candied kumquat

By BurniceKunde

candied kumquat
Kumquat can be eaten fresh or made into kumquat candied

Kumquat is not only beautiful, but also contains rich vitamin C, which plays a certain role in maintaining cardiovascular function and preventing diseases such as vascular sclerosis and hypertension. As a dietary health care product, kumquat candied fruit can appease the appetite, drinking kumquat juice can promote saliva and quench thirst, and adding radish juice and pear juice can cure cough. Kumquat is sweet and warm, and can regulate qi, relieve depression, and reduce phlegm. Its medicinal methods include treating chronic bronchitis with kumquat and rock sugar stewing over water,

Kumquat can regulate qi, relieve depression, reduce phlegm, quench thirst, digestion, and sober up. It can enhance the body's ability to resist cold, prevent colds, and reduce blood lipids. It is suitable for people with chest tightness and stagnation, who do not want to eat, or who are full of food, drunk and thirsty; it is suitable for people with acute and chronic tracheitis, hepatitis, cholecystitis, hypertension, and straight tube sclerosis. Kumquat has extremely high medicinal value. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that kumquat peel "can be tonic with tonic medicine, can be diarrhea with laxatives, can be ascending with ascending medicine, and can be descending with descending medicine." However, people with weak spleen and qi deficiency should not eat more, and people with diabetes should not eat more. Those with broken tongue pain and swollen gums should not eat it.

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Steps for candied kumquat

  • Make  step 0
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    Kumquat, rock sugar
  • Make  step 1
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    Soak kumquat in salt water for about 1 hour
  • Make  step 2
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    Wash thoroughly.
  • Make  step 3
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    Equally cut 6 or 7 times on the kumquat.
  • Make  step 4
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    Press flat or use your thumb and index finger to squeeze out the seeds while not liking the seeds. I didn't squeeze the seeds.
  • Make  step 5
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    Some orange juice will be left when you press the orange flat. Don't waste it, so I put it in the bowl and press it, and the juice will stay in the bowl.
  • Make  step 6
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    Cut the kumquats one by one and place them in the pan.
  • Make  step 7
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    Add rock sugar, open fire, and cook over medium to medium heat. Add 50 ml of water as appropriate.
  • Make  step 8
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    Cook until the rock sugar completely melts.
  • Make  step 9
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    Cook until the kumquat is transparent and the juice is thick. Turn off the heat. Let it cool down and bottle it or eat it directly.
  • Make  step 10
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    The taste is clear and sweet, with a little QQ feeling
  • Make  step 11
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    Put the seeds on top like a little pumpkin. It's beautiful and delicious.
  • candied kumquat Make Tips

    Cook slowly over low heat until the rock sugar melts, stirring halfway to prevent sticking to the pan.

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