Foraged fruit leathers

So you’re looking for a somewhat ‘healthy’ snack? You’ve got to use up all that foraged fruit hanging out in your freezer or bag?

Ingredients

• water
• foraged fruit (blackberries, elderberries etc.)
• apples (crab or not)
• sugar/honey
• dehydrator/oven

1. Wash and chop up your correctly identified fruits, with apple to balance the flavour and to help its consistency. (Note: using really bitter fruits together is not a good idea – E.g. NOT Rowan and Guelder rose).
2. Use 1 cup of water to every 4 cups of fruit.
3. Add in any flavouring you’d like: (cinnamon, spices…)
4. Boil them up until soft.
5. Employ your inner zen and strain through a sieve, to take out large seeds. This does take time…
6. Add in sweetener if needed – honey/sugar
7. Reheat until the sugar has dissolved.
8. Spread out onto baking paper lined dehydrator trays. Make them thin – less than 3mm. Ideally make the outside a wee bit thicker.
9. Cook for 6 hours – or until not sticky anymore.
10. Cut up and store in fridge.