How to make honeydew melon delicious?

Many people like to eat wax gourd, which contains a lot of water. Can be used to wrap jiaozi, cook and make soup. Very delicious. But wax gourd is only available in summer and winter, and it is generally not very delicious at other times. There are still few people planting out-of-season wax gourd. Some people think of making wax gourd into preserved fruit, which can be preserved for a long time. Here's how to make preserved wax gourd. ?

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① Selection of raw materials. Candied wax gourd should be neat and mature, and it is best to use fresh cucumbers, each weighing more than 5 kg.

② Raw material treatment. Wash the wax gourd, peel off the thick skin, cut into 5 cm long melon rings, remove the pulp and seeds, and then cut the melon meat into strips of 1 cm×1cm× 5 cm.

③ hardening. Put the cut melon strips into the prepared 1% lime water or 0. 1% calcium chloride solution, soak them for 8 ~ 12 hours, then harden them, and then rinse them with clean water (preferably tap water) for 2 ~ 3 times to make them neutral.

4 perm. After rinsing, the melon strips should be boiled in boiling water for 10 minute until the melon strips turn from white to dark white, with transparency and softness as the degree. Then, pick it up and soak it in cold water (preferably tap water) for 2 ~ 4 hours, then pick it up and put it in boiling water, blanching 1 minute to facilitate hot sugar stains.

5 sugar stains. Usually, about 80 kilograms of sugar is needed per 100 kilograms of melon sticks. Before sugar stains, put the melon sticks in a jar, and add 1/3 sugar for the first time. After 2 ~ 4 hours, drain the juice, and then add 80% of the remaining sugar for about 8 ~ 10 hour, that is, after all the sugar is dissolved, pour it into the jacketed pot together with the sugar solution to boil.

6 sugar boiled. When cooking, the fire power at the bottom of the pot should be large, and attention should be paid to dissolving the remaining sugar with the first drained sugar juice during cooking. When cooking, put sugar once every 10 ~ 15 minutes, and let it out for three times to form a cold and hot state to promote the penetration of sugar until all the water evaporates, then leave the fire, stir constantly, and cool to get the finished product.

After the preserved wax gourd is made, it not only retains the original nutrients, but also tastes great. When selecting the raw materials of wax gourd, try to choose some wax gourd with good growth, and the preserved wax gourd made of this wax gourd has a good taste. In addition, in the production process, we must pay attention to hygiene, wax gourd must be cleaned, and pollution should be minimized during the whole operation.