Pinyin for dried fruit is: guǒ fǔ.

1. Introduction of dried fruit:

Dried fruit generally refers to candied fruit. Originally, "candied fruit" was a processing method of pickling fruits and vegetables with sugar or honey, which has evolved into a traditional food name. Legend has it that preserves were invented in the Ming Dynasty by the Guanglu Temple, and "preserves" was originally intended to be made from fruits and vegetables, pickled in sugar or honey by processing methods, is a big concept.

2, the history of the development of preserved fruit:

Candied fruit is a traditional food with national characteristics, so far there are more than 2000 years of history. East Han people Zhao Hua compiled "Wu Yue Spring and Autumn Annals" book in the more than sweet honey pills (wood party) to report to the Wu increase the gift of the seal of the record. This is an early written record of candied fruit in China. The candied fruit is the name given to the fresh fruit that people put in the honey to be boiled and concentrated to remove a lot of water in the fruit, which is good for long time storage.

In the Tang and Song dynasties, due to the development of agricultural production, especially fruit and beekeeping, the development of sugar industry, so that the processing of candied fruit has been a great development, the formation of a "frying, brewing, aeration, grits" and so on - a whole set of processing technology, which makes the candied food products and varieties increased greatly, become a kind of food independently of the food of the forest of food.

Classification of preserved fruit:

1, candied category:

Candied preserves from the pulp with sugar **** cooking, the finished product is generally impregnated in a thick sugar solution, the pulp is delicate, beautiful flavor. Such as candied red fruits, candied begonias, candied quince and sugar plums, sugar cinnamon, sugar roses are such. Sugar-stained products, the surface of the slight sugar liquid, color fresh meat crisp, sweet and refreshing.

The original fruit flavor is strong, color, aroma, taste, shape, its representative products are mainly plum series products, as well as sugar Buddha's hand, honey kumquat, figs and so on. Return to the sand products, the surface is dry, slightly frosting, color and lustre fresh, chic shape, the entrance is fluffy, and its taste is sweet and moist.

2, back to the sand category:

After the raw materials are cooked by sugar impregnation, the surface of the finished products is dry with white frosting, such as: sugar melon strips, golden jujubes, kumquat cakes and so on. After returning to the sand preserves by the sugar impregnation cooking, the surface of the fruit billet is hung with a layer of powdered granulated sugar fusion coating, so that the products are opaque, and its texture is crisp, with a high sugar content.