You bought a watermelon, and it turned out to be not only thick-skinned, but also unsweetened? It's a shame, of course, no words. But let's try to get out of this unpleasant situation with the least losses. If you took it in a store and you still have a check, then you can try to return it back. Well, if the watermelon was purchased on the market, then in this case, you can make a claim to the seller. Most likely, he will exchange it for you to another.
If you do not want to carry this burden in the second round, then you can cook candied watermelon. For those who have never heard such an exotic word, let’s explain that these are boiled in sweet syrup and dipped in sugar, either whole fruits or pieces of berries and fruits. That is, in fact, they are such peculiar homemade sweets.
Watermelon peel candied fruit recipe
Actually, to be honest, you don’t have to wait until you get a tasteless watermelon, as you do not need to specifically look for such an instance. Candied watermelon peel can be made from a sweet round treat. The main thing is that it has a sufficiently thick crust. You will eat all the red pulp with pleasure, and the inedible (as you thought before) parts instead of the bin will go to the pan.
In order to make candied fruit from a watermelon peel, you need to remove everything superfluous from it - an external hard green shell and traces of red pulp. After that, cut them into cubes or cubes. The sizes of the pieces should not be very large. It is enough if they will vary within one centimeter.
Pieces of crust cut into pieces, pour into boiling water and boil for about 10 minutes to get rid of stiffness. Then put them out of the pan into a colander and leave them to drain for a while.
Cook the syrup. About half a liter of water takes about a kilogram of sugar. Only necessarily pour fresh water, and not the one into which you boiled candied watermelon peels before. In a boiling syrup, lower our billets and again boil for about 10 minutes. Then we turn off the fire and leave them to cool right in the syrup. It is easiest to do this before bedtime, as they will certainly cool off enough during the night.
The next day, boil them again the same 10 minutes. Surely you will need to repeat this procedure three more times. But it is no longer necessary to wait for the mixture to cool. The main thing is to ensure that candied watermelon peels become transparent. Once this happened, add some lemon juice and vanilla. You can put cinnamon instead of the last.
Now drain the syrup, wait a while for it to stack with candied fruit, and roll them in icing sugar. You can take simple sand, if there is no powder at hand. That’s almost all. It remains only to lay them on a board covered with parchment paper or plastic wrap so that they do not touch each other and leave to dry. It usually takes about three to five days. But you can try right away.
If you have food coloring at home, you can add them to the syrup. Then your candied fruits will delight not only your taste, but also your eyes with a variety of shades. Put the finished sweets in a jar. You can dispose of them at your discretion.