Dried Blood Plums

Total Time: 24 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 24 hrs

Ingredients

• 10 lbs of blood plums (or any amount you want to dry. i buy a twenty pound box at the farmer's market)
• water (for washing plums, recipezaar said i needed to have more than one ingredient, lol)

Recipe

• 1 wash plums.
• 2 cut into wedges, removing pit (quarters or sixths depending on the size of the plum).
• 3 place on dehydrator rack (or some ovens have low temperature setting for drying fruit).
• 4 dry at 135 degrees for about 24 hours. drying time may vary considerably depending on humidity levels.
• 5 they are done when they are leathery and sticky, but no longer juicy.
• 6 store them in ziplock freezer bags in the freezer until ready to use.
• 7 fyi - some varieties of blood plum are ruby blood, satsuma and mariposa.