Store-bought dehydrated fruit contains more preservatives than homemade.Store-bought pineapple can be prepared for dehydration in a few minutes.Pineapple can be dried in an oven or a dehydrator, and then stored in a dry place for months.
Step 1: You can buy pineapples from the supermarket.
You can wait for a sale when the supermarket is overstocked with pineapples.Or less.
Step 2: Allow your pineapple to fully mature.
The sugars are ready for dehydration once the pineapple starts to have a strong, sweet smell.Pineapple slices will be sour if it is dried too early.
Step 3: The pineapple needs to be removed from the top and bottom.
The pineapple should be on the cutting board.The pineapple has a spiky green top and a bottom section.
Step 4: The tough skin should be removed.
The pineapple should be on the cutting board.Take a slice from the top of the pineapple to the bottom.Cut inside the hard outer layer.When you have exposed the pineapple's flesh, turn it.
Step 5: The eyes should be removed.
The pineapple has prickly brown dots that form at a diagonal line.Take your knife and slice the pineapple at an inward angle from the right.Cut at an inward angle from the left side of the line of eyes.Remove the strip of eyes.Find the next diagonal strip and repeat.The surface will form a spiral pattern when you cut the pineapple's eyes.This method of cutting a pineapple takes some practice, but it will result in more flesh being saved than cutting deep enough to remove the eyes and the skin together.
Step 6: You can slice your pineapple into chunks.
If you want your pineapple to be dried in rounds, slice it horizontally and thinly.Use a paring knife to cut out the center.If you want to dry the pineapple in chunks, cut vertically, separating the flesh from the hard center, then cut into thin chunks.The thinner is better for drying.It will dry more evenly.
Step 7: The setting for your oven should be the warming or low one.
For the best results, aim for 150 degrees Fahrenheit.The oven should not be hotter than 200 degrees Fahrenheit.It's best to set dehydrating at low heat for a long time.You don't want to cook pineapple.
Step 8: Parchment paper is used to cover the baking sheets.
You should use as many sheets as you can fit in the oven.
Step 9: The baking sheets need to be put in the oven.
It should be set for 24 hours.It could take up to 36 hours.To see if it's done.It is done if it is slightly flexible.
Step 10: Purchase a dehydrator.
You can find them on sale.Box stores and kitchen specialty stores have them.If you want to make inexpensive snacks all year, you can use a dehydrator.
Step 11: Purchase fruit.
You can fill your dehydrator trays with one pineapple.If you have a large dehydrator, you should double your pineapple purchases.Cans of pineapple can be dehydrate.If you want a natural snack, choose the whole fruit.
Step 12: Cut the pineapple.
The process above can be used to remove the skin and eyes.It can be sliced into rounds or thin chunks.Your slices should not be more than a quarter of an inch thick.
Step 13: Plug in a dehydrator.
A medium setting is what you should choose.The temperature should be about 135 degrees.
Step 14: The pineapple sections can be placed on the dehydrator trays.
There should be some space between the pineapple chunks.
Step 15: Allow the dehydrator to be used for 35 hours.