Plum and Honey Fruit Leather
Plum and Honey Fruit Leather
Plump, juicy, ruby red plums call to me from the fruit section in our grocery. Yet I do not respond because I don’t love biting into a plum and feeling sticky plum juice drip down my arm and onto my shirt. I like their unique sweet/sour flavor, and I have tried to appreciate them but failed until today.
A recipe for Plum and Honey Fruit Leather arrived from a friend, and the recipe presented an opportunity to experiment with a new method of cooking and hopefully taste the pleasure of plums.
I’ve prepared and made 3 batches of Plum and Honey Fruit Leather, and now it belongs among my treasured recipes. I like the ease of making them – 3 ingredients, 3 steps in the making, and then a long, long slow baking in a 160 Degree oven. The recipe says 6-8 hours. In my experience with the recipe, the time required to dry out the sticky center portion is more like 10 hours. Then cut into strips, roll the strips, place in a covered container and they offer a nutritious and all natural snack for weeks to come.
The Plum and Honey Fruit Leather tastes of the red plum’s sweet/sour flavor without the sticky juices dripping down my arm, and following a moment of chew, the leather melts in my mouth. So good and all natural.
Plum and Honey Fruit Leather
Equipment
- 1 silpat non-stick silicone mat a silpat costs approx. $15 and makes it possible to lift the fruit leather from the cookie sheet with ease. Silpat mats last a lifetime, and I use them to roast tomatoes and onions and peppers in the oven to baking cookies and lately making Plum and Honey Fruit Leather.
What You'll Need:
- 4 cups plums (8 red plums) remove seeds and chop coarsely
- 2 Tb Buzz Savories Artisanal Honey
- 1 Tb fresh lemon juice
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
How To Prepare:
- Place chopped plums on a baking sheet and bake at 350 Degrees for 15 minutes or until plums are soft.
- Add cooked plums, honey, lemon juice and cinnamon to a food processor or blender and process into a smooth puree.
- Pour onto a silpat lined 12" x 18" cookie sheet that has a raised edge and spread out to ⅛-¼ inch thick.
- Bake in a 150-170 Degree oven for 6-8 hours until the middle of the leather is no longer sticky. In my experience, the baking process has reached 10 hours. It is no bother to me though because I start and bake 5-6 hours. Then turn off the oven until another convenient time arrives when I may complete the baking.
- When the plum fruit leather cools, remove from the silpat and cut into ribbons and roll (with wax paper strips between layers of plum leather).
- Keep in a closed container at room temperature.
