How to make dried carambola sugar How to make dried carambola sugar

Star fruit is a fruit with extremely high nutritional value. Eating star fruit in summer can relieve heat and quench thirst, and can also promote salivation. If you can't finish eating the star fruit after picking it, you can make it into dried star fruit. When making dried star fruit, adding some white sugar can make the dried star fruit sweeter and taste more sweet and refreshing. Let's take a look at the tips for making dried star fruit.

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Production method of dried carambola sugar

Preparing the Starfruit

First, soak the picked carambolas in warm water, then wash them under the tap and cut them into long strips. You can also cut them horizontally into thin five-pointed star shapes. This depends on personal preference. Personally, I think five-pointed star slices are better?a href='https:cong'>Onions, look cute?p>

Boiled Licorice

When making dried carambolas, you can also add some ingredients, here are bay leaves and licorice. First wash them with clean water, then put them in the pot, add a little water, turn on a low heat, and cook for about five minutes. Be careful not to cook too long here, five minutes is enough.

Pickled dried carambola

Put the cut carambolas in a large bowl, add the cooked licorice and bay leaves, add sugar, salt and vinegar on top of the carambolas, stir well, cover the bowl, put it in a cool and dry place, and marinate for at least ten hours. This will allow these seasonings to fully penetrate into the carambolas and taste better.

Making dried carambola sugar

Take out the pickled carambolas, squeeze out the water, add a large amount of sugar to the pot, then pour in the carambolas, and cook over low heat until the sugar is completely melted and the carambolas become transparent. Then, place the carambolas evenly on the grill and bake them at 100 degrees. After five hours, change the temperature to 50 degrees and bake for another hour. Take out the carambolas, mix them with a little sugar, and you can eat them.

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