Food dehydrator and thermomix

[Das]

Hello
I am a new thermomix owner and loving it. I have recently acquired a food dehydrator and am keen to try fruit leather and beef jerky. I am keen to know if anyone has tried either of  these, and also welcome  any suggestions for a  marinade for the jerky.
Thanks

[I Love Bimby!]

Hi Das,
Welcome!
The After School and Lunch Box mini cook book has a recipe for the fruit leathers and are dried out in the oven, though I'm sure you could do it in the dehydrator too.  Haven't tried it yet. Do you have this cook book?

[Das]

Thankyou. No I don't but I will endeavour to get it now 

[baf65]

Ive made fruit leather as per the recipe in the Kids snack book and dried in my dehydrator
It ws pretty easy, just 750g of fruit, - Ive done plums and apricots  cooked for 20mins on 100C or so until cooked
Add sugar to taste, first lot I made i didnt put much sugar in but it was too sour...so ended up a lot more sugar in the second batch
Blitz for 1 minute on speed 8/9 until smooth
Then just poured onto my dehydrator sheets and dried for about 10 hours

Dead easy!!!

[faffa_70]

I have done both in my dehydrator - fruit leather pretty much exactly as baf65 has - I think I did the same as well and not enough sugar (trying to keep the sugar levels down as you do). It really is easy.

DH and DS number 2 also make beef jerky...the book says not to marinade your meat...they did lol. I can't tell you what they used as DH did it and he just makes one up as he goes  (as you do ) but it was really nice. You don't get very much jerky for your meat though. Just be sure not to over dry your jerky or you will never be able to chew through it... they make it for DS to take away on Army Cadet camps  (well that is their excuse to make a huge batch that doesn't last past one camp lol) 

Oh DH just said to try and keep your pieces the same size as much as you can...or dry pieces the same size on the same try so it is easier to keep an eye on them and remove the whole tray when ready and the rest can keep drying. He's clever 

[Das]

Thanks Faffa. very helpful.