How to make rock sugar and candied haws?

1. Prepare rock sugar and boiled water according to the ratio of 2: 1. Put the broken rock sugar into the pot, pour in the same amount of boiling water, heat it on medium fire, and stir it slowly with a shovel to speed up the dissolution of rock sugar.

2. After all the rock sugar is dissolved, turn to low heat and heat slowly for about seven or eight minutes.

3. Observe the foam of sugar solution carefully. When the color of the sugar solution becomes a little yellow and the foam is too much and crowded, it is almost ready. Put the tied hawthorn into it, roll it up quickly, take it out, put it in an oiled iron plate, and set it in a cold place 10 minute.

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(1) Sugar-coated haws are also called sugar haws, sugar piers in Tianjin and sugar balls in Fengyang, Anhui. Sugar-coated haws are traditional snacks in China. It is made by stringing wild fruits with bamboo sticks and dipping them in malt syrup, which quickly hardens in the wind. The common snacks in northern winter are generally made of hawthorn, which is thin and hard, sour and sweet, and very cold.

(2) In the Song Dynasty, ancient learning began. According to "Yanjing Years", sugar-coated haws are made of bamboo sticks, with hawthorn, begonia fruit, grapes, yam, walnut kernel and red bean paste as stuffing, dipped in rock sugar, which is sweet, crisp and refreshing. Teahouses, theaters, streets and alleys can be seen everywhere, and now they have become traditional snacks in China. Sugar-coated haws have the functions of appetizing, caring skin, increasing intelligence, eliminating fatigue and clearing away heat.

(3) Sugar-coated haws are rich in vitamin C, pectin, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, maslinic acid, oleanolic acid, quercetin, ursolic acid, oleanolic acid, hyperoside, epicatechin and other organic acids and nutrients. It is a natural nutritious food with bright color, no pigment, no food additives and good taste by using modern technology to remove the core.

(4) Hawthorn has many medicinal effects. It can help digestion, dispel blood stasis, expel tapeworms, stop dysentery, and especially help digestion. It has been an important medicine for digestion since ancient times, especially for digestion. Li Shizhen, an outstanding medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, once said: "When cooking hard chicken, put a few hawthorn fruits, which are easy to rot, and the accumulation will disappear, and the cover can be pushed." In addition, hawthorn also has the function of lowering blood lipid and serum cholesterol.

(Source: Baidu Encyclopedia: Sugar Hulu)