HOw To DRYING TOMATOES IN THE DEHYDRATOR


A few days back, I blogged HERE about our new dehydrator purchase.  We couldn't wait to use it!  We tried tomatoes for our first attempt.  Here is how they looked when I sliced them and put them in.  I think next time they should be sliced a bit thinner.




And here they are after about 12 hours at 125 degrees.  It's amazing how much they change during their time in the dehydrator. 




We did four trays of tomatoes (the machine comes with six, next time we'll max it out).  We periodically rotated the trays so that they dried more evenly.




We put them in jars, just sort of layered them in, they even sort of stacked up nicely and in an orderly fashion.
Dehydrated tomatoes in jar
They filled 3 jars nicely and then I vacuum sealed the jars with the Foodsaver.

Dehydrated tomatoes
They are so pretty aren't they?
I think for our first attempt, it went very well.
Dehydrated tomato pasta
Then Sunday, we used some of them in pasta.  2nd Man crumbled them up (they are crispy dry) and put them in a white sauce with some pasta to cook and they rehydrated.  Oh my, they are super concentrated and had a wonderful deep and rich tomato flavor.

This machine might just become our favorite new purchase.  For those interested, the brand we purchased was from Amazon it's the Presto 06301 Dehydro Digital Electric Food Dehydrator and we are very pleased.  There are other versions, less expensive, without digital timers and temperature controllers but that really makes it so much easier to use.  We can't wait to use it for our own fresh vegetables from the garden later this year, fingers crossed. 

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