Every year in late May and early June, a large number of prunes on the market, the sweet and sour taste of many people like, red shiny prunes can not only quench the summer heat to quench the thirst, spleen and stomach and other effects. It was recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" that ? Yangmei can quench the thirst, and the five organs, can cleanse the stomach and intestines, in addition to the troublesome evil gas. ? prunes also contain 8 kinds of amino acids needed by the human body, a variety of vitamins and trace elements, prunes in addition to eating directly, but also can be made into cans, not only can often eat delicious prunes, but also extend the preservation time of the prunes, the following I'll be specific about how to make canned prunes, at home on the production of Oh.

Methods of canning prunes

Preparation of ingredients: prunes, rock sugar

Steps:

Soak the bought prunes in lightly salted water for about 15 minutes, rinse with clean water and drain well. Prepare bottles for prunes, wash them well, boil them in water to sterilize them, and then drain them. Divide the drained prunes into jars, do not overfill. Prepare a pot of water to boil, melt the icing sugar in the water, 1000 ml of water than 200 grams of sugar, you can also adjust according to your own taste. Sugar water scooped into the bottle of prunes, both to be no more than prunes, soak not prunes will be moldy, but do not fill too full, so the prunes should not be loaded too much, to leave enough space. Cover the lid to the pressure cooker to cook, on the gas for about 1 minute you can turn off the fire. When the pressure cooker lid can be opened, take out the prune bottle, wrap the bottle with a towel, tighten the lid again, and then invert the prune bottle. After cooling, you can put it in the refrigerator and keep it for a longer period of time!

Note: The lid of the prune bottle should be tightened again when you take it out of the pressure cooker, and be careful not to burn your hands! The bottle is inverted in order to expel the excess air in the bottle, so that the prunes are kept in a vacuum to prolong the preservation time.

This homemade canned prunes is a real canned without additives and coloring, as long as you do not open the lid, you can probably save a year or so, eat as you go, your own handmade, safe and secure, like you also try!