Fruit chips

Fruit chips are in the snack or quick snack category. Unlike many other similar products, fruit chips are completely ready for consumption. In addition, they have a number of advantages over traditional chips, since their composition completely lacks dyes and preservatives along with carcinogens formed when fried in oil. Therefore, it can be said that fruit chips are a healthy healthy food product for children and adults.

Fruit chips are a kind of fast food, but with a distinctive plus sign for the health of consumers. By the way, fruit chips are in stable demand and are very popular in America and Europe - they are sold in many large grocery chains.

Notably, fruit chips are produced by freeze-drying or vacuum freeze-drying, rather than by oven-drying, oil-frying, or conversion to ice. By the way, sublimation is a physical process, reverse condensation. This is a wonderful way to preserve products, in which liquid is displaced using special technology.

Initially, the products are deep frozen, after which moisture is dried from them under pressure. As a result, the product retains the taste, color scheme, vitamins and beneficial elements, and also does not lose its shape. Dried freeze apricot remains apricot, strawberries remain strawberries, only fruit chips are much lighter in weight and crisp in structure. We can say that this is why they are called chips.

If you suddenly want to return the fruit chips to their original state, it is enough to lower the product into the water and after a while it will miraculously return its shapes, filled with moisture.

In order to cook fruit chips on your own, you need to select fresh medium-sized fruits, rinse them thoroughly and dry them. Cutting the fruit into thin slices (preferably a slicer) along with the skin, you need to remove the seeds and bones, if any. If the fruit does not differ in sweetness, you can sprinkle slices on 2 sides with powdered sugar.

In fact, the preliminary work is over - future fruit chips need to be dried to a fragile state. This is done in an electric or gas oven at 60 degrees and a ajar door. In addition, you can use an electric box for vegetables and fruits. The main thing when preparing fruit chips is to be patient, because the whole process takes at least eight hours. Fruit chips are ready if they break and crisp easily. It is recommended to store ready-made fruit chips at room temperature in a dry, dark place.