Why does this not work?

Why raspberries won't let dry

The water content of raspberries is over 80 percent. When the fruit is dried, the water is completely removed. Ultimately, only the shells and kernels remain.

To eat dried raspberries, you'd have to soak them in water. The fruits then taste very weak and have a bitter aftertaste. Many of the valuable ingredients are lost during drying.

Drying raspberry seeds

If you make jelly from raspberries, you must first pass the fruit through a sieve to remove the stones.

A tasty condiment can be made from the kernels left in the sieve. To do this, spread out the seeds and let them dry in the oven or in the sun.

You can tell that the kernels are well dried out because they become very hard. Finely paint them in a coffee grinder or similar device. Then mix the powder with salt. With this mixture, fish utensils can be very well seasoned.

This is how you can preserve raspberries:

Raspberries don't last long to store. Even under the best of circumstances, they become inedible after a day or two.

Have more fruit harvestedthan you can eat or consume raw, you need to process them asap.

Alternatives to drying

Instead of drying raspberries, you have other alternatives to preserve raspberries for several months. You can:

• As a compote boil down
• Freeze
• Process into jam or jelly
• Make raspberry purée

The fruits do not lose so much water during this preparation process. The ingredients, especially the minerals, are retained.

Tips & Tricks

Even if the fruits of the raspberries cannot be dried, this does not apply to the leaves. Gather young raspberry leaves, crush them and lay them out to dry. A great-tasting tea can be made from it. It is said to have a beneficial effect on women’s ailments.