How to Make Homemade Fruit Leather

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How to Make Homemade Fruit Leather

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Күн бұрын

In this video I make two types of homemade Fruit Leather that I bring as snacks on my backcountry trips.
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Ingredients:
Banana Mango Fruit Leather
3-4 ripe bananas
2 cups frozen mango chunks
1 cup unsweetened apple sauce
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp lemon juice
Raspberry Fruit Leather
600g or 20 oz package of frozen raspberries
1 cup apple sauce
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp lemon juice
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Any opinions expressed in this video are mine and mine alone and are not related to my employer or any other organization or individual. I have not been paid to make this video or to endorse a product. If I am ever paid for an endorsement or provided other compensation, I will state it clearly in the video. Any advice or demonstration I provide is just advice. The viewer should take responsibility for their own actions, follow any manufacturers warnings and directions and act safely and responsibly when travelling in the backcountry.

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@edwardbrunato4593 Жыл бұрын

Never considered fruit leather until now. Helpful tips. Thanks Kevin!

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Yummy stuff. Do give it a try!

@april906outdoors3 Жыл бұрын

Great demo - I have your cookbook but haven’t made the fruit leather yet. Seeing this motivates me to fire up the blender and dehydrator. 😎The kitchen reno looks great - hope you’ll enjoy it for many years to come. Be well!

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thanks April. Much appreciated!

@dwrivers47 Жыл бұрын

Looks delicious. A real treat to have fruit in the backcountry 😊

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

It really is!

@shawntonner3643 Жыл бұрын

Just terrific instruction...and kitchen. Found tapping the tray a few times on the counter leveled the mixture and left fewer high spots. Loved the soup ladle tip.

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thanks Shawn!

@thewoodssmoky9435 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin. I love making fruit leather with wild fruit I find when camping.

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

You bet, wild fruit can be so much more tasty.

@MarciaFranklin-km8sq Жыл бұрын

you explain things so well!!!!!!!

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Marcia, much appreciated!

@craigrobertson6082 Жыл бұрын

Great demo on the fruit leather. The kitchen looks great, too! Well done.

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thank you Craig. This 'set' may become more common in the videos.

@blueridgestops3128 Жыл бұрын

Look who got a second camera! Love the work you are putting into getting those great camera angles, esp. the fruit falling into the blender. I think I subscribed to your channel when you had two or three thousand viewers. You've got the only game in town that could air episodes on both the Nat Geo channel and The Food Network! Just don't let success change your style! But I doubt it would. Great episode. I was just wondering two months ago how to make this. Cheers.

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I loved that comment about Nat Geo and the Food Network! All the best!

@cherylwin9364 26 күн бұрын

VERY COOL, NOW I CAN STOP BUYING CANDY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH 😇👍🏾👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@martinoutside Жыл бұрын

I’m trying this over the winter.

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

You won't regret it.

@pvesely299 Жыл бұрын

Splendid video. Thanks Kevin.

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Turtlevulcher98 Жыл бұрын

This channel is awesome!! So glad I found it. Very helpful videos

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@chemmodutb 4 ай бұрын

Waw , very good

@KevinOutdoors 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@RichardOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Good to see you Kevin. Great video!

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks! Good to hear from you. I hope all is well.

@DrewDCohen Жыл бұрын

Great content, thanks!

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@musicloverarmeda 11 ай бұрын

I am preparing to make peach leather. I have watched quite a few videos about it. I like yours best because you explain what you are doing and why you are doing it. I wondered why the applesauce? I was going to skip it until I saw your video. Also, I definitely like the lemon juice. It will help preserve it - make it keep longer. I like your 2 flavored blended leather. Yours is the only one that has done this. Cheers from Michigan.

@KevinOutdoors 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, I think a lot of KZfaqrs just copy what they see from other videos and don't do the research to explain why. Good luck with your peach leather! It should work grest!

@BioDave1955 Жыл бұрын

Great video as usual. Very informative

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Caramel_Latte_is_Delicious Жыл бұрын

Yay love your vids. Thank you for making these.

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them Jessica!

@mustang774 Жыл бұрын

Kevin, your kitchen turned out great looking. Nice job on that. The fruit leather looks delicious. I've dehydrated many different foods but I have not done fruit leather yet. I think this will be going in my machine after this weekend. Your book has many interesting and easy to follow recipes........Take care, Bluefin.

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch Bluefin and good luck with the fruit leather 👍 Yes we like the kitchen and I think I may do more of these 'cooking show' style videos. Might need to upgrade my sound recording a bit.

@elizabethmilano1055 Ай бұрын

That looks delicious 😊

@KevinOutdoors Ай бұрын

Thank you 😋

@xanlysphynx8839 Жыл бұрын

so f awesome

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@clarkansas6590 Жыл бұрын

Good job

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@adventureswithjosie Жыл бұрын

Great video Kevin! That fruit leather looks really good!

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it. It tastes great.

@adventureswithjosie Жыл бұрын

@@KevinOutdoors I will have to try it sometime when I get a dehydrator!

@Woodswalker1965 Жыл бұрын

First of all, the kitchen reno is beautiful. I love the clean contemporary lines. Fruit leather looked great as well, I wouldn’t have thought to add the applesauce, good tip!👍

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. I may use the kitchen to do more 'cooking show' style videos. We'll see. Yes applesauce is the key.

@chadbrassard8411 Жыл бұрын

Hi Kevin. Really appreciate your videos. Tried this one and pretty much followed it step by step but had a lot of shrinkage in the dried product. One tray of raspberry held up but also ended up quite crispy. Taste was great. Thanks!

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

That can happen, try to check on it more frequently and take it out before it becomes crispy. As you point out it will still taste good but just isn't the texture you are after. When that happens to me, I just package it separately and save it for adding to oatmeal. Despite being crispy it will still rehydrate into a thick fruity sauce if you add hot water and let it sit for a bit.

@jeroenvanhofwegen5454 Жыл бұрын

Got a little Tarantino trunk shot going on in your blender there haha

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thanks. That was fun to try and pull off.

@alanbierhoff6831 Жыл бұрын

Another tool in the food toolbox 😁 Now I have a video to go along with page 128 lol

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

LOL, yes I don't think I will do the whole book in video but I can certainly do a few. :)

@alanbierhoff6831 Жыл бұрын

@@KevinOutdoors I’m looking forward to them. Thank you

@BorealSelfReliance Жыл бұрын

How the heck did I not know you had a book -- I'll have to check it out.

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support.

@BorealSelfReliance Жыл бұрын

@Kevin Outdoors Got the book today 🙂 - do you know Glen Hooper? I hope he is doing doing alright, I learned alot from him via his videos and met him at the Winter Camping Symposium here in Minnesota 5ish years back.

@Emily-cj9nc Жыл бұрын

Looks great! This will be the first recipe I try with my first dehydrator! By the way, do you have any tips for freezing and storing the leather without using plastic?

@richardwildeman1267 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video, thank you so much Kevin! My copy of Backcountry Eats is going to arrive on Sunday, and my Nesco FD-75A dehydrator with extra trays and fruit roll sheets a few days later. I didn't think fruit rolls would be something I would do, but this video really has me wanting to make them now! Did you recently upgrade from your Nesco to the Excalibur? And super awesome job on the kitchen upgrade btw!! 👏👌

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it Richard. Happy to hear that you are doing a deeper dive into dehydrating. The Excalibur isn't new. I have had a few Nesco dehydrators for ever but when I got serious about writing the book I got an Excalibur (3-4 yrs ago now). I just wanted to build some experience with multiple dehydrator brands so I could talk about it in the book. I still believe the Nesco is the best bang for the buck. I will say the Excalibur is slightly better quality and the model with the timer-shutoff is really handy but it is a lot more expensive. Both are great! Happy dehydrating!

@user-xu4rh8hg1n 6 ай бұрын

Keep the banana peels to dehydrate for powder for gardening.

@KevinOutdoors 5 ай бұрын

We just compost our kitchen waste.

@Sarah-rd1qy 4 ай бұрын

Hi Kevin, great video. One question, can I use the oven to dehydrate?

@KevinOutdoors 4 ай бұрын

You certainly can. I am sure others have made videos about this. Ideally you have a convection oven because the fan will help but it isn't essential. Set your oven to the lowest setting (200F or less if possible most ovens won't go lower than that) with convection on, put your food on a tray and into the oven and leave the door propped open about an inch. If it won't hold open use a spoon or something non flammable to prop it open. Good luck.

@tishaousley6807 Жыл бұрын

Hello. Very new to this. Is there any method you used to determine that a third of your tray is a “roll”? I’m wondering about serving sizes. Thanks for all you do to make this look like any of us can do it!

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Sorry, no math involved in the portion size. I make these for trail snacks so I just tear off what I feel like eating at the time.

@vvj0308 3 күн бұрын

What is the shelf life of these fruit leathers? Is the shelf life affected by the use of fresh or frozen fruits?

@L48R0D3N7 Жыл бұрын

Could one use parchment paper on the trays?

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

@djalitanaful 10 ай бұрын

hi i used baking paper. is your paper different to backing paper? The paper is sticking badly to the fruit leather and also the sheet of fruit leather is very brittle when rolling it with the paper. That issue has nothing to do with the paper, the fruit leather on itself is brittle. What is wrong? I have sprayed oil onto the paper before placing the fruit leather on it and is completely dried in the dehydrator but end results are showing.

@matthewwalker2592 Жыл бұрын

How long will this last outside of the freezer?

@thawk5987 Жыл бұрын

Hey Kevin, how do you find your shepherd's pie recipe to rehydrate? Specifically thinking about the carrots. Do you think they would rehydrate better if sliced thinner? Thanks for the awesome recipes!

@thawk5987 Жыл бұрын

Also how long do these fruit leathers keep?

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

I have done shepherd's pie before and it rehydrates well. The thinner you cut the carrots the better they will rehydrate. I'd go for 1/4" thickness.

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

@@thawk5987 They keep a very long time but I haven't tested them. They easily keep 2+ weeks and likely a lot longer. But most dehydrated meals last 6+ months and usually more than a year. Just keep everything in an airtight container and keep it dark and cool and you will likely get that lenght out of it. I just throw them in the freezer until camping season and then I don't think twice about it.

@JustAP3rson Жыл бұрын

What is the difference if you don’t boil it and if u boil it

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

It isn't necessary to boil it. If you do,. you can simmer it down to make it thicker. This seems thick enough.

@JustAP3rson Жыл бұрын

@@KevinOutdoors ohhhhh, I tried making fruit leather, and I’ve been putting it in and out of the oven, it got stuck to the baking paper and ain’t coming off 😭 any tips?

@jayanm9176 Жыл бұрын

Super 🎉🎉🎉 machalil agri youtbe

@KevinOutdoors 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@yoshim7103 6 ай бұрын

Instead of honey would you recommend agave?

@KevinOutdoors 6 ай бұрын

I am not sure as agave isn't available where I live and so I am not familiar with it. I presume it is a little sweet and won't completely dry out so I would give it a try. That's the point of the honey, it doesn't completely dehydrate so it helps the leather stay a little flexible.

@mmonroeapbi 7 ай бұрын

I did not have very much luck. My leather is closer to Styrofoam. What do you suggest?

@KevinOutdoors 7 ай бұрын

It is hard to tell what the problem is when you call it 'Styrofoam'. Is it full of air? Is it hard? Often people change ingredients or ratios and don't realize it.

@nancyhoekman6706 Жыл бұрын

Do I have to buy the book to get the recipe?

@KevinOutdoors Жыл бұрын

No not at all. I usually put the recipe in the description but I guess since this only has a few ingredients I didn't bother. I will edit the description.

@nancyhoekman6706 Жыл бұрын

@@KevinOutdoors thank you!

@godschild5587 9 ай бұрын

Fruit leather is very popular in Iran, in Iran it is dried by sun over the roofs, and people like sour taste not sweet.

@godschild5587 9 ай бұрын

It's called lavashak in Iran

@KevinOutdoors 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing that. Yeah dehydrating is an old practice done all over the world.

@damonmoon1638 11 ай бұрын

Bag of frozen mangos goes for $13

@KevinOutdoors 11 ай бұрын

Wow, not these ones, but I have seen them increase drastically over the last couple of years.

@christineperez7562 3 ай бұрын

Where? Go to aldi

@adam-e2f 16 күн бұрын

Then buy fresh mangos

@Trackhoe075 2 ай бұрын

So what Excalibur are you using? What a stupid thing to leave out

@KevinOutdoors 2 ай бұрын

You expect an answer after insulting me?

@missgry Жыл бұрын

"These could be a little bit riper"... Uhm, yes! I would not use bananas that haven't developed any brown spots yet; they're too starchy and not sweet enough.