In autumn, it's the season to eat hawthorn again. How can we miss this delicious sweet and sour hawthorn cake? It's delicious and appetizing. I remember when I was a child, children had very few snacks. You could buy a few pieces of Cortex Moutan for 50 cents. I couldn't bear to eat it all at once, and I was so happy to suck the sour and sweet taste inside, but I couldn't eat the taste of childhood when I grew up.
It happened that I went to the market for 5 yuan at the weekend and bought 2 Jin of hawthorn, which was ruddy in color and looked particularly appetizing. Hawthorn has less pulp, so it is suitable for snacks such as hawthorn cake. Children can eat a little more food to help digestion. Hawthorn rolls can also be used as children's snacks. It is inevitable that there are additives and gelatin sold outside, so it is not safe to buy them. In fact, I do it clean and hygienic at home. I have done it successfully this time, and it tastes tight. As long as I master this, I will not be too soft to cut.
Today, I will share with you my practice, which is simple and easy to operate and suitable for home production. You can make delicious hawthorn cakes in an ordinary pot without adding lemon juice. Let's make them with me!
Hawthorn cake—
Ingredients needed: 800g of hawthorn, 200g of rock sugar, 200g of sugar and proper amount of water.
method of work
The first step: selection of hawthorn. Autumn is the season when hawthorn is ripe. At this time, the price of hawthorn candy is cheap. First, choose hawthorn to see if there are insect eyes on the epidermis, then see if there are cracks. If there are, change it. Secondly, see if the color of hawthorn is red and bright. If the color is dark, it will take a long time. Then look at the hardness of hawthorn. It is not recommended to buy it.
Step 2: Put the hawthorn in a pot, add a few drops of white vinegar, add a spoonful of salt, soak in cold water for 10 minute, and rinse off the remaining medicine, so that it is clean to eat.
Step 3: Next, deal with the hawthorn, wash the hawthorn in two pieces and remove the handle. Then cut the hawthorn in half, dig out the core with a straw, and then remove the remaining tail, as shown in the figure.
Step 4: Put the cleaned hawthorn into the pot, add the crystal sugar, add the clear water and cook until the crystal sugar melts.
Step 5: Cook for about 6 minutes, and it feels like a canned hawthorn. At this time, pour the hawthorn into the high-speed blender cup and add 200 ml of water. Hawthorn contains pectin. When it is pressed into paste, the resistance is relatively large, which is easy to damage high-speed blender. It is suggested to add some water.
Step 6: This is my mashed hawthorn with high-speed blender. It is very delicate. Pour it into a small pot and add 200 grams of sugar. If it is not added with sugar, it will be slightly sour.
Step 7: Boil the sugar with medium and small fire until it melts, then stir it with a small shovel while boiling.
Step 8: endure patiently, and feel resistance when stirring. A shovel of hawthorn sauce can be hung on the shovel.
Step 9: Prepare a glass container, clean it, spread a piece of oil paper on the bottom, then pour the boiled hawthorn sauce into the glass box, shake it out, cover it, cool it and put it in the refrigerator.
Step 10: The solidified hawthorn cake is ready. Draw a circle around the four sides with a knife for better demoulding. Turn the glass container upside down, and then remove the oiled paper, so that the oiled paper is convenient for demoulding.
Step 11: Cut it into your favorite shape with a sharp knife and serve it on a plate. I sprinkled some sweet-scented osmanthus for decoration, so I don't have to sprinkle it at home.
The above is the method of home version of hawthorn cake. Such a snack that can help digestion and stimulate appetite is ready. It is very delicious, and it looks very bright with zero addition. It is very enjoyable to eat. I believe you will succeed after reading my method.
Finally, say a few words:
Add more water to the cooked hawthorn in high-speed blender, or the motor in high-speed blender will be overwhelmed, because the pectin in hawthorn is particularly sticky. When I squeezed this time, there was less water and I was tripped, which was quite helpless. Finally, put it in a larger container when boiling hawthorn sauce, so that it won't be burned when stirring.