Everyone knows without an exception that sweets , chocolates and other sweets with excessive use are not entirely useful. But, how can we protect children from excessive craving for different goodies? We offer you an alternative option - to make homemade candied fruits from melon. The delicacy will turn out to be very gentle, with a tremendous rich flavor and original taste.
Recipe for melon candied fruits
Ingredients:
- melon average - 1 piece;
- drinking water - 1 l;
- sugar - 860 g;
- lemon juice - 45 ml.
Preparation
Melon is washed, cut and peeled from peel and seeds. Then the flesh is cut into small cubes and dried with a paper napkin. In the pot, pour half a liter of boiled water, add a little lemon juice and put the dishes on the fire. After boiling, lay out a neatly prepared melon and pat it for 5 minutes. Next, gently tilt the contents of the pan into a colander and leave the candied fruit for a while to drain.
In the saucepan, combine the remaining filtered water with sugar, carefully mix everything and send the dishes to the fire. Cook the syrup for 5 minutes, and then throw the pieces of melon. We prepare the candied fruit 15 minutes and remove it from the fire. After full cooling, cover the pan with a lid and send it to the refrigerator for 12 hours. Next, return the container to the fire and, stirring, bring the mass to re-boil. Cook the melted pieces for 15 minutes and remove again from the fire. After cooling, cover the pan with a lid and send it back to the refrigerator. Repeat this procedure a few more times and at the very end add the remaining lemon juice. Then discard the contents in a colander and let the syrup drain completely. Oven pre-heated to a temperature of 100 degrees, the baking sheet is covered with parchment paper and put the candied fruits on the baking sheet in one layer. Send the workpiece to the heated cabinet, opening the door slightly and installing it in this position. After a few minutes, turn off the fire and keep the candied fruit there until the oven has cooled down completely. Now carefully take out the baking tray and leave it for at least 35 hours in the room until the candied fruits dry completely. We store the homemade delicacy in a tightly closed container in a cool place. Similarly, you can prepare candied fruit from a melon in an electric dryer.
A simple recipe for melon candied fruits
Ingredients:
- melon crusts - 480 g;
- sugar crystal - 170 g;
- drinking water - 55 ml.
Preparation
Before you make candied fruits, cut the melon in half, remove the stones and carefully cut the entire crust. Then we will clean it from the outer painted part and cut it with figures of arbitrary size and shape. We put the blanks in a deep bowl and set aside. In a small enamel saucepan pour cold water, pour sugar and boil the liquid until all the crystals have dissolved completely. Boiling sweet syrup we will fill melon, carefully mix everything, so that the syrup is evenly distributed, and leave the delicacy for 12 hours. Next, the liquid is carefully poured into a saucepan, brought back to a boil and sent back to a bowl with melon. Repeat the procedure several times, and then syrup, and put the crusts in one row on a baking sheet covered with baking paper. Let's dry the useful sweets from the melon in the slightly open heated oven at a temperature of 65 degrees. Ready-made sweets will get a little sticky, but after cooling, this feeling will disappear. For long-term storage of candied fruits from melon crusts, it is necessary to sprinkle well on all sides with powdered sugar and lay tightly in a glass jar. Remember that such a delicacy can not be stored in a damp room, as it will quickly deteriorate, having absorbed all the moisture from the air.