This year's winter is particularly cold, the climate is also particularly dry, very easy to catch a cold, cough, throat discomfort and so on. Every year at this time, I will prepare some rock candy kumquats for my family, which is very effective in preventing and alleviating these problems. The good rock candy kumquat can be eaten directly as a snack, or it can be soaked in warm water to drink, sweet, adults and children are very fond of.
Make a large can at a time, eat one or two a day, you can eat for more than half a month, very convenient. The method is so simple that it is difficult to fail, and the kitchen novice can also succeed at once, and it is recommended that friends try it.
【Ingredients required】1 kg of kumquat, 125g rock sugar, 2 spoonfuls of salt, 250g of water
【Specific method】
1, first prepare 1 kg of kumquat, first clean the surface dust. Add another 2 teaspoons of salt, add water over kumquats, stir and melt with your hands and soak for 20 minutes. This can remove the bitter taste of kumquat, but also disinfect and sterilize, remove pesticide residues, and eat more assured.
2, after soaking, wash with water, remove the kumquat stalk, and use a knife to draw a cross flower knife on the top of the kumquat, so that it is convenient to taste.
3: Prepare 125g of rock sugar and pour it into the pot and add 250g of water. Rock sugar is a quarter of the kumquat, sugar as far as possible with rock sugar, because the rock sugar itself has the effect of moisturizing the lungs, coughing up phlegm, clearing heat and removing fire, and the kumquat is combined together, the effect is better.
4: Cook the rock sugar over low heat until melted, then add the processed kumquat, stir well, cover the pot and cook slowly. Stir once every 5 to 10 minutes to prevent sticking to the pan, no need to turn the dough frequently, very simple and worry-free.
5, finally boil the sugar water to thick, there are many dense bubbles, kumquats become soft, look crystal clear, you can turn off the heat, the whole process is about 20 minutes.
6, find a glass jar that can be sealed, blanch it with boiling water to disinfect, and then dry the water. Put the cool kumquat in a jar, cover it and put it in the refrigerator for refrigeration, so that it will not spoil for half a year. This is because the moisture of the kumquat evaporates during the boiling process, plus the rock sugar itself is a very good natural preservative, so the rock sugar kumquat is very resistant and not easy to break.
Every morning, one or two can be eaten directly as a snack, or you can drink it with warm boiled water, which is very sweet and sweet. Winter is easy to cold and cough, the family has the elderly and children, always prepare some rock sugar kumquat, simple and convenient effect is good.
In addition, kumquat contains a lot of vitamin C, vitamin A, often eat kumquat can also supplement vitamins, love beauty female friends may wish to eat more. It's easy to do, so you can try it.