Homemade Cherry Fruit Leather (Print Version)
# Ingredients:
→ Fruit Base
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4 cups of cherries, pitted and fresh
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65 grams of sugar or honey, up to you
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60 ml of water
# Instructions:
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Rinse cherries well, pluck off stems and leaves, then pit them using a cherry pitter.
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Pour pitted cherries, water, and your choice of sugar or honey into a pot that won’t react with acid. Heat on medium. Once simmering, keep stirring until the cherries get really soft.
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Once cooked, toss the cherry mix into a blender or food processor and whizz it until it’s totally smooth.
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Cover your dehydrator trays with silicone sheets or parchment paper. Use a spatula to spread your cherry mash in a thin, even layer.
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Set the dehydrator to around 52°C or 125°F. Let it dry for 8–12 hours. You want it bendy, not sticky.
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Fire up your oven to about 77°C or 170°F. Lay out silicone mats on trays, spread puree into two thin layers, and bake for roughly 5 hours. Rotate the trays now and then until tacky and dry.
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Peel the leather off the sheet, then cut it into strips and roll ‘em up. Toss in a sealed container. If you throw in an oxygen packet, you’ll avoid extra moisture.
# Notes:
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Keep your fruit leather fresher by popping it in the fridge. You can swap out cherries for whatever fruit you like.
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If you want, hang onto the cherry pits for sauces or jelly, but leave them out of the leather.