Many in the fall think about how to save eggplant for the winter. They are harvested in different ways: in the form of preservation, eggplant caviar, even frozen. A less rare method of harvesting eggplant is drying, although at the same time a large amount of nutrients is stored in the vegetable. In our country, this method of harvesting "little blue ones" is not very common, but in Turkey or Italy, dried eggplant can always be found in stores.

Eggplant can be dried as well as carrots, dill and parsley in a city apartment. This process is not complicated at all and everyone can choose the most convenient method for drying the “blue ones” for themselves.

How to dry eggplant?

For drying, only ripe eggplants are suitable, without damage and signs of decay. It is advisable to choose fruits with a thin skin, and in overripe flesh becomes stiff, the seeds are large, so such eggplants are not suitable for drying in the winter.

Eggplant can be used to make dried billets with different tastes using special marinades and spices. If desired, gourmets can make dried eggplant with bacon flavor and serve thin straws as a snack in winter.

Before cooking, dried eggplant should be soaked in water and then cooked like mushrooms.

Dried eggplant "meat"

4 small fruits or 2 large fruits are peeled and cut into thin strips. For convenience, they use a sharp knife or use a special nozzle on a vegetable cutter. If the eggplant is very large, the strip can be further cut into 2 or 4 parts.

Now you need to prepare the marinade, for which half a glass of olive oil, a third of a glass of soy sauce or apple cider vinegar, 2 tablespoons of honey, a quarter teaspoon of cayenne pepper and a teaspoon of paprika are mixed in a separate bowl.

Prepared eggplant is poured with marinade and left for 2 hours. Next, the strips are blotted with a paper towel and laid out in an electric dryer. At a temperature of 40 degrees, the eggplant strips are dried for about a day. Dried eggplant is ready when they have a characteristic crunch.

Dried eggplant "like mushrooms"

The eggplants cooked for winter are very reminiscent of mushrooms to taste, and the appearance is sometimes misleading.

Only young eggplants, which contain a minimum of seeds, are suitable for this drying method. Washed fruits are peeled and cut into thin circles. Billets are carefully strung on a thread and laid low on a baking sheet.

How to dry eggplant in this form? Simply. The oven is heated to 160 degrees and eggplant is held for about 10 minutes, no longer. Next, low eggplant is removed from the oven and suspended in a dry place for final drying.

Dry eggplant should be poured into glassware or cloth bags.

Salted dried eggplant

Eggplant can be dried with pre-processing. The peeled fruits are cut into rings of medium thickness and sprinkled with salt, leaving them for 15 minutes. This is the standard way to remove excess bitterness from the pulp.

Next, the eggplants are laid out on a baking sheet and sent for drying in the oven, keeping them for 5 hours at a temperature of 60 degrees.

For consumption, such dried eggplant is soaked in water, after which they are fried.

How to dry eggplant in an electric dryer or oven?

If the house has an electric dryer, stocking up with enough dried eggplant will not be difficult. The instructions for such a device have detailed information about the method, temperature and drying time.

In the oven, eggplant is dried a little differently. First you need to prepare the fruits, for which they are washed, dried with a towel and cut the stalks. Then the “little blue ones” are cut into pieces of equal thickness. It is important that the workpiece cures evenly during drying.

The eggplant slices are laid out on a baking sheet so that they are freely located on the entire surface. The oven is preheated to 200 degrees and placed in a baking sheet with a workpiece. After an hour of drying, the temperature is reduced by half and held for another 4 hours.

How to store eggplant dried in an electric dryer or oven? It is best to put them in a glass container under the lid, which will preserve the natural taste. If dry eggplants are stored in cloth bags, they are kept away from strongly smelling foods.

Dried eggplant outdoors

As in previous drying methods, eggplant needs to be prepared - thoroughly washed and dried. The flesh is cut into thin strips (the stalk is removed) and laid out on a baking sheet so that the slices lie without touching each other. A baking sheet is placed in a place protected from the sun where there are no drafts. For uniform drying, the eggplant should be turned over, and the drying process will take about 5-6 days. To prevent dust and other debris from falling onto the eggplant during drying, cover the baking sheet with gauze in one layer.

Slicing eggplant for drying

The methods for slicing eggplant before drying depends on what dishes will be prepared from such a workpiece.

• Diced.
    If in winter you cook caviar or stew from dried eggplant, the fruits for drying are cut into small cubes. This preform dries well at room temperature for 3-4 days. Faster drying will be in the oven, which will take only 4 hours.
• Eggplant Straws.
    This is the best form of eggplant for salads and soups. The peeled eggplant is grated with large holes and the resulting mass is laid out in a thin layer on clean paper or fabric. Store such a blank in fabric bags away from products with a strong aroma.
• Drying in halves of eggplant.
    In Turkey and Italy, this form of eggplant is used for stuffing toppings. For drying, the flesh is cut from each half, leaving a 0.5 cm thick wall.
• Drying whole eggplants.
    In this case, small fruits are used that are kept outdoors for a long time. In well-dried eggplant, the sound of seeds is heard when shaking.

Dry eggplant for the winter - video

We prepare sledges in summer and dry eggplants in autumn. Not every housewife is ready to engage in conservation all day, and there is already not enough space for freezing. And what about the mainstream diet? You can’t hold vitamins with vinegar! Drying is considered one of the best ways to preserve not only taste, but also beneficial substances. In this article, you will learn how to properly dry eggplants for the winter at home.

There are three main ways to dry eggplant:

• On a thread;
• In the oven;
• In the electric dryer.

Of course, if you have a separate freezer, and you can freeze kilograms of eggplant for the winter, then you will save your time. But my freezer is already clogged with zucchini, so let's start drying.

"Little blue" as boletus - on a string

In this recipe I will tell you how to dry eggplant on a thread. Eggplants resemble mushrooms to their taste and texture. And when we hang the eggplant garlands, then the external resemblance will be obvious.

For cooking, we need eggplant. I don’t understand grades and cannot distinguish “diamond” from “early Czech”, therefore I choose the smallest vegetables for drying. In such fruits there are fewer seeds, they will be less bitter.

Advice! To get rid of bitterness, soak the blue circles in salty cold water for 15 minutes. After - dry on a paper towel.

1. The next step is to thinly cut the skin. If you have a vegetable knife, then you can quickly do the cleaning.
2. Trim your butt and nose.
3. The final stage remained - heat treatment. Pour the eggplant with boiling water and leave for 5 minutes.
4. Remove the vegetables from the water and throw on a sieve to drain excess water.
5. When the eggplants have cooled, use a regular needle and thread to string false mushrooms at a distance of 3 cm from each other. We will dry in the kitchen or in a warm place for a week.

Eggplant mushroom caps of boletus remind eggplant. Such "mushrooms" can be used when cooking soups and stews.

Dry in the oven

This drying method is practically no different from the previous recipe. Only here we do not use salt.

1. Cut the peeled vegetables into circles and distribute on a string.
2. We put eggplant beads on a dry baking sheet and send it to the oven for 10-15 minutes at a temperature of 160 degrees.
3. Hang in a dry place for 3-4 days.

When the vegetables are dried, collect them in a glass jar and tightly close the lid.

Dried eggplant "under the meat" in an electric dryer

Another very interesting option for cooking blue vegetables in an electric dryer. In the previous recipe, we created mushrooms, and in this - meat!

Wash and clean the eggplants. Cut into thin strips with a knife or vegetable cutter. Prepare the marinade:

• Vegetable oil - 100 ml;
• Honey - 2 tsp;
• Soy sauce - 70 ml;
• Pepper, paprika, spices.

Season the slices with marinade and leave for 2 hours at room temperature.

We lay the strips on the dryer levels, set the temperature to 40 degrees and dry for 24 hours. We get thin crispy strips that resemble bacon. Only calories are fewer and more benefits. Vegetable chips are in perfect harmony with beer.

Which is better to dry or freeze eggplant

I will say this, any method of harvesting for the winter is good. Part of the nutrients is lost both during freezing and drying. The first method is quick, but drying requires patience. But personally, I like dried eggplant more!

Dry eggplant can be added to soups, stews or steamed. If you want to fry them, then soak them for 5 minutes in water before cooking.

1. Grind the dried vegetables and get a seasoning with an unusual taste.
2. Using a blender, prepare vegetable powder, add water and use as a cosmetic face mask.
3. A spoonful of dried blue ones per day helps to cope with alcohol and nicotine addiction.

Now you know how to dry eggplant for the winter at home and choose a recipe to taste. Bon Appetit!

Eggplant is a popular vegetable. But not everyone knows how to properly store them. A great option is freezing, but the fruits are voluminous and you can’t put a lot of them in the freezer. In this case, drying will help. A step-by-step recipe with photos of dried eggplant for the winter. Video recipe.

Many housewives in the fall think about how to keep eggplant for the winter. They are harvested in a variety of ways: canned, made caviar, frozen and even dried. The latter method of harvesting is less rare, although at the same time a large amount of useful substances is stored in the vegetable. You can dry them, like other vegetables, in a city apartment, and the process is completely not complicated. It is worth noting that it has been scientifically proven that with competent drying (at a moderate temperature) of vegetables, almost all useful substances are stored in them. In dried eggplant, the concentration of nutrients increases due to a decrease in fruit mass.

In addition, eggplant can make dried preparations with all kinds of tastes. For this, special marinades and spices are used. And gourmets can make dried eggplant with bacon flavor. In the winter season, they are delicious to serve as a snack. Before cooking, dried eggplant must be soaked in water, like dried mushrooms, and then cook as usual. In 30 minutes, the vegetables will absorb enough liquid to recover. They can be used for cooking dishes according to the usual recipes, as from fresh vegetables.

Only ripe eggplants are suitable for drying, without damage or signs of decay. It is desirable to choose fruits of the same degree of ripeness with a thin skin, and in overripe blue it becomes hard flesh and large seeds. Therefore, mature eggplants for drying in the winter are not suitable, it is better to choose young fruits.

• Calories per 100 g - 35 kcal.
• Servings Per Container - any quantity
• Cooking time - 30 minutes of active work, plus time for removing bitterness (if necessary) and time for drying

Ingredients:

• Eggplant - any quantity

  Step-by-step preparation of dried eggplant for the winter, recipe with photo:

1. Wash the eggplants, dry and cut the stalks.

2. Cut the fruit into bars, cubes, rings, half rings, or any other shape. If you use ripe fruits, then they contain harmful solanine, which gives bitterness. It must be removed. To do this, sprinkle the chopped fruits with salt and leave for half an hour. Droplets will appear on the surface of vegetables, along with which bitterness will come out. Then wash the vegetables under running water and dry with a paper towel.

3. Place the eggplants on a baking sheet evenly and place in a heated oven to 60 degrees. Dry the fruit with the door slightly open to allow steam to escape. Drying time may take 2-3 hours. Turn eggplant periodically to dry evenly on all sides.

4. Ready dried eggplant for the winter should be dry but soft. Store the workpiece in a paper bag or glass jar at room temperature.

Eggplants can also be dried in an electric dryer at a given temperature of 55 degrees for 25-27 hours. The temperature in the room where the electric dryer will be located should be +28 degrees.

You can still use the old grandmother's method and dry the fruits outdoors in the shade. In this case, cover the eggplant with gauze so that flies and dust do not land on them. At night, bring the fruits into the room, and in the morning again take them outside.

See also a video recipe on how to cook dried eggplant for the winter.

Eggplants are quite popular with us, but not many people know how to properly store them. Freezing is a great option, but the eggplants are very bulky and you can’t put a lot in the freezer. Dehydration will help, followed by recovery. We will consider the most interesting eggplant drying recipes.

It is advisable to choose eggplants of the same size, and not very mature, in which there are not so many seeds.

Cut the eggplants into long strips, pierce with thread, and hang them to dry in the fresh air.

Eggplant dries quickly, and after 3-5 days they will be ready for long-term storage.

Eggplant dried in the oven, or electric dryer

Eggplant is washed, cut into circles and sprinkled with salt. Now they need to give time to lie down, and release bitterness.

After an hour, the eggplants are washed, slightly salted, sprinkled with spices, a little vegetable oil is added and mixed. Put them on a baking sheet, or on the pallet of an electric dryer.

In the oven, the temperature is set to 120 degrees, and when dried, the door is left ajar. Drying will take about 3 hours.

An electric dryer needs a temperature of 50 degrees, and a drying time of 6-7 hours.

Storage

For the preparation of meat dishes, caviar, baking, eggplant should be cooled, and pour into a glass jar.

In winter, you will only need to soak dried eggplant for 2 hours in water, and they will return to their original appearance. In any case, this will be enough to cook the stew, or even stuffing the eggplant.

To use dried eggplant as an independent dish, pour a little vegetable oil on the bottom of the glass jar, lay a layer of eggplant, a pinch of grated garlic on top, and again a little oil. And again a layer of eggplant, garlic, butter, until you fill the jar.

Eggplant Chips

Cut the eggplant into long thin strips. Prepare the marinade:

• 100 grams of olive oil
• 50 grams of soy sauce or apple cider vinegar
• 2 tablespoons of honey
• cayenne pepper, paprika to taste.

Dip the eggplant in the marinade and let it sit at room temperature for at least 2 hours.
  After that, dry them with napkins and put them in an electric dryer.

At a temperature of 40 degrees, eggplant chips are dried for about a day. This can be recognized by the characteristic crunch of the plates.

There are many recipes for drying eggplant; each housewife has her own recipe. Share your achievements and complement our cookbook.

Video: how to dry eggplant in an electric dryer:

Many in the fall think about how to save eggplant for the winter. They are harvested in different ways: in the form of preservation, eggplant caviar, even frozen. A less rare method of harvesting eggplant is drying, although at the same time a large amount of nutrients is stored in the vegetable. In our country, this method of harvesting "little blue ones" is not very common, but in Turkey or Italy, dried eggplant can always be found in stores.

Eggplant can be dried as well as dill and parsley in a city apartment. This process is not complicated at all and everyone can choose the most convenient method for drying the “blue ones” for themselves.

How to dry eggplant?

For drying, only ripe eggplants are suitable, without damage and signs of decay. It is advisable to choose fruits with a thin skin, and in overripe flesh becomes stiff, the seeds are large, so such eggplants are not suitable for drying in the winter.

Eggplant can be used to make dried billets with different tastes using special marinades and spices. If desired, gourmets can make dried eggplant with bacon flavor and serve thin straws as a snack in winter.

Before cooking, dried eggplant should be soaked in water and then cooked like mushrooms.

Dried eggplant "meat"

4 small fruits or 2 large fruits are peeled and cut into thin strips. For convenience, they use a sharp knife or use a special nozzle on a vegetable cutter. If the eggplant is very large, the strip can be further cut into 2 or 4 parts.

Now you need to prepare the marinade, for which half a glass of olive oil, a third of a glass of soy sauce or apple cider vinegar, 2 tablespoons of honey, a quarter teaspoon of cayenne pepper and a teaspoon of paprika are mixed in a separate bowl.

Prepared eggplant is poured with marinade and left for 2 hours. Next, the strips are blotted with a paper towel and laid out in an electric dryer. At a temperature of 40 degrees, the eggplant strips are dried for about a day. Dried eggplant is ready when they have a characteristic crunch.

Dried eggplant "like mushrooms"

The eggplants cooked for winter are very reminiscent of mushrooms to taste, and the appearance is sometimes misleading.

Only young eggplants, which contain a minimum of seeds, are suitable for this drying method. Washed fruits are peeled and cut into thin circles. Billets are carefully strung on a thread and laid low on a baking sheet.

How to dry eggplant in this form? Simply. The oven is heated to 160 degrees and eggplant is held for about 10 minutes, no longer. Next, low eggplant is removed from the oven and suspended in a dry place for final drying.

Dry eggplant should be poured into glassware or cloth bags.

Salted dried eggplant

Eggplant can be dried with pre-processing. The peeled fruits are cut into rings of medium thickness and sprinkled with salt, leaving them for 15 minutes. This is the standard way to remove excess bitterness from the pulp.

Next, the eggplants are laid out on a baking sheet and sent for drying in the oven, keeping them for 5 hours at a temperature of 60 degrees.

For consumption, such dried eggplant is soaked in water, after which they are fried.

How to dry eggplant in an electric dryer or oven?

If the house has an electric dryer, stocking up with enough dried eggplant will not be difficult. The instructions for such a device have detailed information about the method, temperature and drying time.

In the oven, eggplant is dried a little differently. First you need to prepare the fruits, for which they are washed, dried with a towel and cut the stalks. Then the “little blue ones” are cut into pieces of equal thickness. It is important that the workpiece cures evenly during drying.

The eggplant slices are laid out on a baking sheet so that they are freely located on the entire surface. The oven is preheated to 200 degrees and placed in a baking sheet with a workpiece. After an hour of drying, the temperature is reduced by half and held for another 4 hours.

How to store eggplant dried in an electric dryer or oven? It is best to put them in a glass container under the lid, which will preserve the natural taste. If dry eggplants are stored in cloth bags, they are kept away from strongly smelling foods.

Dried eggplant outdoors

As in previous drying methods, eggplant needs to be prepared - thoroughly washed and dried. The flesh is cut into thin strips (the stalk is removed) and laid out on a baking sheet so that the slices lie without touching each other. A baking sheet is placed in a place protected from the sun where there are no drafts. For uniform drying, the eggplant should be turned over, and the drying process will take about 5-6 days. To prevent dust and other debris from falling onto the eggplant during drying, cover the baking sheet with gauze in one layer.

Slicing eggplant for drying

The methods for slicing eggplant before drying depends on what dishes will be prepared from such a workpiece:

• Diced.
    If in winter you cook caviar or stew from dried eggplant, the fruits for drying are cut into small cubes. This preform dries well at room temperature for 3-4 days. Faster drying will be in the oven, which will take only 4 hours.
• Eggplant Straws.
    This is the best form of eggplant for salads and soups. The peeled eggplant is grated with large holes and the resulting mass is laid out in a thin layer on clean paper or fabric. Store such a blank in fabric bags away from products with a strong aroma.
• Drying in halves of eggplant.
    In Turkey and Italy, this form of eggplant is used for stuffing toppings. For drying, the flesh is cut from each half, leaving a 0.5 cm thick wall.
• Drying whole eggplants.
    In this case, small fruits are used that are kept outdoors for a long time. In well-dried eggplant, the sound of seeds is heard when shaking.

Dry eggplant for the winter - video