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Strawberry Kiwi Fruit Leather
Ingredients:
- 4 1/2 cups strawberries & kiwi
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
- Sugar to taste (3 Tablespoons)
Directions:
- Dice up the fruit
- Place the fruit in a saucepan with the lemon juice over medium-low heat. Simmer, stirring occasionally until the fruit is very soft.
- Purée fruit in a blender until smooth, then strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a large bowl.
- Preheat oven to the lowest setting, at least somewhere between 140-170°F with rack in middle.
- Line a large baking sheet with plastic wrap. Spray the plastic wrap lightly with non-stick cooking spray.
- Pour hot purée onto prepared pan and spread thinly (as evenly as possible) into a rectangle using spatula.
- Dry purée in oven until it feels dry to the touch, about 6-8 hours.
- Cool on plastic on a rack until completely dry, at least 3 hours and up to 24.
- Place a sheet of parchment paper over leather, then peel leather off liner and roll up in parchment.
- Store wrapped in plastic for up to one month
Chanel’s in-house photog Vincent Lappartient always takes the loveliest pictures backstage (these are from couture earlier this week). of course, I always think “more nail pictures, please!” that dreamy, gorgeous icy blue shade—Sky Line—will be out in July. yet another reason for summer to hurry up and get here already
I saw this man on the Metro this past Monday, and asked him who the flowers were for. They were for his wife. They’ve been married for 47 years. Every Monday, he brings her home flowers after work. My heart died at that moment.