Some of us, eating prunes, do not realize that this is - dried plum.Oddly enough, but there are such people.However, everyone knows about the benefits of this fruit in all its form.For example, properly cooked prunes is not only tasty, but also quite useful.You can cook it in various ways, one of them - Electric driers.This method is fast and easy and has a lot of advantages, which we will discuss.Since dried plums Electric driers?We understand in this matter.
Some information about prunes
is well known that the dried fruit improves the digestive system, helps to normalize the pressure, strengthens the nervous system.It has a sweet and sour taste, so good with meat, for example, a stuffed duck or chicken.Dried plums are added to the ice cream, cakes, fruit salads and other desserts.How much need fresh plums to obtain one kilogram of dried prunes?It takes about four and a half kilograms.Some information on how to choose a plum in winter drying.It is proposed to use the fruits of the variety "Hungarian", as they have more flesh and less juice.Take necessary to drain completely matured, which is about to fall to the ground, large size - prunes will be more meaty.Dry preferably with a bone.In an industrial scale because of the slow drying plums it is treated with boiling soda solution at home - prick with a fork.
Electric driers dry the plums, the first option
Here we come to the first method being dried plums Electric driers.We start with the preparation of the fruit: remove the stalk, then do the same with leaves and wash well.In order for the drying process is faster plum blanshiruem, dip it in boiling solution of soda food for half a minute - and then washed in water.If everything was done correctly, the whole surface should be cracks.When drying the moisture evaporates.If the drain is large, it can be cut in half and remove pits.In this case, it is put on the pallet up the incision.Start temperature - 40-45 degrees.Set in the drying trays and cover with lid.First drying should last 3-4 hours.At the same time every hour changing pallets.To obtain a high quality dried fruit, preferably a couple of times to take breaks for 4-5 hours to cool the fruit.Otherwise they will leak from the juice.The second drying - six hours at 60-65 degrees, followed by five-hour cooling.The third drying - Five hours at a temperature of 70 degrees.Dried plums must have firm, elastic, soft to the touch and does not give off the juice when pressed.Store the dried fruit is recommended in canvas bags, ceramic or glass container, in a cool place.Plums are ready for winter.
jerked drain - prunes
There are three ways to prepare this product.These are: industrial, in several stages, gradually bringing the temperature to 900;Home - Electric driers or in the oven;very old, in which the three weeks plum dried in the sun, with flies and dust.Cooking, as in the previous case, in the Electric driers, but in the same temperature range - 42-45 degrees as the hot summer sun.The first call is done at night, and by morning the fruit are significantly reduced in size.We leave for another couple of days, periodically shifting-sorting plums.Some of them three or four days ready.With a little bit of uncertainty retain moisture better than under-cured.Dried leave for a couple of days on a tray, let dosohnut at room temperature.Then decompose them in jars, cover with a cloth, paper and bandages.The entire drying process one batch takes about two weeks.In the process, as the dryer is still running and there is free space, it is possible to enclose the fresh feed, but you can - dry bread.Mastered one more way how to dry plums Electric driers.The finished product may replace candy.
Pets preparations for the winter.Plum - the main product
One way of harvesting our fruit for the winter season we have already mastered.But, as you all well know, plums are stored not only in dried form.Mistresses often use them for its various pieces, draining a part of the wide variety of recipes, from her doing seaming.For these people the fruits used in food since ancient times.They contain organic acids such as malic and ascorbic quinic also galactan, pectin, and 16% sugar.We harvest the fruit, called a drain for the winter.Recipes recommended to keep handy.
Cooking plum jam with walnuts
cooked meals for this recipe, of course, not too fast, but it is quite simple.Since it can handle every fan of the fruit.It is necessary to take two kilos of sugar plums one kilogram.Another take walnuts.Remove from fruit pits, while trying to perform a given task, so that the fetus suffered minimal.Instead of pitting invest nut pieces, pre-fried.The vessel in which we are preparing the dish, fill with sugar and she placed six hours in the refrigerator.After that, the small fire blank boil 20 minutes.On the next day again, at the same time, the same boil for 20 minutes.The operation is repeated five or six days.When finished cooking, jam roll up in a pre-prepared jars.
plums, pickled for winter
In contrast to the above described method (as dried plums Electric driers), we will make "wet" dish - pickled plum.Use fruits will "ugorki" containers can take any.Make fill: take 10-12 liters of water per 25 kg of plums, sugar - 0.5 kg of salt - 150 grams.Do not interfere with mustard powder - 30 grams.Add the extract of kvass - a glass, stir in two and a half cups of water to 250 grams of flour.When installing the drain in a container between layers of fruit put celery, mint leaves, cherries, currants, parsnip.Proportions - at its discretion.All of this pour the prepared liquid, cover with a cloth, put the yoke.A week hold at +20? C, followed by the month - at +4? C - 14? C.Done.
Cook plum and apricot jam
continue to prepare blanks of plum recipes are, as you see, are numerous.Add special taste for apricots.You will need 3.5 kg of plums and apricots 1.5 kg for two kilos of sugar.
releases all the fruit from the seed.Cook separately in a small amount of water.After softening the resulting mass through a sieve or mince.It can be ground in a blender.The mixture is mashed with sugar, stirring constantly, cook until thick.To jam is not burnt, we make a small fire.We spread in hot jars and twists.Kapron lid can close, but then must be stored in a refrigerator at a constant temperature.
cook faster plum jam from
So, we sink.Preparation of jam out of it - a real pleasure.On one kilogram favorite fruits need two kilos of sugar.Scalded with boiling water and passed through a meat grinder it drain for small bars.Naturally, before discharging it has been well washed, and then removed it from the bone.Fall asleep in the resulting mass is granulated sugar and leave for an hour, before the release of juice.Stir, boil for 20 minutes over medium heat, packaged by banks and close their lids.In that case, when the fruits are juicy, have to cook longer define it by the degree of thickening.If you do not know what to cook from our fruit now, remember how dry the plums Electric driers, save them in a form before the winter, and then decide what to make of them.
