HOW TO DEHYDRATE DAIRY
| Cut | Grated, chopped or slices |
| Pre-treat with heat | No |
| Temperature/time (hard cheese) | Food dehydrator 30°C (86°F: about 15 hours Air dry at room temperature: for several days. |
| Temperature/time (soft cheese) | Food dehydrator: about 6 hours Convection oven: 10 hours |
To dehydrate dairy products are a smart alternative when you cannot access refrigeration. Some powders are available in well-sorted stores or accessible online, such as cream and milk powder (lactose-free options are also available). However, getting hold of dried cheese is more complicated. Luckily, dehydrating hard cheese on your own is easy!
Cheese is nutritious and flavourful, which makes it a perfect ingredient in many recipes for trail food. For example, sprinkle chopped and dried blue cheese over pasta and let it melt or put dried pieces of hard cheese into a minestrone.
In general, it is best to use low-fat dairy products. This applies especially to wet dairy products. If you want to dehydrate crème fraiche, choose the version with a lower fat percentage.
DEHYDRATE DAIRY PRODUCTS
Hard cheese, Blue cheese, Blue cheese in a tube, Feta cheese, Cottage cheese, Philadelphia cheese, Yogurt 3%, Greek yoghurt 10%, Cream milk 3%, Crème Fraiche 13% – and more.
DEHYDRATE COTTAGE CHEESE & PHILADELPHIA
