Ejiao Candied Date

Ejiao Candied Date

1. Prepare red dates and sweet juice garden Ejiao brown sugar. The matured donkey-hide gelatin is ground into powder and added to brown sugar, which is easier to be absorbed by the body, and it has no peculiar smell and tastes better.

2. Wash the red dates with water. If the red dates are relatively dry, you can soak them for a while to remove impurities from the folds. Tips: The traditional method is to soak the red dates with edible alkaline water. In fact, the human body does not affect the acid-base changes in the body due to the food intake. At present, many statements about "food acid-base" are not scientific.

3. Weigh the Ejiao brown sugar. The sugar: jujube ratio is 2:5, which has a moderate sweetness and taste.

4. Pour the washed red dates into the pot after draining the water.

5. Add donkey-hide gelatin brown sugar and water to the pot and bring it to a boil. The amount of water is slightly more than the red dates. At this time, there will be a little foam on the side of the pot, which is an impurity in the donkey-hide gelatin brown sugar, and the amount is very small and negligible. Some friends use that kind of "handmade brown sugar", if the purification process is not in place, there will be a lot of impurities.

6. After boiling, change to a low heat and do not stir frequently in the middle to avoid crushing the red dates. Cook for about 20 minutes. The specific time will increase or decrease according to the size of the pot and the amount of water.

7. Finally, collect the juice on high heat until there is a little remaining, pour the red dates out of the pot and let cool.

Tips:

Tips: For women to replenish blood qi, you can drink some donkey-hide gelatin brown sugar water daily to nourish blood and nourish yin and moisturize dryness. In addition, candied dates can be eaten directly as snacks, and can also be drunk with hot water to relieve menstrual discomfort. The prepared red dates are best to be sealed and refrigerated for a week or two.