Does Osmanthus fragrans need fermentation?

The traditional way is fermentation. I'll teach you how to make osmanthus:

Osmanthus fragrans sauce

Osmanthus fragrans is a traditional fresh-keeping method when it is fragrant every year. The production method is also simple, that is, pickling osmanthus with white sugar or brown sugar. However, osmanthus fragrans produced by traditional methods need to be stored and fermented for a long time, otherwise the bitter taste of the flower itself cannot be removed. This time, I changed this practice. First of all, I gave up sugar and chose a lot of relatively healthy rock sugar. In fact, I changed pickling to short-term high-temperature cooking, which can quickly remove the bitter taste of flowers. After cooking, I can eat sweet sweet osmanthus. Because of the different methods, I call this osmanthus sauce. I use these hard-won osmanthus and add rock sugar to make some osmanthus sauce. This time, not only rock sugar was used, but also the production method was different. This method is suitable for Jingui, because Jingui has a strong aroma, even if it loses a little during heating, it will not affect the overall aroma.

condiments

Fresh osmanthus (300g)

condiment

600g of rock sugar and 5g of salt.

kitchenware

stewpot

1 Pick fresh sweet-scented osmanthus, and pick out the thin stalks inside. This time it is Jingui, with golden color and stronger fragrance.

2 after cleaning, wash with light salt water, squeeze out the water as much as possible, and then spread it out to dry the remaining water.

3 put the dried osmanthus into a clean pot and add salt.

4 Stir well and marinate for half an hour. Osmanthus fragrans will collapse after pickling. Pickling with salt can remove the astringency of petals and sterilize them.

5 put the rock sugar into the pot and add water. The amount of water need not be too much, and it is advisable to cook the rock sugar thoroughly.

6. Boil rock sugar on low heat and completely melt. The added water should also be basically boiled dry, leaving only the sugar solution.

7 add osmanthus

8 let the sugar liquid completely immerse the osmanthus fragrans, and turn off the fire. At this time, it basically boiled again.

9. Boil the bottle with sweet-scented osmanthus sauce with boiling water for disinfection and sterilization, and control the moisture. After filling in osmanthus sauce, it will be sealed and preserved for several years.

Tip:

Boil osmanthus fragrans in sugar solution. Don't cook for too long, or the aroma will lose too much.