Supplementary ingredients: white sugar, rock sugar, honey and so on.
1, string fruit pick fresh full, uniform size red fruit, wash. Cut the red fruit waist, use a knife to dig out the core, and then close the two flaps. Go to the core of the red fruit with a bamboo skewer, each string of about ten.
2, boiled sugar icing sugar gourd (sugar ball), the craft also lies in the boiling sugar, sugar crisp and not sticky teeth. Pour sugar into the pot, add water according to the ratio of sugar to water 2:1, simmer for about 20 minutes. When the sugar is boiled until it is just right, it is sticky and transparent. If you don't boil it long enough, the sugar will stick to your teeth; if you boil it too long, the sugar will have a bitter flavor.
3, dipping sugar will be skewered red fruit against the boiling hot sugar on the bubble gently turn, wrapped in a thin layer can be. Do ice sugar gourd (sugar ball) master said, dipping sugar this link seems simple, but very need skills. If the sugar is wrapped too thick, eat a bite of the fruit, it is more of a failure. Sugar should be dipped in a thin and even layer, that is considered a success.
4, cooling will be dipped into the sugar of the red fruit skewers on the water board to cool two or three minutes to enjoy. The so-called water board, in fact, is a smooth wooden board, soaked in water for a longer period of time, the temperature is lower, and at the same time, the wood has water absorption, can help the sugar gourd (sugar ball) cooling and shaping. When you make icing sugar gourd (sugar ball) at home, you can use a cutting board instead, as long as you put the cutting board in the water to soak more before use.