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If you have an air fryer at home, you can use it to dry strawberries, in the following way:
- Cut the strawberries into medium-sized slices, and get rid of any bad pieces.
- Place the strawberry slices on the top rack of the air fryer, and sprinkle a little organic sugar (stevia sugar) on them.
- Set the temperature of the fryer to 55 degrees Celsius, and dry them for
5 hours.
- After you finish drying the strawberries, leave them aside until they cool, then
store them in storage containers.
Things to avoid when drying strawberries:
One of the most important things you should avoid when drying strawberries is the following:
- Avoid using unripe strawberries, and it is preferable to use organic strawberries that are free of pesticides.
- Avoid drying strawberries before washing them; to avoid any dirt or dust stuck to the strawberries.
- Avoid stacking the strawberry slices next to each other when drying them so that they are touching each other; because this will stick to each other when they dry.
- Avoid drying them in the oven at high temperatures; because they will stick to the parchment paper.
Avoid using tin foil or wax paper instead of parchment paper when drying strawberries in the oven, because the strawberries stick to it.
Other useful tips and ideas about drying strawberries:
Here are some important tips for drying strawberries in the best possible way
- When drying strawberries in the oven, do not neglect to monitor them frequently so that they do not burn, and it is preferable to turn them over from time to time as well.
- You can keep strawberries in a tightly sealed container on the table or in the refrigerator for up to a month.
- You can stir the strawberry pieces with a little coarse sugar before drying them, and leave them for half an hour; to allow the strawberries to release their juice and part of the liquids inside them, which makes them dry faster.
- You should monitor the strawberries well during the last hour of drying time.
Remove the dried strawberry pieces immediately after they dry, and do not wait until all the pieces are finished drying.
- If you have a food dehydrator that you can use to dry strawberries, just set the temperature of the dehydrator to 57.2 degrees Celsius, and leave the strawberry pieces inside to dry for up to 10 hours,
Be sure to turn them over in the first two hours.
The importance and benefit of drying strawberries:
You can dry apricots, or dry cherries, or green almonds, or many other fruits, and each type has different benefits than the other type, and we will mention below some of the things that you benefit from
drying strawberries as follows:
- You get the opportunity to enjoy the flavor of fresh strawberries throughout
the year.
- You can send them with the children to school as a snack.
- You can add them to lunches and various meals.
Eat them as a healthy alternative instead of chips