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Drying berries

4 recipes · Drying fruit and vegetables

4 drying berries recipes from the “Big Cookbook,” in the drying fruit and vegetables category. From Henriette Schønberg Erken's original text to a modernized version for today's kitchen.

  • Berries Preserved in Water

    Erken's method (1914) for keeping fresh berries in water: sound berries in bottles with cold water, corked and sealed, stored in a dry cellar.

  • Blueberries (Drying)

    Drying blueberries: 3 days of air or sun drying, then 4–6 hours on the top shelf of the drying oven.

  • Rosehips (Drying)

    Rosehips are dried whole or halved and cleaned, at 50 °C rising to 80 °C; alternatively they are blanched a couple of minutes and dried at 80–90 °C.

  • Black currants, red currants, and gooseberries (drying)

    Black currants, red currants, and gooseberries are dried like blueberries: 3 days of air/sun drying and 4–6 hours on the top rack of the drying oven.