You can make this popular sweet fruit candied fruit at home with your own hands. They can be made from a variety of berries and fruits. Even from watermelon crusts. Colored fruit mosaic decorate your sweet table. Candied fruits (what is it and how to cook them - you will learn from this article) is not only a bright and tasty treat. They are also extremely helpful. Candied ginger, for example, is a full-fledged cold remedy. A jar of such sweets, along with honey, will protect you from viruses in the autumn-winter period.
Candied ginger - what is it?
In cold weather, you can warm up not only with mulled wine and hot tea. How many of you know the warming properties of ginger root? The essential oils contained in it give it a sharp and burning taste, which successfully complements not only meat dishes and sushi, but also sweets. Ginger powder is added to tea, grated root is put in the dough for muffins and pies. You can also make candied fruits from it. What it is? Candied slices of ginger root, boiled in syrup. They retain part of their pungency, which becomes quite tolerable, and acquire some sweetness. Also candied ginger root is very good for health (almost like fresh). It has anti-inflammatory and cold-fighting properties, helping the body fight infection.
Candied fruits need equal amounts of sugar and ginger, as well as water. The root needs to be cleaned and cut into strips or slices. Pour in water and cook for thirty minutes. After the ginger has boiled, add sugar. Continue to cook slices until clear and boil all the water. While ginger is in the syrup, it can be aromatized with, for example, cardamom, vanilla, cinnamon, star anise or cloves. When the liquid boils, add sugar to the pan and mix. Put on a baking sheet, dry. Store in a sealed glass jar. Add to ice cream, sweet desserts to harmonize the taste, in pastries (muffins, muffins), tea or coffee. Do not forget how useful candied ginger. What is it to strengthen the immune system, you can check for yourself by eating several sugared slices every day. Ginger will support your health in wet and windy weather.
Candied Strawberries
We need very large berries. Because small ones can harden in syrup. And the desired texture of these candied fruits is achieved by sugaring a large amount of pulp. Without peeling strawberries from sepals and twigs, but thoroughly having washed it, sprinkle with granulated sugar (determine the amount by eye) with citric acid. The berries will secrete juice after a while. Put them on a baking sheet in one layer. Pour juice and sprinkle with granulated sugar - it will be needed even about a glass. Place the pan in the oven (the temperature should be about two hundred degrees Celsius). The strawberry mass will boil after a while. Reduce the temperature by twenty degrees and hold for half an hour. Then take out a baking sheet, roll each berry in sugar (until they have cooled) and lay it on the foil for drying.