Autumn is the time for home preparations for the winter. One way to store apples is to dry apples in a microwave oven. It allows not only to preserve the taste of fruits, but also the vitamins and trace elements contained in them, which decrease when preserving apples in jam or compote. Yes, and to store such a blank you need much less space than, for example, for frozen fruits in the freezer. In addition, dried fruits strengthen the protective mechanisms of the body, stimulate brain activity, thereby they are very useful for students and students, and office workers also do not interfere.
How to dry apples in a microwave oven?
Before drying apples in a microwave, you need to know how to prepare them. First you should carefully sort out the fruits. Worms and damaged apples for drying in a microwave are not suitable, as with further storage they will rot.
Then, apples should be washed and cut into pieces. There are two options for cutting: you can remove the core from the fetus and cut into circles with a thickness of 1.5 - 2 cm or cut each apple into 8 lobules - as you like. Sliced pieces of apples should be placed for 5 minutes in salted water. This will avoid oxidation, the apples will retain color. Salt water, cook at the rate of 20 grams of salt per 1 liter of water.
Drying apples in a microwave oven
Prepared pieces of apples are laid out on a plate in one layer and sent to the microwave oven for 2 minutes at a power of 200-300 watts. Then you should get the plate and check the readiness of the apples. Surely they are not ready yet. Therefore, set the timer for 30 seconds and again send apples to the microwave.
Drying apples in a microwave allows you to keep all the beneficial properties contained in the fruit for several years. You can store already prepared dried fruits in a glass jar or canvas bag in a dry dark place.