I. Variety:
(1) candied fruit: raw materials are candied and honey processed, and the finished products are soaked in a certain concentration of sugar solution, which is slightly transparent, such as honey kumquat, osmanthus fragrans, peeled olives, etc. ?
(2) Sand returning: After the raw materials are boiled with sugar, the surface of the finished product is dry with white sugar coating, such as candied wax gourd strips, golden dates and kumquat cakes. ?
(3) Preserved sugar: the raw material is candied sugar, and after drying, the surface of the finished product is not sticky, and it has a transparent feeling, and sugar-free cream is precipitated, such as preserved apricots, pineapples (slices, blocks and cores), ginger candy slices and papaya (strips and grains). ?
(4) Preserved fruits: sweeteners, spices, etc. When it is added to raw materials in the process of sugaring or boiling sugar, the finished product has a dry surface and a strong fragrance, such as clove, Li Xuehua, Ruth, Bazhen plum, plum-flavored kumquat and so on. ?
(5) Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch product: The raw material is fruit blank, which is soaked with food additives such as sugar and licorice, and then dried. The finished product has three flavors of sweet, sour and salty, such as preserved plum, licorice olive, dried tangerine peel and preserved plum. ?
(6) Fruit cake: the raw materials are processed into paste, and after concentrated drying, the finished products are in the shape of slices, strips and blocks. Such as hawthorn cake, appetizing kumquat, peony bark, etc.
Second, the factions of China candied fruit
Candied fruit can be divided into Beijing flavor, Guangdong flavor, Jiangsu flavor and Fujian flavor according to local flavor.
Beijing-style candied fruit, also known as Beijing candied fruit, originated in Beijing, among which preserved apples, golden dates and golden cakes are the most famous. Beijing-style candied fruit is characterized by transparent fruiting body and dry surface. The ingredients are simple, but the dosage is large. The entrance is soft and sweet.
Cantonese-style candied fruit, which originated in Guangzhou and Chaozhou, is famous for its candied lotus, candied orange cake and buttered plum. Its characteristics are: dry noodles, sweet or sour.
Suzhou-flavored candied fruit originated in Suzhou, including candied fruit produced in Suzhou, Shanghai and Wuxi. Among them, candied figs, kumquat cakes and white sugar bayberry are the most famous. The characteristics of Soviet-style candied fruit are: there are many kinds of ingredients, mainly sweet and sour, salty and sweet, with endless aftertaste.
Mincai preserves originated in Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, Fujian. Among them, Dafu Fruit, Jia Yingzi and Shi Xiangguo are the most famous. Min-style candied fruit is characterized by many kinds of ingredients, large dosage, sweet taste and rich aftertaste.
3. Hometown of candied fruit in China: Suzhou and Neijiang.
Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, located on the shore of Taihu Lake, enjoys the reputation of "the hometown of candied fruit in China". There are more than 40 kinds of fruits such as plum, apricot, loquat, bayberry, peach, kumquat and tangerine, which provide rich raw materials for making candied fruit. Therefore, Suzhou is one of the earliest areas in China to produce candied fruit. Candied fruit existed as early as the Three Kingdoms period. The development of Tang sugar industry promoted the processing of candied fruit and made Suzhou candied fruit form a gang. In the Ming Dynasty, with the development of Suzhou painting, calligraphy, sculpture and other arts, plum carvings and other treasures appeared in Soviet-style candied fruit. During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, there were many kinds of Soviet-style candied fruit, which was very popular and sold well in Jiangnan market towns. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were more than 10 workshops in Suzhou, among which "Zhang Xiangfeng" was the most famous, with branches in Shanghai, Tianjin, Jiaxing and other places, showing its large scale and prosperous production. Su-style candied fruit, sweet, sour, salty, soft and delicious, has always been listed as "court food". As far as varieties are concerned, there are more than 60 varieties/kloc-0, such as green plum, white sugar lotus plum and sweet jujube. Among them, approximate candied dates, buttered plum, approximate kumquat, white sugar bayberry and nine dried tangerines are the most famous. Among them, golden jujube is a traditional product in Soviet-style candied fruit, which is made of Dongting Dongshan Baipu jujube. Rich fruit fragrance, amber color, sweet and glutinous meat and crisp entrance, which enjoys a high reputation in domestic and foreign markets. 1984, the "honey" brand golden jujube produced by Suzhou candied fruit factory won the national silver award for quality food. Processing preserves with fresh plums is also very distinctive in Suzhou. Sugar-stained plums are similar to fresh plums, with green color, crisp and tender meat, sweet and delicious. Su-style plum has a sweet and sour flavor, one grain in the mouth, refreshing taste and a long aftertaste, which is the most popular among tourists. Su orange cake and Kumquat cake made of Dongting orange are rich in orange flavor, sweet and refreshing, and have the functions of appetizing and ventilation. Sugar bergamot, tangerine peel, nine-prepared tangerine peel, white sugar dried bayberry, clear water licorice plum peel, etc. Sweet and delicious, suitable for all ages, deeply loved by everyone.
Neijiang City, Sichuan Province is known as "Candy Capital of China" and "Hometown of Candied China" because it is rich in sugarcane, sugar and candied fruit. Neijiang candied paclitaxel is deeply loved by people because of its unique style of "transparent color, full sugar water, nourishing slag, delicious and sweet taste". Neijiang candied fruit was listed as a royal tribute as early as the Tang Dynasty and enjoyed a long-standing reputation. The main varieties are: Money Orange, Honey Pear, Apricot, Longevity Orange, Jujube, Orange, Asparagus, Peach, Apple, Cherry and Wax gourd. The product has various shapes and tastes, and can preserve sugar and juice, moisten dregs, be sweet and delicious, and promote fluid production to quench thirst.