They are all the rage at the moment, home made fruit leathers or Roll ups, I love a good fad so couldn't resist giving them a go. Most of the recipes I looked at called for honey to be used but this household is a honey free house (due to intolerance) so I chose to use Maple Syrup instead, and they turned out really well. So far I have made strawberry leathers and Apple leathers, but I am very much look forward to trying out a few more flavours like Pear, Raspberry, Peach and Mango.
Strawberry Leathers
What you need...- 2 cups of halved strawberries
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Maple Syrup
How you do it…
- Turn your oven to 50 degrees C
- In a food processor or blender add the strawberries and maple syrup, and whizz into a puree
- Line a slice tin with glad wrap, I used a 24cm X 34cm tin
- Pour the puree into the tin and spread out thinly with a spatula
- Place in the oven and leave for 4-5 hours. The length of time will depend on how thick your layer of puree is.
- Once it has dehydrated and it has turned leathery, take out of the oven and let cool
- Pull off the glad wrap and place on some baking paper, use clean kitchen scissors to cut into strips and roll up
- Store in an air tight container for up to a week
Apple Leather
What you need…
- 2 cups of roughly diced apple (about 4)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons of Maple Syrup
- 1 teaspoon of lemon juice
- Pinch of cinnamon
- 1/2 a cup of water
How you do it…
- Heat the oven to 50 C
- Put all ingrediance into a saucepan over a low heat
- Let stew until the apple is nice an soft
- Pour into a food processor/blender and whizz into a puree
- Line a small tin with glad wrap
- Pour the puree into a small slice tin and spread out thinly with a spatula, I used a 18cm X 28cm tin.
- Place in the oven for 4-5 hours
- Once dehydrated leathery take out of the oven and let it cool
- Pull the glad wrap off and place onto some baking paper, cut into strips and roll up
- Store in an air tight container for up to a week
* I used a smaller tin with the apple mixture as it was a thicker mixture and therefore wouldn't spread as well as the runny strawberry mixture.
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