If they are not totally dry, it doesn’t matter, you can always put them on a sunny windowsill or next to a radiator to finish drying them out. The thinner the slices, the quicker they will dry. It will take between 2 and 4 hours for the slices to dry, depending on the thickness of the slices. Remember that you are drying the fruit out, not cooking it! Put the oven on about 100 degrees c, no hotter. Put them in the oven straight onto the rack, don’t bother with a baking sheet as this will allow the warm air in the oven to get to both sides of the fruit and it will dry quicker. If you start at the stalk end and cut across the segments, you will get a lovely stained glass window effect and also an area in the middle for threading. There are a number of ways of doing this, but I have found that the easiest and quickest way is in the oven.Ĭut the fruit into slices not more than half a cm thick. The first stage is to dehydrate your oranges, lemons and limes.
You may also want to add pine cones and cinnamon sticks. You will need: citrus fruit (I used oranges,lemons and limes), an oven, raffia or string, a darning needle or wire and a skewer, ribbon. The orange slices had also hardened over the year and it wasn’t mouldy at all! How to Make a Dried Fruit Garland I made a dried fruit garland last year and when I opened the decorations box I was met with a lovely citrus smell. It will keep, so you can reuse for several years to come. It is also a good way to use up left over oranges, lemons and limes if you accidently bought too many in the run-up to Christmas.
These things are gorgeous, they smell amazing and they make a lovely alternative to tinsel and mass produced plastic tat. I have also managed to make some stuff, despite Boy 4 still being a clingy little limpet/ mad button presser/ tornado and the fairies that are supposed to clean up my house, well, are not.Ī couple of weeks ago to I managed to get myself sufficiently organised to start drying fruit to make a dried fruit garlands and decorations with. We’re really not get-it-all-organised-in-October people so there’s still a fair bit to do, but the tree is up some presents have been bought, the cake has been baked and I’ve made a list 🙂
So we’re into December and Christmas preparations are well under way.
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