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Drying vegetables

8 recipes · Drying fruit and vegetables

8 drying vegetables 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.

  • Beans (Sliced, Drying)

    Sliced green beans/wax beans are cut diagonally into 2 cm pieces, blanched and dried at 80–90 °C for 2–2½ hours.

  • Peas (Drying)

    Green peas sorted by size, blanched in 5 l water with 30 g sugar and 15 g salt, and dried at 50–60 °C for 3–4 hours.

  • Cabbage (Drying)

    Drying cabbage from Erken 1914: cabbage cut in strips, blanched and dried at 80–90 °C falling to 60 °C for 4–6 hours; stored dry in linen bags or tins.

  • Caraway Greens (Drying)

    Caraway greens are dried like parsley: ½ minute in boiling salted water, cooling and drying at 80 °C falling to 60 °C for about 4 hours.

  • Parsley (drying)

    Parsley is dipped ½ minute in boiling salted water, cooled in cold water and dried at 80 °C falling to 60 °C for about 4 hours.

  • Root Vegetables (drying)

    Drying root vegetables from Erken 1914: carrots, parsnip and celeriac cut in strips, blanched 5–8 minutes and dried at 80–90 °C falling to 60 °C.

  • Spinach (drying)

    Spinach is cleaned of coarse ribs and dried without blanching at falling heat from 80 down to 60 °C.

  • Green Beans (Drying)

    Green beans are trimmed, blanched 10–15 minutes and dried at 80–90 °C.