How to make canned hawthorn?

Canned hawthorn is a kind of jam food with hawthorn as the main raw material. The specific steps of making canned hawthorn are as follows:

1. food preparation: choose fresh, full and intact hawthorn, wash it, remove its pedicel and core. Other fruits, such as apples and pears, can be added according to personal taste.

2. Pretreatment: cut the hawthorn into small pieces, peel and core other fruits, and cut them into pieces of the same size.

3. Boil: Add hawthorn pieces, other fruit pieces, water and rock sugar (or sugar) into the pot. The amount of water is about 1- 1.5 times of the total weight of hawthorn and fruit. Boil it with high fire first, and then simmer it with low fire. In the process of cooking, stir from time to time to prevent the pan from sticking.

4. Adjust the taste: During the boiling process, you can adjust the acidity by adding appropriate amount of lemon juice or white vinegar according to your personal taste. In addition, some spices, such as cinnamon and star anise, can be added to increase the flavor.

5. canning: stir the cooked hawthorn and other fruits evenly and pour them into a clean glass jar or other sealed container. Leave a certain space at the mouth of the tank for easy storage.

6. sealing: cover the jar and seal it. You can use a vacuum sealer or a simple hot water bath to seal the jar. When using the hot water bath method, put the sealed jar into hot water, let the high temperature kill the microorganisms in the jar and keep the shelf life of the jar.

7. Preservation: Store the sealed canned hawthorn in a cool, dry and ventilated place. Check the canned food for leaks before eating, and deal with them in time.

Although the homemade canned hawthorn is simple, attention should be paid to the freshness and hygiene of ingredients in the operation process to ensure food safety. In addition, the shelf life of homemade canned hawthorn may be short because it may not be strictly sterilized. In the production process, food safety and hygiene standards should be followed to ensure the quality and taste of canned hawthorn.