persimmon flowers

persimmons... one of the blessings of living in los angeles during the fall.

dried persimmons... a great boon from having a bounty of persimmons...

I bought so many persimmons from the farmers market last week that I had to borrow my friend's dehydrator to preserve these wonderful little gems.

I would imagine that you could dehydrate them in an oven on warm. The only caveat is that it takes a pretty long time. They took over 12 hours in the dehydrator (on about 105°). I did slice them very thick, so if I sliced them thinner they probably wouldn't have taken so long. But it is time well spent.