Crispy Sweet Plum
Green plums are salted, soaked, and patiently candied over days until they turn glossy, chewy, and intensely sweet-tart, a rewarding homemade confection.
Instructions
- 1
Use a catty of plums at the ripeness shown in the picture, wash them, remove the stems, and soak them with some salt.
- 2
Take it to look like the picture above.
- 3
Mix with salt and let it sit for about 8 hours, it will release a lot of water. Then add an appropriate amount of water and soak for another 2 hours before washing clean, and then soak in clean water for about 8 hours.
- 4
Let the water dry.
- 5
Add 2 jin of sugar to 1 jin of plums, for about 24 hours.
- 6
Pour the extracted water and the sugar at the bottom into a pot and slowly simmer over low heat until most of the water has evaporated and it becomes thick. After cooling, pour it over the plums, seal, and refrigerate. Note ⚠️ The plums are not cooked.
- 7
After about a day, the water will become thin. Boil the sugar water again, let it cool, then pour it into a sealed container and store it in the refrigerator. It will be crispy, sweet, and refreshing.
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Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- green plum2500g
Seasonings
- Salt250g
- Sugar1000g