Grapefruit peel candy is also one of the comprehensive uses of grapefruit peel. Its flavor is not simply sweet, but sour, and its appearance is transparent or translucent. Its processing technology is also very simple. The process flow is as follows:

1. Raw material processing: Fresh grapefruit peel needs to be peeled off the oil cell layer, cut into cubes such as 1.5-2 cm x 1.5-2 cm, soaked in water repeatedly to remove the bitter taste, squeeze out the water and set aside.

2. Preparation of sugar solution: Use 25 kg of white sugar for 50 kg of pomelo peel, and add 25 kg of water to prepare a 50% concentration sugar solution. Add 150 grams of edible citric acid and one ten thousandth of lemon yellow to the sugar solution. Food coloring; 25g potassium sorbate, stir well and heat to boiling for a few minutes. At this time, the pomelo peel particles will fully absorb the sugar liquid, or the sugar liquid may be completely absorbed.

3. Drying: Bake in the baking room at 60-65℃ until semi-dry.

4. Packaging: Composite film small packaging.

In addition to white sugar, the sugar used in processing can also be maltose or starch syrup. In short, it is required that the product should not have sand return and keep the product in a transparent or translucent state. This food is sweet and sour, light yellow, soft in the mouth, with the aroma of Shatian pomelo, suitable for all ages. It is a kind of preserved fruit food suitable for processing in the place of production, and is also very popular among consumers. It is processed in the place of production in Meizhou. If it is not properly kept, the product will become darker in color, opaque, or even moldy during the shelf life. This should be noted.

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Ingredients

1 grapefruit peel

Accessories

1 lemon

Seasoning

Adequate amount of salt

90 grams of old rock sugar

Adequate amount of water

Recipe editor

1. Rub the surface of the grapefruit peel with salt until the surface layer of the grapefruit peel is damaged

2. Wash it with clean water (some grapefruits are waxed, remove them in this step), clean the grapefruit Cut the skin into large pieces

3. Then slice off the excessively thick white flesh inside

4. Leave a little white flesh. Although the white flesh is bitter, it is also the essence of removing fire. Change the knife Cut into small pieces

5. Soak in clean water (soaking for one day is the best). Finally, the color of the water turns yellow and the bitter taste of the grapefruit peel is reduced. Boil a pot of water and add a spoonful of salt to the water

6. Put the soaked grapefruit peel in the pot and cook for a while until the grapefruit peel becomes transparent and then turn off the heat. At this time, the water in the steamer will be yellow

7. Take it out Rinse the grapefruit peel in cold water

8. After taking it out, squeeze the water from the grapefruit peel with your hands (if you taste it at this time, the grapefruit peel has basically no bitter taste and has a very refreshing taste)

9.140 grams of dried grapefruit peel. I used 90 grams of rock sugar, which is already very sweet. If you don’t like sugar, you can control the ratio of grapefruit peel to sugar to 2:1

10 .Put a small bowl of boiling water in the pot, add rock sugar, squeeze in a little lemon juice, let the rock sugar melt and let it bubble, add the grapefruit peel, stir-fry slowly over low heat

11. Until the grapefruit peel Absorb all the sugar liquid and turn off the heat when there is no liquid in the pot

12. Put the finished grapefruit peel sugar semi-finished product in a heated room to air-dry for a day (if you don’t want to wait, you can bake it at about 100 degrees) , slowly bake until dry, or microwave at minimum heat until dry), but natural air drying is the most environmentally friendly

Cooking Tips Editor

1. Wash the surface of the grapefruit peel with salt and remove The wax or pesticides used by unscrupulous traders can also remove part of the bitter taste of grapefruit peels;

2. The outermost peel and part of the white bitter pulp of grapefruit are used to make grapefruit peel candy, which has a good taste and removes heat. The effect is also good;

3. The three steps to remove the bitterness of grapefruit peel: cleaning-soaking-blanching;

4. The ratio of dried grapefruit peel to sugar is 2: About 1, if you like sweetness, I add more, and the grapefruit peel candies are very sweet and delicious;

5. The prepared grapefruit peel can be dried naturally, or in the oven or microwave, as long as it is firm. Yes, it can be stored in a sealed container, but it will naturally regain moisture during the process, which is normal, and it will become softer and more delicious after moisture regains;

6. Lemon can be added or not added (add less) It will not affect the taste (citric acid has a preservative effect), but since there are no preservatives, it is better to eat it as soon as possible.