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Posted by catlady4444 7A (My Page) on Fri, Aug 7, 09 at 12:19
Hello,
I am about to buy my first dehydrator. One of the things I want to make it fruit leather. They have teflon sheets (is teflon safe at dehydrator temps?) silicone coated sheets (one dealer said they're not as good as teflon---does stuff stick???) or parchment paper (doesn't fruit stick to this?)
Any suggestions or guidance would be much appreciated.
Has anyone tried waxpaper? Does the wax melt?
THANK YOU!
Ann |
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RE: nonstick dehydrator sheets
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| Parchment paper works fine,it's impregnated with silicone you can also use plastic wrap and spray lightly with Pam or any non stick spray coating, either way you can make fruit roll-ups easy. Dehydrators don't get hot enough usually to melt wax paper, you can use that also. I don't own any teflon coated equipment,I have an aversion to it, aluminium too. |
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| My old dehydrator just has plastic mesh and it works great, but I've never tried to do fruit roll-ups. I'll remember the parchment paper trick, I always have that stuff on hand for baking... With a choice, I'd probably go for the parchment paper, it's relatively cheap and readily available and clean up would be a snap. Annie |
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| I bought 4 paraflex (I think that's what they are called!!) sheets to use with my Excalibur dehydrator. They work great for fruit leather. |
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| I bought 7 sheets with my Excalibur 10 years ago, and thought they were outrageously expensive at the time. I've come to really like them. Nothing sticks, easy to clean, still just as good as new. And we make a whole lotta fruit leather. I might add, here, that one use of fruit leather is mixing it up with other fruit to make a stronger flavored and thicker jam/fruit-butter. As an example, last fall I had several bushels of Johnathan apples, so over a week in there, we would make 3 gallons of apple sauce, run that through the food strainer and into the dehydrator, and then start up another batch of apple sauce. The next day, strain that 2nd batch, put back in the 3 gallon pot, and add the fruit leather from the dehydrator. Simmer for an hour or so on very low heat, the fruit leather dissolves, and nothing left to do but add a bit of cinnamon. Sweet, really thick, really good apple butter without any added sugar. Add to chutneys, compotes, and all that. |
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| Mine came with the teflon sheets and I've never had any problems with using them. It sticks a bit but easily peels right off and they clean up easily. That's a great idea David - adding it back to other products. Never thought of that. Thanks! :) Dave |
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- Posted by kandm 8b coastal alabama (My Page) on
Mon, May 3, 10 at 3:58
| I use ziploc freezer bags along with duct tape to hold them down to the tray. If the bag has a white area for you to write in the date or food description make sure to put that part facing down on the rack, otherwise the ink will stick to the food. |
RE: nonstick dehydrator sheets
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| What fruit mixtures do you use for leathers? I'd love to have strawberry-rhubarb! Would that work? |
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