http://www.durgan.org/URL/?VBPOO 6 February 2012. Finalizing Method of Producing Fruit Leather
Fruit leather was made, finalizing the method. It turned out perfectly. Thirty dollars of produce was purchased. It was washed, made into a slurry using the hand blender and counter blender. An acorn squash, cooked, was added to increase the fibre content. The slurry was placed on the solid sheet, sprayed with ascorbic acid about one tablespoon in a litre of water, and placed in the dehydrator, set to 57C for 12 hours.The leather was removed from the solid sheets, which was effortless, at about 8 hours, and place on the open mesh sheets to improve drying and further dehydrated. Completion was determined subjectively upon checking periodically. The leather was vacuum packed for storage, some in plastic, and some in a jar. This is the final testing effort and the method will be used in the Summer, when abundant produce is in season.