How To Dry Sea Buckthorn
Author: Alexander Bruni
Time for reading: ~1
minutes
Last Updated:
August 08, 2022
CHAPTERS (Table Of Contents)
Sea buckthorn is a beautiful and healing plant. The undisputed leader in the healing properties of sea buckthorn are berries, not leaves.
When to collect and how to dry sea buckthorn correctly
Sea buckthorn is a beautiful and healing plant. The undisputed leader in the healing properties of sea buckthorn are berries, not leaves. Sea buckthorn berries contain almost all vitamins. They are not only healing, but also very tasty.
If you have such an opportunity, then be sure to prepare sea buckthorn berries for the winter. Very often, berries are frozen, juice, jam, marmalade are prepared from them, rubbed with sugar. One of the best ways to harvest sea buckthorn is drying.
To dry the fruits of sea buckthorn, the berries must be collected no earlier than the end of August. The best option is to collect them in September-October until the first frost. The most appropriate is the drying of sea buckthorn cake, and not whole berries. In this way, you can achieve the maximum use of berries - you separate and harvest the juice, and dry the cake and use it in winter to make aromatic tea. The cake dries pretty quickly if you use an electric dryer in your work, so you can dry quite a lot of sea buckthorn in a short time.
Recipes with sea buckthorn
- Sea buckthorn
- Dryer for vegetables and fruits
- Colander
- Metal sieve
- A spoon
- Gauze
- Food processor
How to dry sea buckthorn step by step instructions with photos
Step 1
For work, we need sea buckthorn, a spoon, a sieve, a colander, gauze, an electric dryer, a food processor.
Step 2
Sort sea buckthorn berries, remove leaves, debris, rinse and shake off moisture.
Step 3
Grind the berries in a food processor (nozzle - metal knife) for 2-3 minutes just to burst them. You can just crush the berries.
Step 4
Place portioned prepared berries in a fine metal sieve and rub.
Step 5
Place the remaining mass in cheesecloth, folded in 2-3 layers, and squeeze well. Use the formed juice for other preparations.
Step 6
And spread the cake on the grate of the electric dryer.
Step 7
Dry until done. This will take approximately 3 hours.
Step 8
Store dried sea buckthorn in a dry, tightly closed container. Use to make vitamin tea as needed.