Long since the familiar recipe for sugaring fruits, followed by their drying, takes a second wind on our tables. The taste of candied fruits is a concentrate of sweetness and rich flavor of fruits or vegetables from which they are made. Therefore, most often candied fruits are used as a seasoning, additives for desserts or snacks for strong coffee.
Initially, a kind of delicacy was prepared only from a citrus peel, but after the beginning of the development of culinary art, which was in the middle of the XVII century, almost all fruits and even vegetables were saccharified.
Preparation in sugar syrup overtook even the original rhizome of ginger and with the light hand of skilful chefs the inedible root became a spicy delicacy.
But not only the individual taste of ginger has made it popular. First of all, the roots of this herbaceous plant were used in medicine. The anti-inflammatory properties of ginger roots have been widely used to treat inflammatory processes on mucous membranes, which is why ginger candied fruits have become so popular. One candied ginger "candy" not only removes inflammation, but also softens the pain in the throat with simple resorption. How to make ginger candies, we will tell in this article.
Ginger candied fruits - recipe
Ginger candied fruit is not a dish for the faint-hearted. The sharp, spicy taste of the rhizomes slightly softens the sweetness of the sugar coating, but nevertheless, there is such a dessert followed with utmost care, biting off a little and washing down with strong coffee or tea. Spicy candied fruits on the classic recipe perfectly save from the pain in the throat.
Ingredients:
- ginger - 200 g;
- sugar - 2 tbsp. spoons (+ 2 on the sprinkler);
- water - 3 tbsp. spoons.
Preparation
Ginger is cleaned and cut into thin plates, we put them in a small bowl and fill it with water. Ginger slices should be boiled for 30 minutes, to soften and remove excessive sharpness.
Cooked in water pieces placed in boiling sugar syrup, which consists of sugar and water in a ratio of 2: 1. Sugar slices of ginger should be until the caramel solution is completely evaporated.
Each ginger candied in a granulated sugar and let dry in the oven for 1-2 hours at 50 degrees.
How to make sweet ginger candies?
Spice of ginger roots has been said more than once, but candied fruits can be made absolutely sweet, without extreme sharpness, but only with delicate ginger notes.
Ingredients:
- ginger - 200 g;
- honey - 200 g;
- powdered sugar - 100 g.
Preparation
Ginger is cleaned and cut into thin crisps. We immerse them in cold water and insist for 24 hours, draining the water every 6 hours. Depending on how hot you want to make your candied fruits from ginger, you can soak them up to 3 days. After that, ginger chips should be turned into candied fruits, boiling in honey for 30 minutes. Honey should be diluted with 50 milliliters of water and allow the mixture to boil. Each ginger candied fruit should be dried in the oven or at room temperature, and then roll in sugar powder.
Such a delicacy does not boast of special healing properties, but here as a sweet addition to hot drinks will suit perfectly.
Spicy candied ginger candies - recipe
If you do not have enough spices of ordinary ginger candies, add to the original recipe a mixture of your favorite spices: cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and others.
Ingredients:
- ginger - 200 g;
- water - 200 ml;
- sugar - 200 g;
- cloves - 2 buds;
- cinnamon - 1 stick.
Preparation
Cook the ginger slices according to the first recipe, and then place in syrup from water and sugar (do not forget to leave a couple of spoons to cover). Cook ginger for 40 minutes in sugar syrup with the addition of buds of cloves and cinnamon sticks. Ready ginger candied fruits, sprinkled with sugar, at room temperature.