- 3 lbs craisins (sweetened dried cranberries)
- 1 c lemon juice
- 1 c sugar
- 1/2 c water
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 lb fresh ginger
- 1 c ground cam thao (licorice root), divided into 2 parts
Stir sugar & salt into the lemon juice; add water; mix together with dry ingredients & half the licorice. Let soak overnight in a covered container to let the dried fruit rehydrate. Pour out into a foil-lined pan; dehydrate in a 200 F oven (door ajar) for ~6 hrs, stirring every couple of hours. (Food dehydrator is probably ideal) At the end of the dehydration, there should be no free liquid--it should have evaporated, but the dried fruit should still be soft. Stir in the remainder of the licorice root.
Attempt #1, 5/9/2013:
- 2 lbs Trader Joe's unsulfured dried apricots
- 1/2 c sugar
- juice from 2 limes
- 1/2 c sliced licorice root, rehydrated with 1/2 c hot water, then, ground in food processor (next time, try the vitamix, and don't rehydrate)
- Water made up to 1/2 c, added to 1/2 c sugar
- 2 large ginger roots; when ground, comes to 2 cups
- 2/3 tbsp salt
170 F convection to dehydrate.
