First, materials?
Rock sugar 250g
Fresh lemon 125g (about two)
Casserole 1
Second, the detailed steps of rock sugar lemon
1, fresh lemon with salt to wash the skin, drain and get ready.
2. The sliced lemon is seeded and laid flat on the bottom and side of the casserole. The seeds must be removed, and both ends of the lemon should also be removed to ensure that the lemon cream tastes mellow and not bitter. Add rock sugar. There is no photo taken at this step. Rock sugar can be broken and spread on the surface of lemon. It will melt slowly during the stew. Remember not to add water.
3. After boiling for an hour or two, it looks like this.
4. After three or four hours of cooking, it will drip like this, the color will gradually deepen, and large pieces of rock sugar will melt almost at this time. You still need patience when cooking!
5. After six or seven hours, the color gradually turns golden, and the color of the liquid after the crystal sugar is melted is getting darker and darker. Isn't it beautiful?
6. After boiling for 8 hours, it is basically formed, and the color of lemon paste becomes deeper, and it smells an inherent fragrance, which is very refreshing.
7. It will be like this in ten hours. Isn't it great?
8. Bottle it after cooling. Is it very tempting?