Prunes not only obligatory component so compote well-loved by many from dried fruits. In itself it is very useful and tasty. All know its salutary action on digestive tract. But besides, prunes are capable to raise immunity, to absorb free radicals and thanks to it, even to render the rejuvenating effect on an organism and to improve a condition of skin.
It is required to you
- On 1 kg of prunes:
- 4 kg 500 g of plum
- 100 g of drinking water
- 10 l of water
Instruction
1. If you have a desire to smoke prunes independently, in house conditions, be ready that it is quite long process. As a result you receive the most tasty dessert which kept the maximum advantage. Look your prunes it will be a little not so elegant as that which you see in shop however consider that gloss on purchased prunes is reached by chemical treatment and fumigating by gas.
2. Select only the whole and not worm-eaten plums. Well wash out them. Put on a plate a pan with water and when water begins to boil, dissolve in it baking soda at the rate of 100 g of soda on 10 liters of water. Lower plum in soda solution literally of 10-20 seconds. Blanshirovka will help to accelerate drying process several. On fruits the network of small cracks will appear.
3. Lay out plums on a towel to dry. When fruits dry, accurately pin them in several places a fork. There are enough several punctures. Take out a stone it isn't necessary, proved that the fruits which are dried up unpitted keep much more vitamins and minerals.
4. Now spread out plum in one layer on an oven baking sheet. It is necessary to dry prunes in stages for 4 hours everyone. The first 4 hours temperature has to be equal in an oven to 40-45 degrees, the next 4 hours — 60 degrees, and then bring heating to 75-80 degrees. Each 4 hours take out a baking tray from an oven and let's fruits cool down to room temperature. It needs to be made that fruits when overheating didn't burst and didn't lose juice. Plum has to cool down about an hour 3-4. Try to overturn the cooled-down fruits to achieve uniform dehumidification. Finally dry prunes, having taken out baking sheets from an oven, at the room temperature.
5. Ready prunes have to be elastic, dark, opaque and kind of slightly covered with dust. It means that in processing the chemistry wasn't used. At industrial smoking of prunes for acceleration of process uses fumigating by smoke (sulphurous anhydride), and also processing of fruits glycerin. Exactly thanks to such processing they have the shining, shining appearance. However you prepared really useful and clean product. It is necessary to store ready prunes in the dry cool place, having spread out on paper packets to avoid an otsyrevaniye.