Pear And Plum Fruit Leather Rollups Recipes

PEAR AND PLUM FRUIT LEATHER ROLLUPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 175 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper; set aside.
• Combine the pears, plums, sugar, cinnamon sticks, lemon juice and 1/3 cup water in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Cover and cook at a simmer, stirring occasionally, until the fruit is tender when pierced with a knife, about 15 minutes.
• Remove the cinnamon sticks and transfer the fruit and juices to a blender. Blend on high speed until completely smooth. Carefully pour the puree onto the baking sheets; use a spatula to spread into even rectangles, leaving a 2-inch border on all sides.
• Bake until dried completely, 5 to 6 hours. Let cool completely, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Transfer each dried fruit sheet to a piece of wax paper cut to a slightly larger size. Use scissors to cut the fruit and wax paper into 4-inch-wide strips and roll into cylinders.

FRUIT LEATHER ROLL-UPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F. Combine the fruit and sugar in a blender. Add the lemon juice to taste (use 2 tablespoons for apples or bananas) and puree until smooth.
• Transfer the pureed fruit to a medium saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to medium low and cook, stirring occasionally at first and then more often toward the end, until most of the liquid evaporates and the mixture is very thick, 35 to 45 minutes. Be careful: The mixture may splatter.
• Line a 12-by-17-inch rimmed baking sheet with a silicone mat or nonstick foil. Use an offset spatula to spread the fruit on the mat or foil into a thin layer. Bake until barely tacky, 3 hours to 3 hours, 30 minutes.
• Transfer the baking sheet to a rack and let the fruit leather cool completely. Peel off of the mat or foil. If the leather is still moist on the underside, return it to the oven, moist-side up, until dry, about 20 more minutes. Lay the leather smooth-side down on a sheet of wax paper and use kitchen shears to cut it into strips on the paper. Roll up the strips and store in zip-top bags for up to 1 week.
• Plum: 5 medium, unpeeled, chopped
• Peach or nectarine: 5 medium, unpeeled, chopped
• Apple: 3 large (Gala or Granny Smith), peeled and chopped
• Strawberry: 4 cups, hulled and chopped
• Raspberry: 5 cups
• Grape: 3 1/2 cups (preferably Concord), seeded if necessary
• Banana: 5 medium, peeled
• Mango: 2 large, peeled and chopped
• Raspberry-Vanilla: 5 cups raspberries plus the seeds from 1/2 vanilla bean
• Strawberry-Banana: 3 cups strawberries, hulled and chopped, plus 2 medium bananas, peeled
• Apple-Ginger: 3 large apples, peeled and chopped, plus 1 1/2 teaspoons grated ginger
• Spicy Mango: 2 large mangoes, peeled and chopped, plus 1/8 teaspoon each salt and cayenne pepper