The so-called kumquat berry is a bright and healthy fruit that children love very much. Let's see what exactly the substances necessary for our body are contained in it. And also in how to eat kumquat in such a way as to get the maximum benefit and pleasure from it.
"Golden Apple"
This is how the word “kumquat” is translated from Chinese. This miniature mandarin is widely used in traditional medicine of China to increase immunity, treat fungal diseases, improve skin color, and increase the body's resistance. How to eat kumquat in this country? Most often, together with the peel, because it contains the lion's share of all the beneficial substances that are in this fruit. Candied fruits are also very tasty and healthy. Before eating kumquat, it must be washed thoroughly and rubbed with a brush in order to clean the healthy peel of all impurities, as well as substances that the fruit is processed to increase shelf life. These fruits make very tasty and fragrant candied fruits. They can be added to a variety of desserts, sweet and snack pastries, and also eat as they are. Kumquat has the ability to remove a hangover and clear its head. To do this, you need to use it in the morning after a festive feast in the amount of several pieces. The Chinese insist on kumquat with the addition of honey - this drug lowers blood cholesterol and helps with lung diseases. The combination of a sour tender middle of an orange fruit and its sweet shell will appeal to all lovers of citrus.
How to eat kumquat for dessert?
Another name for these small oranges is kinkans. They resemble plums and keep their shape well, being dried or dried. To freshen up in hot weather, just eat a handful of kumquats. Tart and pronounced taste, similar to orange, is well able to quench thirst. Small unusual kumquats are a wonderful (and most importantly - edible) decoration for cakes, fruit muffins, cocktails. This fruit, added to the sauce for baked meat, will give a piquant note. Kumquats are good as fruit salad ingredients. You can make a perfect jam out of these orange fruits. He will make a splash when served for breakfast. Cut the kumquat fruits in half (they will need about a kilogram) and fill with three glasses of sugar. Boil in a large saucepan, add rum and lime juice, boil, pour into banks.
Unsweetened Kumquats
If you do not like boiled kumquats, you can cook them whole in a vinegar marinade. In this case, they will also serve as a savory snack. Pour 600 g of kumquats with a little water, boil until soft. Take the fruits out of the brine, pour in one and a half cups of vinegar and 2.5 tbsp. white sugar, put star anise and allspice. Arrange the kumquats in clean, sterilized jars. Pour boiled marinade. Insist in the refrigerator for a couple of weeks. You can serve them with meat, pin with a skewer to a piece of boiled pork or roast beef in the form of decoration, make canapes and tartlets with them.