Dried dried apricots look good, but the taste is felt even better. And it can also be included in many dishes, and nutritionists only talk about the benefits of this dried fruit! So we have almost no choice, either to market for dried apricots or to understand how to cook it at home. Yes, you can make dried apricots at home, there would be an oven and patience.
How to dry dried apricots at home?
First you need to select strong apricots and thoroughly wash them in cold water. Next, remove the stones and keep in a colander for 5-10 minutes over boiling water. It is necessary that the fruit retain its color. After drying the apricots with a paper towel and place in the oven, spread out on a baking sheet. We keep in the oven at 65 ° C for 8-10 hours.
How to store dried apricots at home?
You can store dried apricots as you like - even in linen bags, even in plastic bags. But this is the case when it comes to a purchased, seasoned dried apricots. If you intend to store dried apricots made at home for a long time, then after drying it must be put in wooden boxes (only not from conifers). To sustain dried apricots in such boxes, you need 3 weeks, after which it can be packaged in a more convenient dish for you. This method will allow the dried apricots to preserve all the useful properties of apricots, and the dried fruits will be stored for longer.
Useful properties of dried apricots
It is clear that a fresh apricot is useful, because in its composition has a lot of vitamins and microelements necessary for the body. But can something similar boast of dried apricots? Of course, the important role is played by how to do it. For mass sale dried apricots, than just do not process - all kinds of chemicals that completely destroy all the useful properties - this is not the worst option. But we must remember that with the domestic production of dried apricots, all the good that is in the apricots, can not be saved. Nevertheless, many vitamins in dried apricots are preserved, and the minerals in these dried fruits are even greater than in fresh apricots. So, what vitamins are there in dried apricots? They are vitamins A, C, PP and B vitamins. Minerals in dried apricots contain a large amount of iron, potassium, magnesium, calcium and phosphorus. Also, dried apricots can boast of the ability to remove from the body heavy metals and radionuclides, and all due to the high content of organic acids and pectins.
In general, dried apricots are very useful for digestion as a preventative and for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Dried apricots are also recommended for anemia. A constant use of dried apricots in food reduces the risk of blockage of blood vessels and has a rejuvenating and healing effect on the body as a whole. So, it is noticed that people, in the diet of which there is dried apricots, often have a more tight and elastic skin and healthy, strong hair. But still it is worth remembering that with all the usefulness of dried apricots, it is not worth it to eat only. It threatens with a disorder of the stomach, since dried apricots are a concentrated product and too many even useful substances on the body
What is the difference between apricot and dried apricots?
Everyone knows that dried apricots have several names, for example, apricots and dried apricots. What is the difference between these two types of dried fruits? Uryuk, this is apricot, dried with a bone, and dried apricots - without it. Is this the only difference? And here not! In the apricot, much more vitamins and minerals are retained (and potassium in it generally more than in any other dried fruit), but all due to the way it is produced. The fact is that traditionally the apricot is obtained by drying directly on the branches of the tree. It is clear that not everyone in the yard grows apricot tree, and therefore often we only have the production of dried apricots. But if there is an opportunity to take a bite of the real (untreated by the chemicals) apricot, do it, because it among the inhabitants of Central Asia is considered the gift of Allah and the "fruit of beauty".