How to make lemon rock candy How to make lemon rock candy Pickling method

Lemons are very sour and do not taste good when eaten directly, so many people like to pickle fresh lemons with rock sugar before eating them. However, many people do not know how to pickle lemon rock sugar, and it is easy for lemons to deteriorate during the pickling process. So how should lemon rock sugar be pickled? What are the methods and techniques for pickling it?

How to make lemon rock candy pickled

1. When pickling lemon rock sugar, you must prepare fresh lemons and high-quality rock sugar. The ratio between the two should be 1:1. Then prepare a large wide-mouth bottle. The wide-mouth bottle should be sterilized with high temperature before use. It is best to wipe its inner wall with a small amount of white wine, and then let all the moisture inside dry in the air.

2. Put the prepared fresh lemon in clean water, add a small amount of table salt and soak it for half an hour, then rub its surface vigorously with your hands, and then rinse the surface of the lemon with running water. Put the washed lemon in a ventilated place to dry the moisture on the surface.

3. The worktops and kitchen knives in the home should be sterilized with high temperature. After drying, put the lemon on the worktop and cut it into thin slices with a knife. Spread the lemon slices on the bottom of the wide-mouth bottle, then put a layer of rock sugar, then another layer of lemon slices, and then another layer of rock sugar. Put a layer of rock sugar on the top and seal the mouth of the bottle.

4. After sealing the glass bottle containing lemon and rock sugar, put it in the refrigerator. Take it out after about three months. There will be a lot of rock sugar and lemon juice in it. At this time, the rock sugar has completely melted and the lemon has become soft. When you want to drink lemon water, take out a few slices of lemon and an appropriate amount of lemon juice, put them directly into a cup and mix it with warm water.

5. When pickling lemon rock candy at home, be sure to use glass bottles, because lemons contain a lot of citric acid, which is highly corrosive. If you use plastic or metal bottles to make lemon rock candy, the container will be corroded and it will affect the quality of the lemon rock candy after it is made.