Grapefruit Peel Candy

Name: Grapefruit Peel Candy
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 piece Grapefruit peel; 200g White granulated sugar (remaining); Some water

by Looking for Peach Blossom Island

4.9 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

1h

Serving

2

Every October after the Mid-Autumn Festival, sweet and sour grapefruits are on the market. Everyone knows that grapefruit pulp is rich in nutrients. Its vitamin C content is 3 times that of lemons and oranges, and its calcium content is 10 times more than that of fruits such as apples, bananas, and pears. However, the leftover grapefruit peel is usually thrown away directly. In fact, this is too wasteful. Not only can the grapefruit peel be used as a deodorant in the refrigerator and in the room, it can also be made into food.

Grapefruit peel is also the raw material of traditional Chinese medicine "Human Orange", which has the functions of warming the stomach, reducing phlegm, and moisturizing the throat. Not only can it be brewed in water, but it can also be made into grapefruit peel candy, which is sweet and has a QQ taste. It is very delicious.

Yesterday I bought a grapefruit for 4.9, and the grapefruit peel was scraped off to make this small box of grapefruit peel candy. The air pollution in the north is serious in winter, and I often have dry throat and cough. This box is enough for half a month.

Its method is very simple, but it has to taste good and easy to chew, sweet but not bitter, there are still some tips for processing grapefruit peel, let's take a look next.

Ingredients

Grapefruit Peel Candy

1. 1. Prepare fresh grapefruit peel and white sugar. Rub the grapefruit peel in warm salt water to wash away the impurities on the epidermis.

Tips: The grapefruit peel can also be cleaned and operated with a whole unpeeled whole grapefruit without peeling it off.

2. 2. Use a kitchen scraper to scrape off the skin of the grapefruit, as thin as possible, and don't bring out the white part. Then use a knife to cut into narrow strips or filaments.

Tips: There are also some recipes that use grapefruit peel to cook. It is recommended to scrape off the blue and yellow part, leaving only the white cottony grapefruit peel. It is estimated that the grapefruit peel was treated as a wax gourd peel. In fact, the rich nutrients in grapefruit peel are the green and yellow parts, so don't throw it away.

3. Pour the grapefruit peel, appropriate amount of white sugar and water into a small pot. After boiling on high heat, simmer on low heat for about half an hour.

4. Cook until the grapefruit peel is almost transparent, as shown in the picture, and collect the juice on high heat.

Tips: In order to shorten the cooking time and remove the bitterness, you can also soak the grapefruit peel in water in advance and refrigerate it overnight.

5. When the soup is almost harvested, remove the boiled grapefruit peel and spread it on a drying net to let it cool and air dry. The surface of the boiled grapefruit peel is slightly sticky, and it has the taste of fruit tannin peel when chewed.

6. Pour an appropriate amount of white sugar in a lunch box or a small pot with a lid, pour the grapefruit peel into it, close the lid and shake it to make it evenly stick to the grapefruit peel.

Tips: Be sure to pour in the white sugar when the grapefruit peel is cool, otherwise the white sugar will melt, and it will not have a sandy taste. It will stick to your hands when you pick it up, and it will be unsightly.

7. Finally, put the finished grapefruit peel sugar into an airtight jar, keep it in the refrigerator, and take it out when you want to eat it. Generally, it is no problem to keep it for one month.

Tips:
1. Tips for picking grapefruit: look, smell, pick and knock. Look first, the top tip is round and the bottom is round, the skin is full and smooth; it smells, there is a strong fragrance; it is relatively heavier and more pressing, the quality of the pulp is better; tap, gently press the skin, if the sunken part has good elasticity , Which means more fresh and juicy.
2. Some grapefruits have a sour taste. Except for the variety, it will also be the same if stored for too long.
3. The method of peeling the grapefruit skin: Use a fruit knife to cut the grapefruit skin into several pieces longitudinally, then peel the skin outwards and take out the grapefruit flesh. You can also make a horizontal cut on the tip of the grapefruit first, and then cut it longitudinally, and then it is also very convenient to peel off.
4. The recipe in this recipe can also be used to make orange peel candy, but oranges are so expensive this year, and they are small, so they are not as easy to handle as grapefruits.
5. When making grapefruit peel sugar, the amount of white granulated sugar will certainly not be less. If the finished product is delicious, the quality of the white granulated sugar is also very important. I use double carbon white sugar from Ganzhiyuan. "Double carbon" is a decolorization process used in the production and processing of white granulated sugar. It is safer than sulfur decolorization, without residue, and the color is white and translucent, without impurities.