Fruit Leather

Hello guys.this is the fourth  experiment by our group.this week we making a new experiment about fruit leather. this experiment allows the food last longer. 

OBJECTIVE:-

• . Identify the reasons for the procedures used in driying fruits.

•  Explain the reason for blanching some vegetables and the reason for not blanching other vegetable and fruits. 

•  Compare the cost quality of home- dried with commecially dried fruits.

•  Evaluate the use of ascorbic acid in retaining color in dried products.

THIS IS THE BASIC FORMULA FOR MAKING  FRUIT LEATHER

(21/ 2c) Peach, hulled and cut in half

(25g) Sugar

METHOD:-

• Puree strawberries in blender until smooth. Stir in the sugar. Line jelly roll pan with aluminium foil and fasten it to the edges with masking tape.
• Spread the fruit evenly in the pan. Dry in oven at 140F (60C) until completely dry and no longer sticky ( approximately 12 hours).
• Remove from alumium foil and roll up. Wrap the roll tightly in aluminium foil and store at room temperature in a tightly closed plastic bag or container. Note: Apple leather can be made using 11/2 1b of apples ( peeled, cored, and pureed), 90ml water, 75g sugar, and 0.8g cinnamon. 

This is our task for this week...


1) Control- Prepared the basic formula ( by using peach fruit) . Note the time required to dry.

This the ingredient 

Puree peach in blender until smooth

Stir in the sugar

(Put parchment paper in the tray) Spread the fruit evenly in the tray by using rubber spatula and dry in oven at 140F (60C) until completely dry and no longer sticky ( approximately 12 hours )

Before Bake

After Bake 

2) Honey, 140F (60C) oven - prepare basic formula, but substitude 30 ml honey for the sugar. Dry in oven    at 140F. Note the time required to dry.

The ingredient

Puree  peach in blender until smooth

This time stir in the honey 30ml ( spread the fruit evenly in the pan and dry in oven at 140F (60C) until completely dry and no  longer sticky) 

Before Bake

After Bake

This is the result of  the fruit leather:

Treatment	Colour	Flavour	Tenderness	Texture
Strawberry, Sugar	Maroon	Sour	Hard	Crispy
Strawberry, Honey	Maroon	Sour	Soft	Chewy
Peach, Sugar	Pale Yellow	Sweet Sour	Hard	Crispy
Peach, Honey	Pale Yellow	Sweet Sour	Soft	Chewy
Kiwi, Sugar	Yellow Brown	Sour	Hard	Crispy
Kiwi, Honey	Yellow Brown	Sour	Soft	Chewy
Dragon Fruit, Sugar	Red Purple	Tasteless	Wet	Wet
Dragon Fruit, Honey	Red Purple	Tasteless	Crispy	Wet
Apple, Sugar	Pale Brown	Sweet	Soft	Wet
Apple, Honey	Pale Brown	Sweet	Soft	Wet