Generally, fresh lilies are best bought in June, July, August and September, which is the season when fresh lilies are listed, so as to ensure the freshness of fresh lilies. However, how to deal with the fresh lily is not bitter? Lily is fresh and elegant, and it is also a good food. Let's get to know.
How to deal with fresh lily without bitterness
When choosing lilies, it is better to choose the ones with larger single petal, clean and less mottling. There is a saying that the lily has a large single petal and a fresh bitter taste. In addition, it is very simple to remove the bitterness of lily. The specific methods are as follows:
1. Peel: peel (a film on the surface) the washed fresh lily. If you don't tear it off, the bitterness will increase.
2. Soak: put the lily in the dish with cold water, soak for two hours, so that the lily can absorb water and remove bitterness.
3. Ice sugar bubble: soak in water for 1-2 hours, and put some ice sugar in the water.
4. Saltwater bubble: soak and clean with saltwater, and the bitterness will be reduced a lot.
4. Blanching: hot water blanching. When blanching, it's best to blanch lily petals with hot water.
5. Add other ingredients to cover up the bitter taste: for example, when cooking Lily and Tremella porridge, add a little more ice sugar to cover up the bitter taste with sweetness; when cooking red date and Lily porridge, use one piece of red dates to cover up the bitter taste, etc.
How to clean fresh lily
1. Select fresh lilies, first put them under water to wash, and then wash away the mud outside.
2. According to the lily shape, break the lily into small flowers, and continue to clean the outer layer of mud. Then remove the yellow lily petals from the outside of the small lily.
3. A simple trick to peel and wash lilies. Use a knife to cut off the root under the lily and the yellow part outside.
4. Cut the lily and wash it in water. Then you can peel the lily petal like a flower petal.
5. If you peel the yellow part inside, use a knife to cut off the yellow part.
6. Peel them all, wash them, and you can cook them in the pot.
Why are fresh lilies bitter
The lilies we usually buy are divided into fresh lilies and dry lilies. The sensory requirements of fresh lilies are: soft, white, shiny, without obvious spots, thick scales, without spots, scars, insect spots, yellow rust spots. It smells light and tastes a little bitter, which is normal.
Of course, fresh lilies are not all bitter. Lily can be roughly divided into two kinds according to whether it has bitter taste. One is called pink lily. The other is medicine lily. Pink lily is not bitter. Medicine lily has bitter taste. As for the bitter lily, we can remove its bitterness just by a little processing.
In addition, the fresh lilies sold in bulk in the supermarket should be paid special attention to: a lily consists of many small Lily heads, with a little red or all white on the top, that is, the bitter lily. The sweet lily has only one head, and it is stronger than the bitter lily. The color is the same as white jade. It's very beautiful. It's vacuum packed and refrigerated. I can't remember the brand clearly. This sweet lily is sweet no matter how you cook it. At the same time, it is suggested that you take one tablet to taste before you buy it next time. If you are bitter, you will not buy it. If you are sweet, you will buy more.