How to dry tomatoes

After drying in infrared drying oven, ripe juicy tomato fruits turn into very tasty sun-dried tomatoes or into dried tomato chips or even tomato pastille!

 

This technology preserves as much as possible of all the useful vitamins and trace elements of the product, increases the bright flavor and sweet taste already inherent in tomatoes.

Drying tomatoes in an infrared oven.

Tomatoes with a thick skin, a large amount of pulp and a minimum water content are best for drying.

Due to the fact that in our drying equipment infrared emitters are evenly distributed around the perimeter of the entire oven, tomatoes prepared and laid out on trays are dried evenly.

How to dry tomatoes in drying?

By setting the temperature and drying speed, you can get tomatoes of different levels of dryness (fully dried, or partially dried).

Infra-red rays, penetrating through the tomatoes, dry it and at the same time sterilize it. Sterilization of the product destroys  bacteria and harmful microorganisms, thereby increasing its shelf life.

Dried or sun-dried tomato is the most versatile and favorite ingredient of home cooks, gourmet restaurants, as well as large gastronomic industries.

And, in addition, dried or sun-dried tomatoes are a delicious and independent snack.

How to dry tomatoes in an electric dryer?

Wipe and cut already washed tomatoes (quarters / halves).

Place cut side up on a drying rack and season with salt.

Drying temperature 65°C.

Drying time of tomatoes 6-10 hours.