Drying Dried Anchos


 
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James Harvey

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Hi All,

I bought some whole dried anchos from Silk Merchant and they are still pretty sticky. Any suggestions to further dry them for grinding? I'm thinking a very low oven but don't want to kill any flavor.

Any thoughts/suggestions?
 
Thanks guys. I went the oven route. My lowest setting is 170F so I left them for 90 minutes and checked a few times throughout. Once they cooled, they were perfect for grinding. As a note, I split them and removed the seeds prior to drying (there were quite a few). The pre-dry weight was 75g but after seed removal and 2nd drying I only got 50g out of them (4 whole anchos). I did 1 ancho per grind and they ground down great. They still lose a little oil during the grind so you might want to rinse/clean the grinder after use or it will coat the inside of your grinder. My wife did an Asian spice grind without cleaning and the 5 spice left a concrete like coating. I bought a new grinder since 5 spice is pretty distinctive. Anyway, worked out well.
 
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