Sugar gourd is hawthorn, water, icing sugar to do, sugar gourd is very simple, can be completed by yourself, sugar gourd is fresh hawthorn wrapped in thick sugar coating, the taste of sweet and sour, very popular with everyone.

What is made of sugar gourd

Sugar gourd is a combination of sugar water and hawthorn, usually fresh hawthorn wrapped in thick sugar coating, the flavor is also very good, in the winter time is very common, boiled sugar according to the ratio of sugar and water 2:1, fierce fire simmering for 20 minutes, to wait until the syrup can be slightly pulled out of the silk can be. General at home to make their own sugar coating or need to pay attention to a lot of problems, must be patient boiling sugar juice, for most people, sugar is not paste off, hawthorn is always fresh. Dipping sugar is very skillful, fruit strings should be wrapped in a thin and even layer of sugar thinning to be considered successful; cooling is the fruit strings dipped in sugar to the water board to cool for two or three minutes, to complete the final shape of the icing sugar gourd. And quickly put the sugar gourd on the pre-laid non-stick greaseproof paper, remember to put it down with a light tap, so that the bottom of each hawthorn will form a beautiful sugar slice. The finished sugar gourds should be left spaced out in the discharge to prevent the flowing sugar from sticking to each other.

How long does it take for the sugar to dry out

After the good sugar gourd cools down, the syrup on its surface will solidify all the way, and this is when the homemade sugar gourd is ready, and if you can't eat it all at once you can store it in the refrigerator, and it won't go bad for less than two or three days. Will be wrapped in sugar ice sugar gourd out, placed on a clean marble plate, or soaked in cool water on the chopping board, can also be sprinkled with the right amount of cooked sesame seeds, two minutes, can be eaten, through the contact with cold objects can make the sugar liquid dry more quickly.

How to keep the ice candy gourd does not melt

1. put into the dry and manic area, do not have to let the surface layer of sugar moisture and dissolve;

2. put into the area of the lower average temperature, but also can be immediately put into the side of the refrigerator, to prevent the dissolution of the ice candy gourd;

3. It is best to still be as early as possible to take it, the long term put it is also very easy to grow germs.

The legend of the ice candy gourd story

Song Guangzong Emperor of the Song Dynasty. That is the Song Dynasty Shaoxi year, Song Guangzong most favored Huang Guifei gave birth to a malady, she suddenly more and more dark yellow, appetite diet with. The doctor used a lot of precious drugs, also not effective. See Fei day by day seriously ill, the emperor can do nothing but open the list of doctors. A jianghu Langzhong unveiled the list into the palace, he said after taking the pulse for the consortium: "If the 'Tong ball son' (that is, hawthorn fruit) and old brown sugar hard to boil, eat 5 to 10 before each meal, after half a month or so the disease will be better." Consort according to this formula after serving, really cured on schedule. Therefore, the dragon's face is very happy, the order is as it is. After that, this crunchy and sweet hawthorn fruit into the folklore, it becomes ice candy gourd.