How to dry cherries for the winter with a bone and without a bone? When to collect and how to dry cherries for tea?

Drying is one of the ways of harvesting cherries for the winter. Find out how to dry the berries in the sun, in the oven, the dryer and the aerogril. The article also contains the features of drying of cherry leaves.

The time comes when you need to make blanks for the winter - because what could be better than natural home products used for any dishes. And here cherry disgusted: jam, compotes, pies, dumplings, and even remained. Cherry can be dried for the winter. The best way is to dry in the open air, that is, in fact, to drown. You can dry in the oven, in the furnace (who has the opportunity), in an electric dryer. To properly dry the cherries, we adhere to the simple rules. We find out the rules.

Preparation of cherries for drying

In order for the cherry to dry, not to go or rot, it must be prepared:

1. We select the cherry of ripe, unsorned, without flaws
2. I am thoroughly
3. We lay out on the fabric so that it absorbs water
4. Choose a drying method

For drying, I choose fresh, ripe, not crippled cherries.

At what temperature to dry cherries and how much at home?

If you dry the cherry in the oven, you need 10 - 12 hours. This can be done in several approaches.

1. First, cherries are dried for a couple of hours at a temperature of 165 degrees
2. Then the temperature in the oven can be reduced, for example, turning it off
3. Then dry the cherry for a couple of hours at a temperature of 165 degrees again
4. Further at a temperature of 140 degrees until cooked

Important: in the open air you need to keep the cherry under the straight sun. The drying process will take in this case several days

Cherry dried without a bone.

Cherry dried with a bone.

How to dry a cherry with a bone and without a bone in the oven?

In the oven you can dry cherries with both bones and without.

1. On a baking sheet you need to put baking paper, on it - berries
2. If bones are removed from cherries, then lay the berry on a baking sheet you need to be cut down
3. While drying occurs, the door of the oven must be kept ajar so that the air circulates through the gap, and so that the berry does not steam
4. Cherry is considered dried if, when pressed on the berry, the liquid does not emit from it, and it does not stick together

You can dry the berries in the oven.

How to dry a cherry with a bone and without a bone in an electric dryer?

In such a brilliant invention as an electric dryer for products, drying cherries is very simple.

1. Berries are laid out on pallets (if cherry without bones, then cut side up)
2. At first, it is boring to set a strong temperature regime, 55 - 60 degrees. Dry the berries in this mode for a certain time. Then you can switch to temperature per 35 degrees

Electric dryer - a kitchen unit for drying cherries, other berries and fruits.

Important: due to the fact that cherries are of different varieties, for example, fleshy and not very, then its readiness must be periodically checked during drying. Well -dried cherry is elastic and does not release juice when pressed

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Drying cherries with a bone and without a bone in the sun

For drying cherries in the open air, dry hot weather is needed.

1. A sunny place is selected, so that there are no pollutant factors (cars, garbage heaps)
2. The owners must prepare a special device where it will be possible to lay out the berries. This can be a special small -cut screen or a pallet with an additional gauze surface. Berries are laid out on it, and if they are without bones, it is better to do this cut side up. It is advisable to place the screen or pallet with a light slope to the south, so the sun will constantly fall into the berry
3. Since the drying of cherries in the sun will take several days (approximately 3 to 7 days, depending on the weather and the size of the berries), in the evening the pallets will need to be carefully entered into the room so that the cherries are not exposed to temperatures and do not gain additional moisture. Cherries with bones in the sun dry longer - up to 10 days

In the sun, the cherry dries the longest - up to 10 days.

Video: Drying Cherry

Drying cherries with a bone and without a bone in an air -grill

In the Aerogril, berries will be dried for about an hour. The optimum temperature for cherries is 60 - 65 degrees.

Important: about 1 kg of berries can be placed in an air grill, the output will be approximately 2: 1

For drying cherries, you can also use an aerogril.

1. Berries need to be laid out on a stimmer layer and insert something like skewer into it so that there is a way for moisture
2. The temperature and time is set, after - the readiness of the berries is checked. They should be without moisture when pressed and be elastic
3. Dried cherry is stored in special paper bags, ceramic or glass jars under nylon covers. The shelf life of the dried berry is half a year

Cherry leaves: when to collect and how to dry for tea?

Leaves of currants, cherries add tea to taste piquancy, and the body gets a lot of beneficial substances.

From dried cherry leaves, delicious tea is obtained.

It is necessary to collect cherry leaves for tea in May, during the flowering period. Then it is filled with juice and strength, and its leaves are still young and tender.

1. You need to collect leaves in dry weather. But, it is desirable that a few days before it rains and washed the leaves, and they naturally dry out. After all, before drying them, it is not recommended to wash them specially, so as not to start the processes of rotting
2. You can collect leaves both with your hands and with the help of scissors
3. Leaflets are selected whole, not spoiled and not driven by bugs
4. They need to be put on a fabric or on paper on a ventilated place outside the hit of direct sunlight. You can do this on the street, you can in the attic or in another similar place
5. From time to time, the leaflets turn and turn over so that they do not deteriorate and dry evenly
6. Ready -made dried leaves break well and crumble well. For storage, they are folded in fabric bags or special tin jars for tea

Tea from dried cherry leaves helps from colds and many other diseases.

Important: the dried cherry leaves are stored for a year. After that, you can harvest a new party

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