Choose the best cherries
Choose the varieties with uniform fruit size,sweet taste and small juice ,remove mold,rotten,immature fruits,then remove the stalks,put them in a basket,wash them in a sink or basin with running water 2-3 times,remove impurities,and remove the stalks by hand.
Soak in alkali rinse
In order to shorten the drying time,it is best to blanch the cherries in a 0.2%-0.3% boiling lye for a while,then rinse the them in a clean water to remove the lye,and then put them in the basket for 5-10 minutes to drain the water.
Cheery drying process
Step1.Set the temperature to 55℃ and wait for the cherries to drain some water
Step2.Set the temperature to 60 ℃ ,and set the time to 12-15 hours
The moisture content of dried cherries can be controlled at about 18%
Drying Cherry
Nexe: Drying persimmons