Dehydrating Recipes

Cheryl's Dried Cherries

Nesco Dehydrator 21-24 hours

From Cheryl:

Blanch (quickly) stem on cherries in water that you've brought to a rolling boil then backed off. Only keep them in the water for one minute. Take out and drain, rinse with cold water and pit and remove the stems. Put cherries on the trays, skin side down. Set the dehydrator at 125 and let dry until dry but still tacky, 15-18 hrs.) remove them and place on new clean tray and reduce the heat until about 115-120 for another 6-8 hrs.
I'll take out some at the "dried" fruit stage for munching but these have to be kept in the freezer for any sort of long term storage. The dehydrated ones if put in the proper packaging can last years.

Carrie's Dried Garlic for Garlic powder
Aroma Dehydrator 6 hours

Carrie's lemon peel and powder

Aroma Dehydrator

Renee's Orange peel -

Nesco 1000 Watt - 4 hrs at 145 degrees

Renee's Dried Pear and Orange slices -
Nesco 1000 Watt - 4 hrs at 145 degrees

Stephanie's Dried Celery leaves

Stephanie's Dried Jalapenos and Red Chilis

Stephanie's Dried Jalapenos & Dried Red Chili's

Renee's Dried Mushrooms, Pineapple, Strawberries, and Tomatoes

Renee's
Top row: Dried Mushrooms (1 1/2 hrs) and chunked pineapple (4 hrs)
Bottom row: Strawberries (3 hrs) and cherry tomatoes (4hrs)
Nesco 1000 Watt - see times above!

Renee's Strawberry Daquiri Fruit Rollup and Beef Jerky

Renee's Strawberry Daiquiri Fruit Roll up & Beef Jerky
Nesco 1000 Watt - 4 1/2 hours

"How to Dry Foods" by Deanna DeLong

Teriyaki Jerky

1/2 tsp salt

1/8 tsp pepper

1/2 tsp ground ginger

2 tbsp brown sugar

1 clove garlic

1/4 cup soy sauce

1 lb lean meat, thinly sliced

In a small bowl, combine all ingredients except meat. Stir to mix well. Place the meat 3 or 4 layers deep in a glass, stoneware, plastic or stainless steel container, spooning soy sauce mixture over each layer. Cover tightly. and marinate over night for 6-12 hours. Follow directions for your dehydrator for drying. Makes 1/4 lb. jerky.