Dried Blood Plums

Name: Dried Blood Plums
Ingredients: 10 lbs of blood plums (or any amount you want to dry. I buy a twenty pound box at the farmer's market); water (for washing plums, recipezaar said I needed to have more than one ingredient, lol)

2 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

10 lbs of blood plums (or any amount you want to dry. I buy a twenty pound box at the farmer's market)
water (for washing plums, recipezaar said I needed to have more than one ingredient, lol)

Directions

1

Wash plums.
2

Cut into wedges, removing pit (quarters or sixths depending on the size of the plum).
3

Place on dehydrator rack (or some ovens have low temperature setting for drying fruit).
4

Dry at 135 degrees for about 24 hours. Drying time may vary considerably depending on humidity levels.
5

They are done when they are leathery and sticky, but no longer juicy.
6

Store them in ziplock freezer bags in the freezer until ready to use.
7

FYI - Some varieties of blood plum are Ruby Blood, Satsuma and Mariposa.