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The temptation of ice sugar gourd - how to make ice sugar gourd

sihai.com: ice sugar gourd is a traditional Chinese food. It is made of wild fruit strung with bamboo sticks and dipped in maltose, which hardens rapidly in the wind. The common snacks in winter in the north are usually made of hawthorn. The sugar is frozen hard. It tastes sour and sweet, and it's also ice.

Ice sugar gourd, in the Song Dynasty began the ancient practice, the history of early records, the Qing Dynasty around the prevalence. Teahouses, theatres, streets and alleys are everywhere, which has become a traditional snack in China. Ice sugar gourd has the functions of appetizing, beautifying, increasing intelligence, eliminating fatigue, clearing away heat, etc.

The method of ice sugar gourd

Ingredients: 20-25 hawthorn, strawberry, apple, grape and other fresh fruits.

Accessories: sugar, sugar, honey, 200g water, bamboo sticks.

Production steps:

1. Fruit stringing: select fresh and full hawthorn with even size, and wash it. Go to the root, go to the base, remove the core (can be omitted), cut the Hawthorn waist, use a knife to dig out the core, add the bean paste, mung bean paste and other fillings you like (can be omitted). Then close the two petals and string them with bamboo sticks. Each string is about ten or four or five, depending on your preference.

2, boil sugar: pour sugar and water 2:1 into the pot and boil for 20 minutes or so. During the period, you can stir it. Notice that after 20 minutes, the water is very small, boiling is very fierce, and sugar has already appeared small dense foam, like light golden brown beer. Dip the syrup with chopsticks. If you can pull out the silk slightly, it means it's ready. If the time is too long, the color will turn brown. If the silk can be pulled out obviously, it means that the sugar has been burnt, and the original sweetness will be lost. The bitter taste is a bit like Shuanghuanglian. Remember, don't blow when cooking soup as much as possible to make the sugar transparent.

3, dip sugar: tilt the pot (so that all Hawthorn can be dipped into sugar), put a good string of hawthorn on the boiling hot sugar, gently rotate the foam, wrap it on a thin layer. The ice sugar gourd Master said that dipping sugar may seem simple, but it needs skills. If the sugar is too thick to bite the fruit, it's a failure. Sugar should be dipped in a thin and even layer, that is, success.

4. Cooling: put the Hawthorn string dipped in sugar on the water plate and cool for two or three minutes. The so-called water board, in fact, is a smooth board, which has been soaked in clear water for a long time, with low temperature. At the same time, the wood has water absorption, which can help the sugar gourd to cool and shape. When it is made at home, it can be replaced by an anvil, as long as the anvil is put in water and soaked more before use. Of course, marble slab is also a good choice.

Warm tip: the successful ice sugar gourd, after leaving the pot, the sugar wrapped outside will quickly cool down. It is crunchy and does not stick to teeth at all. To achieve this effect, boiling sugar is the key. The boiled sugar is thick and light yellow, which can be seen by naked eyes. Pick up the visible drawing with chopsticks, put chopsticks into cold water, the sugar can quickly solidify, bite, hard. Also, if the sugar is rare and the drawing is slight, turn off the fire immediately and pour it on the sugar gourd. Otherwise, the sugar will become dry and hard, unable to continue production. And can't be greedy for the convenience of throwing candied gourd into the pot, the fruit will be crisp.