Strawberry Leather
A homemade fruit leather made from fresh strawberries and sugar, slowly dried in the oven until perfectly chewy. This natural candy alternative transforms fresh berries into a portable, sweet treat.
Ingredients
- •1½ lb strawberries
- •¾ cup sugar
- •1 piece nonstick bakeware liner
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Purée strawberries with sugar in a blender until smooth, then strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a large heavy saucepan.
10 min
- 2.
Bring purée to a boil, then simmer over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally (more frequently toward end), until thick enough to mound slightly and reduced to 1 to 11/4 cups, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
60 min
- 3.
Preheat oven to 200°F with rack in middle. Line a large baking sheet with nonstick liner.
5 min
- 4.
Pour hot purée onto liner and spread thinly (as evenly as possible) into a 15- by 10-inch rectangle using spatula. Dry purée in oven until it feels drier (it shouldn't stick to your fingers) but is still slightly tacky, 2 to 3 hours.
180 min
- 5.
Cool on liner on a rack until completely dry, at least 3 hours and up to 24.
180 min
- 6.
Place a sheet of parchment paper over leather, then peel leather off liner and roll up in parchment.
5 min