It is estimated that many people don't know the name of winter melon candy, because it is rare in our daily life, and even many people have never seen it. The appearance of wax gourd candy is bright, and the surface of wax gourd is covered with white sugar. The taste is crisp and refreshing, with moderate sweetness. This is a crisp and sweet snack. Winter melon candy is mainly made of fresh winter melon and white sugar. Although it looks simple from the raw materials, there are many details to pay attention to in the production process. The production process of "winter melon candy"-ingredients-

Ingredients: 500g fresh wax gourd, 300g white sugar and 200g powdered sugar.

Ingredients: 10g lime powder, appropriate amount of water.

Start making—

1. Peel the fresh wax gourd, cut the wax gourd into 5 cm long strips, then clean the wax gourd strips and put them in a clean bowl for later use.

2. Take a slightly larger basin, pour a proper amount of clean water, add 10g lime powder, and stir evenly with a spoon to completely dissolve it in water to form lime water.

3. Pour the processed wax gourd strips into a basin filled with limewater. The height of water just exceeds that of wax gourd. If there is not enough water, you can add more.

4. Let the wax gourd soak in lime water 12 hours, then drain the lime powder and take out the wax gourd. Then prepare a basin full of clear water, soak the wax gourd in it, change the clear water every 2 hours, change the water for 5 times, and finally drain the wax gourd and put it in a bowl for later use.

5. Add a proper amount of water to the pot, bring it to a boil with high fire, add wax gourd strips, blanch for 5 minutes, then drain the wax gourd, remove it and put it in a bowl for later use.

6. Add 100g white sugar to the bowl filled with wax gourd, grab the wax gourd and white sugar evenly by hand, and marinate for 12 hours. Then pour the wax gourd and sugar juice into the pot and cook for 10 minute, then add 1 00g of white sugar, and turn to low heat and cook for1hour.

7. Pour the boiled wax gourd together with the sugar juice into the bowl, then pour 100g white sugar into the bowl, mix the white sugar and wax gourd evenly again, and marinate for 1 hour.

8. Pour the pickled wax gourd into the pot again and simmer for 30 minutes. Then pour the wax gourd into a bowl, pour in 200 grams of powdered sugar, and stir the wax gourd while putting the powdered sugar, so that the powdered sugar and the wax gourd are evenly stirred. Finally, let the wax gourd cool slowly before eating.

Tip-In order to summarize the contents of "wax gourd candy"-"When wax gourd strips are soaked in lime water, lime must be dissolved in water before putting them in.

When the wax gourd strips are blanched, the time should not be too long. Blanching for a long time will make wax gourd soft and tender, which is not conducive to the quality of wax gourd and has a bad taste.

-"When adding powdered sugar at last, be sure to stir the wax gourd strips while pouring. The wax gourd strips just out of the pot have a high temperature. Remember not to pour powdered sugar at one time to prevent the powdered sugar from being solidified by heating, which is not conducive to stirring.