since there's a minimum of 'extra' work involved. Get the kids involved. Because dehydration is often much easier than other food preservation methods, it's a good way to introduce children to a very educational learning experience with tasty treats for their efforts. Think about it for a moment... not only are they learning food preparation techniques, they are learning measurements of liquids, dry measure, temperature, humidity, and more. With adult supervision, even very young children can begin applying their creativity in constructive ways. When your leathers are dry, use cookie cutters and/or scissors to cut leathers into shapes for holiday snacks. When you finish cutting stars, for example, gather up the scraps. Snip these apart, as needed, and roll up into snack balls. Put your stars and balls back in the dehydrator for about an hour to seal the cut edges. This helps to keep them from sticking together. Make leathers a part of your Emergency Preparedness Plan . Easy to store, with no cooking or rehydration required, leathers and roll-ups are comfort foods, especially for children, while supplying good nutrition to young and young-at-heart, alike. Fruit roll-ups are great gifts for people in all walks of life. Outdoor people will appreciate their light weight. They can be tucked into an office desk drawer for a quick afternoon pick-me-up. They fit the bill for many people with special diet requirements.