How to dry walnuts in the oven at home?

The purchase of ready-made nuts can turn out to be a failure, after which a tasty and useful product will no longer be used. To prevent this from happening, there is nothing else left but to dry the walnuts yourself. It is not so difficult as it seems, and the result of properly performed manipulations will be to obtain the ingredient of the desired quality.

The simplest owners of suburban areas on which unpretentious trees are planted, they can dry nuts right in the shell. If the products have to be purchased, then they should be harvested better in a purified form, this will reduce the risk of a large amount of waste.

How and when to collect walnuts to make them suitable for drying?

Even home-grown fruits can be disappointing if you do not follow the rules for harvesting:

1. First of all, you need to collect fruits that have fallen off the branches on their own. To tighten with this is not worth it, a long stay on the wet ground leads to the appearance of dampness inside the core and mold.
2. After the first harvest, you can slightly shake the branches. Only such ripe nuts will crumble.
3. Walnuts are considered ripe, if they broke a green peel on the shell. A single shell indicates that the product is still green, even if it is lying on the ground.
4. First of all fruit ripens covering the lower branches of the tree. If the nuts from the top have already begun to crumble, then all the nuts from the lower branches can be collected manually.

Before drying walnuts, they need to be cleaned. The case is dirty, tedious and complex, but necessary. Manipulation should be carried out in gloves. Then immediately proceed to one of the methods of drying.

How to dry walnuts in the open air?

This is the best option for a plentiful harvest, which can take the form of one of the following approaches:

• Outdoors. A tarpaulin or other waterproof cloth spreads on the ground. On top, we pour out the blanks and distribute them evenly. To dry the fruit will take several days. After sunset, the design must be removed into the room, otherwise the dew will spoil the blanks.
• Indoors. It should be warm, dry, with good ventilation. With this approach, the product is first cleaned, washed in cold water, dried and sorted by size. Then spread the fruits on the stands, it is better if it is a lattice.

In extreme cases, the products can simply be expanded in one of the rooms of the apartment on the newspaper. But they will have to be turned over regularly to ensure uniform work.

Features of drying nuts with a dryer and oven

With a special dryer, the process of harvesting walnuts at home is noticeably simplified. It is only necessary to strictly follow the instructions on the device and control the degree of readiness of the products.

Tip: The procedure will not take more than 5-6 hours, however, with a large amount of nuts, several approaches will have to be taken, and eventually the time savings will be minimized. Therefore, the dryer is best used on small volumes of the product.

More impressive walnut lots are easier and quicker to dry in the oven. Manipulation consists of the following steps:

1. Blanks are cleaned, remove the peel, washed and dried with a towel. After that we sort the products, we need to process them strictly in size.
2. Products from one batch are laid out on a baking tray and placed in an oven preheated to 40-45 ° C.At this temperature, the treatment is carried out for 2-3 hours. The door of the cabinet is always kept ajar, so that moisture does not circulate in the closed space, but leaves.
3. About half an hour before the end of the term, we raise the temperature to 70 ° C.Initially, to install in the oven, heat is highly not recommended. The processing time, although it will be reduced, the kernels of the nuts will acquire an oily texture and an unpleasant aftertaste.
4. We check the nut for the degree of readiness, removing it from the shell. The edible part should be easily broken into pieces, but not crumbled.

After finishing the treatment, leave the nuts in the fresh air for another couple of hours, so that the products "have reached".Then we pack it on tissue bags and send it to storage. Shelf life of such harvesting is up to a year. Fruits can be stored for much longer, but their taste will gradually deteriorate.

How do kernels of peeled walnuts dry?

Bought nuts are split, extracting the core, cleaned from all the films and dirt, but do not rinse. If possible, we try not to break the products, they will last longer. Then the product is dried either on the trays for 2-3 days, or in the oven at low temperature until the desired degree of availability.

If in the process of processing ingredients start to emit an unpleasant odor or acquire a rancid taste, then it is better to discard them. Such signs indicate a violation of the storage conditions of the product, it is simply dangerous to use it.

The cleaned products can be stored in canvas bags or sealed jars no more than 3-4 months. The place should be dry and cool. If you need to extend the shelf life, then shift the core into plastic bags and put it in the refrigerator.

Regardless of the type of treatment and method of storage, at least once a month the nuts need to be extracted, peeled and dried( can be on the battery).This will prevent the appearance of mold and for a long time to preserve the pleasant taste of the product.

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