Lavashak - Persian Fruit Leather
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Recipe type: Snack
Cuisine: Persian
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Serves: 4
 
Lavashak, or Persian style fruit leather, is an easy to make snack of dried fruit dried out in your oven! Healthy, tasty and vegan!
Ingredients
  • 6 medium plums or other fleshy fruit like apple, peach, cherry etc
  • ½ cup water
  • Dash of salt
Instructions
  1. Wash and roughly chop the plums. Keep the peels on as it adds wonderful flavor and color!
  2. Place the plums, water and salt into a sauce pot and bring to a simmer over medium heat.
  3. Let simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the fruit is mushy to the point of falling apart. (Watch the water level carefully and add a bit more over time if it starts to burn)
  4. Using an immersion blender (or transfer the contents to a blender), blend the fruit well.
  5. Continue to blend until no chunks are visible and the consistency is very smooth.
  6. Preheat your oven to 200 F.
  7. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  8. Spread the fruit mixture on the cookie sheet (here's where the cake spatula comes in handy) in an even layer about ¼ inch thick.
  9. Bake in the oven for about 4-5 hours, checking every hour.
  10. The lavashak is done when there is no visible wetness and the fruit leather separates easily from the paper.
  11. Cut into strips and enjoy!
Notes
Here are the tools I find useful for this recipe:
- An immersion blender
- An icing / cake spatula
Recipe by Ahu Eats at https://www.ahueats.com/2016/08/lavashak-persian-fruit-leather.html