Strawberry Mango Hibiscus Leather
By: Munchin with Mu...
Published: Friday, April 29, 2011 - 1:54pm

Ingredients




8 cups strawberries, chopped
2 cups mango, chopped
2 teaspoons maple syrup, raw honey, or blackstrap molasses
1/4 cup hibiscus flowers

Preparation

1 In a large pot combine strawberries and mango; place over medium heat. 2 Mash fruit until a liquid starts to form. Stir in syrup or honey. 3 Place hibiscus flowers in a cheese cloth and tie to secure them. Place hibiscus pouch in the centre of the pot and cover with fruit. 4 Lower heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes. 5 Remove and discard hibiscus pouch and pour fruit into a food processor; pulse until smooth. 6 Pour and spread fruit puree over two parchment lined baking sheets. 7 Bake at 150 for 8-10 hours until leather peels away from parchment paper 8 Cut fruit leather into strips and roll up between pieces of wax paper. 9 Store in an air tight container in a dark place for up to two weeks. 10 Fruit leather can also be frozen.

About


I have no will power when it comes to sales so when I was confronted with four pounds of strawberries for five dollars I couldn't resist. The only problem was they were about a day away from spoiling. In an attempt to salvage my berries I decided to make my own fruit leather.
Surprisingly fruit leather is quite easy to make, it's just time consuming. I put mine in the oven early in the morning and it was done later that evening. Nonetheless the majority of the work only takes about 30 minutes.