A Foxy Friday!

Fruit Leather

Reading about making paper from flax reminded me about how fun it is to make fruit leather.
How to Make Fruit Leather
 You will need:

• a tin of fruit (or a jar of preserved fruit)
• a tin opener
• a food processor
• a dehydrator
• a spoon

What to do:

1. Open the tin.
2. Tip the fruit into the food processor ( don't put in all the juice).
3. Mix it to a pulp or puree.
4. Spread the pulp evenly over a tray from the dehydrator.
5. Stack the trays on the dehydrator.
6. Turn on the dehydrator for 10-12 hours.
7. Turn off the dehydrator.
8. Peel the leather off the tray.
9. Enjoy a sweet treat!

We made some interesting discoveries when we made the fruit leather.

• We used baking paper and it fused with the fruit leather so it was very hard (almost impossible) to peel the paper off. Next time we won't use baking paper.
• We made some pineapple chips by drying thin slices of pineapple using a mesh tray, not a solid one. They were delicious!
• Now we've seen dehydrated fruit - it's shrivelled and shrunken - we know why it's important to drink plenty of water. We don't want our brains to shrivel or shrink!
• We'd like to try making some green and red leather for Christmas time.

Why don't you do some exploring about making fruit leather? 

This website tells you how to make it if you don't have a dehydrator.

Quentin Blake

Today we read the wonderful story Cockatoos by Quentin Blake. If you'd like to find out more about this amazing illustrator and author you should check out his website.
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