Prepare as many as you wish, but 8 make about 6 cups
Directions:
- Slice the avocados, removing the pits and skin.
- Soak in a lemon juice bath of 1 tbsp lemon juice per 1 cup of water to help prevent browning and improve rehydration.
- Prepare the trays: Line with silicone mats for easy removal.
- Arrange the slices evenly on the trays.
- Pre-freeze (optional): Freeze until solid or place directly into the freeze dryer.
- Freeze dry (my cycle time was 25 hours)
Rehydration:
These can be enjoyed dry (my favorite way to eat them!). My rehydration attempt was unsuccessful, likely because I skipped the lemon juice soak, which helps preserve texture and color. If you try to rehydrate, start with minimal water and let them soak for a long time. Covering them may help.
Notes:
Avocados are high in calories and fat, but it is mostly monounsaturated fat (good fat). They make excellent fuel for your body if you don’t want a lot to eat. They are also a great source of many nutrients, including B vitamins and magnesium.
Nutritional Value Per 1 medium avocado
Calories: 322 Protein: 4 g Fat: 30 g Carbohydrates: 17 g Sugar: 1 g Fiber: 14 g
Cycle times & rehydration for reference only. Your results may vary.
Comments (1)
I freeze dried just mashed avacado and a little salt. My question is the settings. Is the heat at 120 degrees good? I froze for 1 day in my freezer and set my Harvest Right at -15 degrees for 15 minutes. For a whole tray where would I start with drying time. I added 8 hrs. I’m new to freeze drying and trying to learn how to adjust the settings on the freeze dryer so I don’t end up messing up batches of food.
Toni from Delaware
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Freeze Drying Cookbook replied:
Hi Toni we tend to use the default settings for everything except herbs and maybe dairy, so no need to change those settings. If I change anything it’s the freezing temp and I set it to at least -20, As long as you have pre-frozen the avocado, start your machine, wait until it gets below freezing so you do not have unintentional thawing before the machine gets there. Load your trays and press start.
We recommend always having 24 hours of extra dry time, the main reason being this buys you time at the end of your load, if it would normally finish up in the middle of the night, you can now check on it in the morning etc.
Once you are into extra dry time you can stop the load, check for dryness and restart if necessary (still in the extra dry time phase).
We wish you the best as you start your freeze drying journey.