Everything this summer has been about three weeks late, with one exception. Freezing temperature. We already have places within our township, municipaty, that has been below freezing. We did get low temperatures, but we ended up being on the upper side. I have had some heat in my greenhouse for a couple of weeks already. I was a bit worried that all our redcurrants were going to freeze, but they where still good enough to pick.
So me and my hubby spent a couple of hours to pick as much as we could of our redcurrants this weekend. We almost filled up two 10 litres buckets. I did three batches of juice in my steamjuicer and I ended up with 8,5 litres juice (over 2 gallons). I tried to sum up how much juice I have done this summer and the best answer I can get is at least over 20 litres (over 5 gallons). I just have to be happy about that.
I also went to pick more blackcurrants to put in my dehydrator.
I did get a fair amount even after cleaning out stems and debris. I ended up filling my dehydrator.
The only thing I didn't think about was the difference in size between the berries. So now I have a lot of really crisp small berries and some bigger that haven't dried enough yet. So I had an idea. Why not make a powder? I figured that if I can do powder from vegetables I bet I can do powder from berries too. I searched pinterest, but I didn't find anything. So I went on to google and I found a store that sells berry powder. In Sweden. How about that? I didn't have a clue. It could also be a future income, good to know.
I think I have a small mill for almonds laying around somewhere, if I can find it I can give it a try.
I had to try one and I'm pretty sure they will be better to put in my yoghurt if I make a powder, they are quite sour. It also shows that it wasn't just wasted effort. I didn't get dried berries to replace raisins, perhaps I will get a super powder instead.
Until next time, be well.
//S
