Hawthorn preserves are mainly made of hawthorn and preserves, but there are still many things that need attention in the production process, so people who don't know generally can't make hawthorn preserves. Many people like to eat hawthorn candied fruit because it is sweet and sour. Let's talk about the practice of hawthorn preserves first.
Hawthorn preserves are made as follows:
Ingredients: hawthorn
Accessories: appropriate amount of sugar
Steps of hawthorn candied fruit
1. Wash and steam hawthorn 10-20 minutes (steam over medium heat).
2. Steam it, dry it, and squeeze out the hawthorn seeds while it is hot (it is more convenient to wear disposable plastic gloves to do this work, and it will not make your hands sticky)
3. Put the squeezed hawthorn into a container (preferably covered), sprinkle with sugar and mix well, or cover and shake well:)
4. put it in the refrigerator for more than 5 hours before eating.
skill
Tips:
A. Seed squeezing technology: Hawthorn is the easiest to squeeze seeds when it is steamed to be warm.
B. When squeezing, cut the hawthorn in half with your fingers, and push it with your fingers, and the seeds will come out. Pay attention to moderate movements, otherwise the hawthorn meat will also soften, which is not good.
Hawthorn can prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases, and has the functions of dilating blood vessels, increasing coronary blood flow, improving heart activity, exciting the central nervous system, lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, softening blood vessels, diuresis and sedation. Maslinic acid also has a cardiotonic effect, which is beneficial to heart disease in the elderly. Can stimulate appetite, promote digestion, especially for eliminating meat stagnation. Hawthorn is used in many digestive drugs. Today's adults have probably eaten hawthorn pill when they were young. Hawthorn has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, which helps to relieve local congestion and has an auxiliary effect on traumatic injury. In addition, hawthorn has a contractive effect on the uterus, and pregnant women can promote delivery when they are in labor. And can promote postpartum uterine recovery. Hawthorn contains flavonoids, vitamin C, carotene and other substances, which can block and reduce the production of free radicals, enhance the body's immunity, and have anti-aging and anti-cancer effects. Hawthorn contains ingredients for relieving asthma, resolving phlegm, inhibiting bacteria and treating abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Therefore, through the above understanding, we know that the real reason why many people like to eat hawthorn preserves is not because of its taste, but because of some functions and functions of hawthorn and preserves. As mentioned above, hawthorn contains almost all the vitamins that fruits have, and it also has a certain curative effect on the treatment of some diseases, so eating hawthorn preserves properly is beneficial to the human body in many aspects.