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Fruit leather with blackcurrants

Lotus-eater
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Can you make fruit leather with just blackcurrants? or is it better to not use them or add something to them?

Thanks
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  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    Ive never heard of fruit leather, what is it.
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • j.e.j.
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    I must admit I'd never heard of it either :huh: I just found this on Google, looks like it's fruit that's pureed, dried and made into strips?

    http://www.self-sufficient.co.uk/Make-Fruit-Leather.htm
  • annie123
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    LE they wouldn't be sweet enough for me, I'd add some sweet apples too. Raspberry ones are delicious if you have any left or yet to come.
  • Lotus-eater
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    annie123 wrote: »
    LE they wouldn't be sweet enough for me, I'd add some sweet apples too. Raspberry ones are delicious if you have any left or yet to come.
    That's what I'd thought, ok I'll bin that idea and find some other way to use them :D
    Thanks!
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
  • annie123
    annie123 Posts: 4,256 Forumite
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    Lotus-eater wrote: »
    That's what I'd thought, ok I'll bin that idea and find some other way to use them :D
    Thanks!

    Icecream.........http://www.blackcurrantfoundation.co.uk/recipes_blackcurrant_ice_cream.html

    Your kids will love it ;)

    lots of other recipes on that site too.
  • Lotus-eater
    Lotus-eater Posts: 10,792 Forumite
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    annie123 wrote: »
    Icecream.........http://www.blackcurrantfoundation.co.uk/recipes_blackcurrant_ice_cream.html

    Your kids will love it ;)

    lots of other recipes on that site too.
    Brilliant link! Thanks.
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
  • Butterfly_Brain
    Butterfly_Brain Posts: 8,862 Forumite
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    edited 28 July 2012 at 8:00AM
    I made a summer fruit leather last year (basically using up the last of all of my soft fruits and a couple of apples) I used honey instead of sugar
    Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
    C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z. Member #35 Butterfly Brain + OH - Foraging Fixers
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  • dogstarheaven
    dogstarheaven Posts: 1,382 Forumite
    edited 28 July 2012 at 9:23AM
    got a load of gooseberries that were picked from Sunday and some raspberries that are forever fruiting (and moulding!). Does anyone have a leather recipe for this, pls? Last year were apple and cinnamon, but now that i have soft fruit available from the lotti, am wondering if the method is still the same. I've looked on the net and found that honey was an additional ingred. but the apple one I did wasn't needed. What do you dehydrator-lovers do with soft fruit leathers?
  • Butterfly_Brain
    Butterfly_Brain Posts: 8,862 Forumite
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    I find that the best use for blackcurrants is to make jam or how about blackcurrant vodka drinking-1.gif
    Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
    C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z. Member #35 Butterfly Brain + OH - Foraging Fixers
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  • Lotus-eater
    Lotus-eater Posts: 10,792 Forumite
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    Butterfly_Brain wrote: »
    I find that the best use for blackcurrants is to make jam or how about blackcurrant vodka drinking-1.gif
    Doing the vodka today :D I love it.
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
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