| | What's the best method to dehydrate blueberries Page 1 of 1 | Has anyone dehydrated blueberries, I want to make this recipe and dehydrate the blueberries myself for it and I was just wondering the best way to do it without taking little nutrients from them, I've read about dropping them in boiling water for about 1-2 minutes than in cold water to stop the cooking or instead just cut them in half and than place on dehydrator?
Raw Food Almond Blueberry Energy Bars ( makes 8 )
Ingredients:
1 cup raw almonds
1 cup dried plums (prunes)
2 tablespoons finely grated orange zest
2 tablespoons orange juice
Pinch of sea salt
1/2 cup dried blueberries*
1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds
Directions:
Place almonds in a food processor and grind into a flour consistency.
Add dried plums, orange zest, orange juice, and salt. Process until well combined.
Transfer mixture to a bowl and add dried blueberries and sunflower seeds, stirring to combine.
Press mixture into an 8-inch baking dish. Cut into 8 bars. Wrap each in plastic wrap or layer with waxed paper in an airtight container. | |
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| What's the best method to dehydrate blueberries
Posted: 3/8/2012 6:06:01 PM | can't you buy some already dried? or use dried cranberries instead?
this recipe looks good.
I'm going to it with dried cranberries since I have some, instead of dried blueberries. | |
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| What's the best method to dehydrate blueberries
Posted: 3/8/2012 6:15:00 PM | | Yes I could but making them would be much more yummy and who knows how long they have been in the store, besides I have a dehydrator and dehydrated ones cost more than the fresh ones. | |
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| What's the best method to dehydrate blueberries
Posted: 3/8/2012 8:17:22 PM | Dehydrated fruit always has lots of sugar added, which in my opinion, ruins the flavor (my wife disagrees, she's always got craisins around).
You could cut them in half and dehydrate them, or you can do it whole as well but they will take longer... | |
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| What's the best method to dehydrate blueberries
Posted: 3/9/2012 2:42:18 AM | | I would have to disagree with you too,(no sugar is being added) I'm going to try and make fruit my only source of sugar as much as possible, knowing how bad sugar is for you but at least fruit your getting nutrients from it, did my own pears and to me it was like chewy candy and has very nice flavor, to me the flavor is all still there just no juices. | |
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| What's the best method to dehydrate blueberries
Posted: 3/9/2012 5:22:25 AM | if you wanna keep all the nutrients...nix the boiling water...and as far as cutting them in half...ummm...how bout no?...by the time you get finished slicin the last one...the first one will be dry already...hehe
just dehydrate them whole...
mind you i wouldnt spoil fresh blueberries by dehydrating them at all...ya cant beat the taste of fresh blueberries..esp wild ones | |
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| What's the best method to dehydrate blueberries
Posted: 3/9/2012 10:20:15 AM | I'm not sure why they need to be dehydrated if they are going to be baked into a bar????
But, when I dehydrate any type of berry like blueberries, cranberries and even grapes....I poke each one with a knife or it will literally take days to dehydrate them. | |
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| What's the best method to dehydrate blueberries
Posted: 3/9/2012 11:46:54 AM | | I personally never had a recipe that asked for dehydrated berries but if I had to try to do it, I suppose I would do it like making stale bread. Pop in oven @200ish degrees and see what happens. | |
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| What's the best method to dehydrate blueberries
Posted: 3/9/2012 3:31:13 PM | | Now I definitely agree with you on that, but I still believe dehydrating doesn't ruin the taste of the fruit it still tastes like the fruit just without the juices. | |
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| What's the best method to dehydrate blueberries
Posted: 3/11/2012 2:44:03 PM | It sure takes a long time to dehydrate blueberries when you don't drop them in boiling water first for 2-3 minutes, I did grapes once took 4 days but gee they were good.
Anyways couldn't wait for my blueberries so I went and purchased a few to make this recipe and I must say it's a sure winner, will be even better next time I make them when I use my dehydrated blueberries. So if your in a hurry to make them it's best to do the boil method first, I chose not too. | |
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| What's the best method to dehydrate blueberries
Posted: 3/11/2012 6:21:01 PM | It's best to blanch (add to boiled water for 2-3 minutes then add it to ice water) all fruits before dehydrating them, in fact adding a little lemon juice to the boiling water also helps preserve from turning brown during the process.
Next time you get out the trays to dehydrate try thick slices of mangoes this way, blanch in a little lemon juice then pat down with a paper towel and add a little sugar then dehydrate for 12-24 hours just under the normal amount so it's still a little tender and moist inside.
It really intensifies the flavor and there's no comparing homemade to store bought dry mangoes which many times have a funny taste. | |
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| What's the best method to dehydrate blueberries
Posted: 3/12/2012 4:12:41 PM | | I disagree I don't think fruit is best to blanch first unless you want it to dry faster than by all means do so, also only fruit with tough skins work with this method I wouldn't dare trying it with any that wasn't, as for adding sugar "really", I don't think I've ever had a mango that wasn't sweet enough on it's own, besides the whole point of myself dehydrating fruit is to avoid that extra sugar and whatever else they might add to it in the stores, but I'm sure to try mango | |
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| What's the best method to dehydrate blueberries
Posted: 3/13/2012 10:05:35 AM | Perhaps you could add fresh blueberries and skip the orange juice. To keep the orange flavour increase the amount of orange zest.
Preferably wild blueberries as they contain less juice.
(side note: I picked 24 L of blueberries last fall....eat them every morning!) | |
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