The bought grapefruit tastes bitter and astringent. The most common grapefruit on the market is Shatian pomelo, which is bitter when it is not fully mature. This article will talk about how to make grapefruit sweet.
Tips for sweetening grapefruit
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First, buy some other ripe fruits and put them next to grapefruit to ripen. Shatian pomelo, the most common, will have a sweet taste when it is fully mature.
Tips for sweetening grapefruit
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Secondly, soaking bitter grapefruit in water for 5- 10 minutes will make it absorb some water, make it sweet and dilute the bitterness.
Tips for sweetening grapefruit
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Third, put some edible sugar, sugar is sweet, which can effectively neutralize the bitterness in bitter grapefruit. This method is suitable for short-term use.
Tips for sweetening grapefruit
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Fourth, in the face of other varieties of grapefruit, priority should be given to the purchase of grapefruit with thin skin and thick flesh. This kind of grapefruit has a smooth appearance, and the grapefruit with thin skin and thick flesh represents a relatively mature inner fruit with a sweet taste.
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Fifth, grapefruit needs to be stored in a cool place, but the whole grapefruit is bitter, so it can be exposed to direct sunlight properly, and the exposure time is 5- 10 minute, preferably not more than 15 minute.
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Sixth, mixing bitter grapefruit with honey will also increase the taste of food without astringency.
Winter is happy for people who love grapefruit. Just sent away the sweet and sour red and white honey pomelo, and will soon usher in the sweet Shatian pomelo. Let's talk about Meizhou Shatian pomelo today! Compared with honey pomelo, which ripens in Mid-Autumn Festival, Shatian pomelo ripens a few months later. Usually, Shatian pomelo in Meizhou, Guangdong can be picked around beginning of winter. Meizhou Shatian pomelo has crisp and tender flesh and moderate sweet and sour taste. Eating one at a time is not enough!
Shatian pomelo is different from other pomelos. Trees need to be placed for half a month to 1 month after harvesting. When the surface of grapefruit skin shrinks and becomes ugly, the pulp inside will be fully softened, the sweetness will increase and the taste will be better. This is the process of saccharification. Don't underestimate this half a month. With the accumulation of saccharification for half a month, the taste will be sweeter, the grapefruit will be more pleasant, the pulp will be softer, the fragrance will be sweeter and the taste will be more mellow.
Meizhou, located at the junction of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces, has a beautiful ecological environment and is a famous water conservation place in South China. Meizhou has excellent conditions of light, temperature, water, gas and soil for agricultural production. It is an ideal area for agricultural development in Guangdong and even South China, and is also one of the largest grapefruit production bases in China, and is known as "the hometown of golden pomelo in China". Coupled with the hard work of farmers, Shatian pomelo produced in Meizhou has thin skin and thick meat, and its taste is fresh and sweet.