Dehydrated Lemons to Preserve your Crop | Sustainable Holly (2024)

Jun 13, 2019

It’s Lemon Season and nature times it perfectly with the start of the flu season. My lemon tree is about 5 years old and has really started producing decent crops this year. Part of my journey has been to learn different ways to preserve and use excess crops (as well as gifting extra to friends). I love dehydrated lemons as they not only look pretty on the shelf but they are also so easy to make and use.

How to make Dehydrated Lemons

• Rinse lemons
• Slice evenly – I use a mandoline to do this. It’s definitely worth it! I love mine.
• Lay out the lemon slices on your dehydrator tray and turn the setting to around 60 degrees Celsius.
• Dehydrate for 6-8 hours until the flesh is no longer sticky to touch.
• Allow to cool and place into jars.
• You can do this in the oven if you don’t have a dehydrator. It all depends on how thick your slices are and your oven type but I did mine at 60degrees celsius for 8-9 hours and cracked the door for the first few hours to let the moisture escape.

How to use dehydrated Lemons

This is a question I got asked a lot on Instagram. So here are some of the ways I like to use my dehydrated lemons.

• Tea – Place a couple in hot water or green tea. I also add fresh mint or honey too.
• Mulled Wine – I love a wintery mulled wine and adding these at the end makes it look and taste amazing!
• Baking – I made a delicious lemon slice and cut the dehydrated lemons into quarters and placed on top for an extra lemony taste. You can also place in cakes and muffins and it will have a chewy texture so make sure they are small pieces.
• Broken up into a Laksa soup – once the lemons rehydrate they are similar to a fresh slice so treat them as you would a fresh lemon.
• The decoration on any cakes, baking, platters or fish meals.
• co*cktails! or Mocktails. They make a beautiful addition and will elevate any drink.

What dehydrator do I use?

If you are looking to invest in a dehydrator I highly recommend keeping an eye out for a second hand one or borrow from a friend. They are the type of thing that people buy and don’t find enough things to make so it collects dust in the cupboard. Also, not all dehydrators are made the same…Some are super noisy and slow so make sure you look into the reviews before you purchase.

I have the Bio Chef Arizona 6 tray one and I love it.

Let me know in the comments below if you have made dehydrated lemons before and how you use them.

Holly 🌿

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