Recipes

  • Custard Powder

    Custard Powder

    Here’s the thing about custard, at it’s most basic level it is only 4 ingredients, all of which can be safely brought to a powder texture. The food safety danger-zone is 4-60 degrees Celsius and my dehydrator can run at 70 degrees, therefore it stands to reason that custard powder can be made safely (and…… Read more

  • Raspberry and Rose Fruit Leather

    Raspberry and Rose Fruit Leather

    With this one it is best to find a good quality rose water. I define “good quality” as one that uses real roses or “natural rose flavour” rather than rose essence. I find that any amount of rose essence can leave a dish, especially a dehydrated one, tasting of hand soap. A good Indian or…… Read more

  • Smoked Apricot Fruit Leather (Mebos)

    Smoked Apricot Fruit Leather (Mebos)

    Some people, who are me (Sapphire), got BBQ smoking tubes for Christmas and have been smoking anything they can get their hands on ever since. You, too, can get a BBQ smoking tube from bunnings for about $15 and have all the cold smoking fun your family can handle. Some people, (me again!), also love…… Read more

  • Strawberry and Shiso Fruit Leather

    Strawberry and Shiso Fruit Leather

    Ingredients: 1kg strawberries, washed, hulled, and halved. 1 cup fresh green or red shiso, finely sliced (dried shiso should be fine to use around 2 Tbsp, but I have never tried that, I only make this fruit leather when I see fresh shiso for sale at the farmer’s market. I am trying to grow it…… Read more

  • Blueberry and Lemon Fruit Leather

    Blueberry and Lemon Fruit Leather

    Ingredients:1kg blueberries (fresh or frozen), washed¼ cup raw sugar1 Lemon, washed1 Vanilla pod (or 1 Tbsp vanilla powder, or 1tsp vanilla essence) Method:Preheat the oven to 180⁰c. Put all the blueberries into a roasting dish and sprinkle with sugar. Peel the lemon using a potato peeler/pairing knife being careful to avoid pith and to keep…… Read more

  • Greengage and Orange Blossom Fruit Leather

    Greengage and Orange Blossom Fruit Leather

    Tip: when starting out in your fanciful fruit flavour combinations look to the country of origin of the fruit in question and use that for inspiration. Fun greengage fact — they originated in Iran. Ingredients 1kg greengages 4 Tbsp orange blossom extract (the better the quality the better the outcome, but I find orange blossom…… Read more