We’ve finished up about a bushel of pears from our tree. I just started two trays of pear pie filling. I’m starting with the fruit setting. Pre/froze the filling in small blocks for hopefully more surface area, for the freeze drier to work on. Skipped the freeze time, and set the dry time to 24 hours. We’ll see how it comes out! Great videos. Keep them coming.
The pie filling came out great. We used 2” x 3”silicone cake moulds to make it into blocks. Turned out to be 12 blocks per pie. All bagged and sealed up. Awesome
I hope everything worked with your pre-frozen pears. I would recommend at least running the Freeze Dryer "Freeze" setting for at least 15-30 minutes even if you have pre-frozen the pears in another freezer. I was told by one of the owners of Blue Alpine that even if I pre-freeze my food I should run the freeze setting for at least 15-30 minutes, just to avoid any possible errors from moisture in the food which could melt a bit when placing it into the Freeze Dryer from the other freezer. It also ensures that the freeze dryer is cold enough that the frozen food won't defrost in the first few minutes it is placed in the dryer. Thanks for your comment, have a great day.
I hope you find your freeze dryer both enjoyable and productive to use. I am finding that between our freeze dryer and videos I am making for my TH-cam channel that I am very busy with it, it has become quite a fun new hobby for me. I honestly thought our freeze dryer would be a tool that my wife would use since she has always enjoyed food dehydrating and canning, but I am enjoying it so much that I now use it whenever I know I will be home long enough to finish drying whatever food I want to freeze dry. Thanks again for your comment, and please let me know if you have any specific foods you would like to see freeze-dried. I will do what I can to make a video about your requested food item.
We’ve finished up about a bushel of pears from our tree. I just started two trays of pear pie filling. I’m starting with the fruit setting. Pre/froze the filling in small blocks for hopefully more surface area, for the freeze drier to work on. Skipped the freeze time, and set the dry time to 24 hours. We’ll see how it comes out!
Great videos. Keep them coming.
Sounds fun. I hope all goes well with your freeze dryer.
The pie filling came out great. We used 2” x 3”silicone cake moulds to make it into blocks. Turned out to be 12 blocks per pie. All bagged and sealed up. Awesome
I hope everything worked with your pre-frozen pears. I would recommend at least running the Freeze Dryer "Freeze" setting for at least 15-30 minutes even if you have pre-frozen the pears in another freezer. I was told by one of the owners of Blue Alpine that even if I pre-freeze my food I should run the freeze setting for at least 15-30 minutes, just to avoid any possible errors from moisture in the food which could melt a bit when placing it into the Freeze Dryer from the other freezer. It also ensures that the freeze dryer is cold enough that the frozen food won't defrost in the first few minutes it is placed in the dryer.
Thanks for your comment, have a great day.
Sounds wonderful.
Thanks for your comment, have a great day.
I am almost ready to start.
I hope you find your freeze dryer both enjoyable and productive to use. I am finding that between our freeze dryer and videos I am making for my TH-cam channel that I am very busy with it, it has become quite a fun new hobby for me. I honestly thought our freeze dryer would be a tool that my wife would use since she has always enjoyed food dehydrating and canning, but I am enjoying it so much that I now use it whenever I know I will be home long enough to finish drying whatever food I want to freeze dry.
Thanks again for your comment, and please let me know if you have any specific foods you would like to see freeze-dried. I will do what I can to make a video about your requested food item.