Dried out sultanas - can they be revived?

tjp70

Stupidly, I didn't seal my bag of sultanas properly last time I used them and they have dried out. They are still in date.

Can I soak them in something to revive them?

BitterAndTwisted

Yes, you can. It rather depends on what you're planning to do with them. If they're not as hard as a rock you may not need to soak them in anything. Some recipes call for them to be soaked in wine or spirits before being added to a mixture, or you could get away with putting them in apple juice and gently heating it on the stove-top.

kittycat204

hot tea, then make a tea loaf.

Nottoobadyet

My exes mum taught me her yummy carrot side -

take a bag of frozen baby carrots
Bring a pot of water to a rolling boil.

Add a bit of sugar, a bit of butter and a stock cube to the water. Add carrots while still frozen

Boil until carrots are thawed and cooked through. About two minutes before they finish, throw in your sultanas

They;ll come out nice and plump and its a very nice savoury / sweet dish.

malamay

I always plump sultanas before adding to breads and cakes by sitting them in a cup of boiling water for a minute or two, then draining and adding to my mixture. My carrot cake is the best I've tasted, and I always put it down to plump sultanas

charlies-aunt

Definately salvageable! Add to porridge before microwaving and they come out tasty & plump.

I love the great idea of soaking them in fruit juice or wine/spirits before adding to fruit cakes I have soaked them in tea before adding but this sounds much more delicious!

zippychick

we have a tea loaf thread which sounds perfect for you or this thread may have some useful ideas

ill merge this later

Zip

lollipopsarah

oh yes do the hairy bikers bran cake
cup of dried fruit/cup of sugar/cup of milk or water or tea/cup of bran flakes(or crushed old weetabixtype stuff)
leave in fridge overnight, then add a cup of flour, mix, bung in a tin and cook for about an hour in a medium oven.
lovely jubbly.
xx

pandamonium

Just checked out my dried fruit supplies to make the Christmas cake. The fruit is looking a bit tired (OK and some is out of date ). Don't fancy putting it in the Christmas cake, but do you reckon I could revive it as mincemeat?

AlwaysAllie

I used some dried out fruit for my Christmas pudding - soaked for 24 hours in orange juice and brandy :-)

AA

DawnW

pandamonium wrote: »

Just checked out my dried fruit supplies to make the Christmas cake. The fruit is looking a bit tired (OK and some is out of date ). Don't fancy putting it in the Christmas cake, but do you reckon I could revive it as mincemeat?

I think it would be better in a cake than in mincemeat, 'cos you can soak it first in tea or alcohol, as mentioned above. I wouldn't worry about dried fruit being in date (I don't think I have ever checked tbh ). Sometimes I dry fruit, tomatoes etc myself, and that doesn't even have dates :rotfl: