Potatoes are one of the easiest and yet difficult thing to freeze dry and get perfect. Raw potatoes need to be rinsed with either salt water or water with citric acid, soaked and then blanched and still they may turn brown when they are processed through the freeze dryer. It’s so difficult for many to
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Freeze drying candy seems like it would be very straight forward, put it in the machine and let it go. The problem is, sugar needs a different temperature to make it look like it’s from another planet. Freeze dryers have many presets, and for most foods they work beautifully to have perfectly preserved food once
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Freeze drying whole lemons is an easy way to retain all of the lemon flavor and nutrients to use at a later date. I like to buy lemons when they’re in season, processing nearly 100 pounds per year for a variety of recipes. My favorite so far is lemonade, using the whole lemon it gives
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