Candied fruit is also called preserved fruit, and it was called honey frying in ancient times. China folk molasses fruit food. It is spread all over the country with a long history. A food made from fruits and vegetables such as peach, apricot, plum, jujube, wax gourd and ginger is pickled with sugar or honey. Candied fruit can be eaten directly as snacks or snacks, and can also be used as decorations on cakes, biscuits and other snacks.

In the Tang Dynasty, the fruits presented to the imperial court were preserved by soaking in honey. In the Song Dynasty, the production was fine and varied, from honey pickling to dual-purpose sucrose drying.

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The practice of candied kumquat

Ingredients: kumquat and rock sugar

First, kumquat should be washed with fine salt and soaked in light salt water for 5 minutes.

Second, after washing kumquat, put it in a basket to dry the water.

Third, add 300 grams of water to the pot, add yellow rock sugar, turn to low heat after boiling, and cook until the rock sugar melts.

Fourth, after the crystal sugar melts, pour in kumquat, boil it over high fire again, and turn to low heat.

5. Cook kumquat until it is soft, bright in color and thick in soup. Turn off the heat.

Sixth, complete

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