How to dry the dog-rose at home: collecting, preparing and processing berries

In order to maintain immunity and saturate the body with vitamins all year round, including in cold winters, it is not necessary to take special medications, you just need to learn how to dry the dog-rose. This manipulation implies a certain specificity, but it is quite feasible at home.

The processing of berries can be carried out in an oven, a special electric dryer or in the open air. The result is a product that can carry long-term storage. At the same time, in terms of the level of useful components, it will not be inferior to fresh rosehips in anything. From the universal billet it is customary to prepare compotes, infusions, jam, decoctions or simply add to tea.

How to properly prepare the dog-rose for drying?

Before you can dry the dog-rose, it is necessary to assemble and process it. It is recommended to do this independently, otherwise the result may not be the one to which the calculation was made.

Regardless of the drying of berries for the winter, you need to collect them as follows:

1. For the subsequent harvesting, it is better to choose slightly immature dense fruits of bright orange or red color, slightly acidic and astringent in taste. They contain twice as many vitamins as in a mature product, and they are much better at home.
2. The optimal time for assembling berries - from the end of August and to the first frosts.
3. After the assembly, you must immediately start drying the berries, long store the dog rose without appropriate treatment is not recommended.
4. When collecting the product, it is recommended to give preference to large berries with streaked sepals at the stems.
5. The assembly and subsequent drying should be carried out together with the pedicels, they contain a significant amount of vitamins and useful components.

Advice: It is not necessary to collect the dog rose in close proximity to roads and industrial plants. He does not absorb any harmful substances and will not cause any harm to his health, but he will not benefit from it either.

The temperature at which it is best to dry the dogrose in the oven and electric dryer

The very process of drying berries in an oven or electric dryer is not difficult, the main factor here is the temperature of the impact. Even its insignificant excess can lead to destruction of all useful components, as a result of which the dog rose will become just a pleasant taste for food additive.

To prevent this, remember the following:

1. The temperature in the oven during the processing should range from 45 ° C to 60 ° C.
2. The processing of fruits in a special dryer is carried out at a temperature of 40 ° C to 70 ° C.

If at home it is not possible to provide such parameters and either to track them, then it's better not to risk and use the option with the usual drying in the fresh air. It will take longer, but will not reduce the quality of the product.

How to dry the dog rose in the oven?

This is the most optimal option for a modern house equipped with appropriate equipment. To properly dry the dogrose for the winter in the oven you need to perform the following manipulations:

• Berries are sorted, we check for quality, we throw out bad fruits. To wash the dogrose is strictly forbidden! Fruits and without this will be qualitatively processed.
• We spread the berries on a baking tray, evenly spreading them on the surface with one layer. We put them in the oven, preheated to 45-50 ° C.
• Rosehip is kept in the oven for about 8 hours, gradually increasing the treatment temperature to 60 ° C.The door of the cabinet should be kept slightly ajar so that the moisture from the berries does not stay in a small space. Occasionally we shake the pan, but do not touch the fruit with a spoon or hands.

If all the manipulations have been done correctly, the dog rose, harvested for the winter only wrinkles, but does not change its color. Darkened berries indicate the excess of the recommended temperature. They are just as useful, but noticeably inferior in taste.

Features of drying the dogrose in the electric dryer and in the open air

The procedure is further simplified if there is a special dryer - dehydrator - at home. The berries are also cleaned of debris, they get moved, and without wet treatment are sent to the functional device. Drying can be carried out at a minimum temperature, then the process will take at least 9-12 hours. If you use the maximum performance, the drying will take no more than 6-8 hours, but the benefits in such fruits will be less. If the berries managed to dry properly, then they will easily break in the hands, but do not disintegrate into crumbs.

In extreme cases, at home, you can use the traditional option of drying, meaning the rejection of high temperatures:

1. We sorted the berries, slightly shortening the stems.
2. We spread fruits on a plywood, volumetric tray or newspaper in one layer and have in a dry and dark place. The effect of ultraviolet is harmful to beneficial components in the composition of dogrose. An additional important factor is the high-quality ventilation of the premises.
3. In such conditions, berries will have to be kept for at least 2-4 weeks. Only then they will dry out evenly and will be able to last the whole winter.
4. When the fruits begin to break easily, put them in a cardboard box with a lid and hold there for at least 4-5 days without opening it. So berries will get rid of the remains of moisture.

It remains only to send the stock for storage and you can enjoy a useful product throughout the winter.

How to store the wild rose, dried for the winter?

You need to be able not only to properly dry the dog-rose, but also to know in what conditions the blanks should be stored. The big mistake of many housewives is that they store the fruit in glass or plastic jars under the lids. In fact, it is better to house them on canvas bags. In extreme cases, on glass jars, but they need to be closed with a cloth, bandaged with a rope.

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