Honey jujube is a kind of nourishing food with high nutritional value, which is beneficial to the spleen, moistens the lungs, strengthens the kidneys, replenishes qi and activates the blood.

I. Raw materials and equipment

1. raw materials. Jujube, sugar and water.

2. Equipment. Diameter 86.5cm large iron pot, drying room, cut date machine and date press.

Two, production method

1. raw materials. Generally prefer to choose a large, small nucleus, loose flesh, thin and tough skin, less juicy varieties.

2. grading. Date fruit according to cut date machine in and out of the size of the caliber grading, while eliminating deformed dates, insect dates, overripe dates.

3. Slit. Will be selected by the date fruit graded into the date cutting machine aperture for cutting seam. Depth to reach half the thickness of the flesh is appropriate. Too deep easy to break, too shallow is not easy to soak the sugar solution.

4. Wash dates. After cutting the seam of fresh jujube into the bamboo basket, put in the water to wash, drain water.

5. cooking dates. In the diameter of 86.5cm large iron pot put water 1-1.5kg, the amount of water can be according to the date of dry and wet, maturity, cooking time and fire increase or decrease, sugar 4.5-5kg, fresh jujube 9kg. first of all, the water and sugar heated to dissolve into a sugar solution, and then poured into the fresh jujube, and the sugar solution, stirring, with a strong fire cooking and boiling constantly, stir and fish out the floating sugar froth. Sugar foam. When the jujube is boiled until it becomes soft and yellow, it will slow down the turning. When the sugar color from white to yellow, reduce the fire, slow simmering with the fire, cook to the boiling point temperature of 105 ℃ or more, the sugar content of 65% until the date cooking time of about 50 minutes.