Melon meat is red, reddish, yellow or orange, with the same color and transparent sugar water; The tissue of melon flesh is moderate in hardness, the slices of melon flesh are neat, sweet and sour, and have the taste and smell of watermelon in sugar water.

Ingredients: 50 kg watermelon, 12 kg sugar, a little potassium permanganate, calcium chloride, citric acid.

process flow

Selection of raw materials->; Soaking, disinfection and one-step treatment-> Scalding water->; Prepare sugar water->; Canned finished product.

Key points of operation

① Selection of raw materials: Choose watermelons with good freshness, compact meat, moderate maturity, no mildew, no insect pests and no mechanical damage. Ripe watermelons are not suitable for canning.

(2) Soaking and disinfection: wash off the sediment and inclusions on the surface of watermelon with clear water, soak and disinfect with 0. 1% potassium permanganate solution for 5 minutes, and then clean with clear water.

(3) Knife treatment: cut the watermelon in half with a stainless steel knife, and then cut it into orange petals. Then peel each watermelon, cut the melon meat into irregular triangular pieces of 4~5 cm, and then remove the exposed melon seeds.

(4) Boiling water and blanching: put a proper amount of clean water into the pot, add 0. 1%~0.2% calcium chloride and 0. 1% citric acid, and when heated to 85~90℃, blanch the watermelon pieces 1~2 minutes, and immediately put in cold water. The scalding time should not be too long, so as not to affect the flavor of the product.

⑤ Preparation of sugar water: put sugar into a pot, add 50 kilograms of water to make a solution, add 0. 15% citric acid after filtering, mix well, heat and boil for 5 minutes, and filter off the fire for later use.

⑥ Canning finished product: use a dual-purpose paint tin can, clean it, put it in boiling water for 3 minutes, take it out and pour it into melon syrup, and the temperature should be above 75℃. After canning, exhausting and sealing, sterilizing and cooling, the finished product is obtained.

Tips for matching canned watermelon ingredients

Cannabis and watermelon can't be eaten together: people who are weak will have diarrhea.

Sugar and watermelon can be eaten together: watermelon peel fork is called "watermelon Cui Yi", which has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat and diuresis. Watermelon peel, if eaten with rock sugar, has a certain effect on vomiting blood and hematochezia.