How to pickle fresh osmanthus flowers? Tutorial on how to pickle fresh osmanthus flowers

In the golden month of October, when sweet osmanthus flowers are in full bloom, people can smell the rich sweet osmanthus fragrance when walking on the streets. Those who like to eat sweet osmanthus will also collect fresh sweet osmanthus flowers at this time and pickle them at home for the whole family to eat throughout the year. So how should fresh sweet osmanthus flowers be pickled after being collected? What are the methods and techniques for pickling it?

How to pickle fresh osmanthus

1. When pickling fresh osmanthus, you need to prepare one 500-gram fresh osmanthus, 3 kilograms of sugar, and a large clean glass bottle. The fresh osmanthus prepared here must be collected from the osmanthus tree, and those that have just been open for 2 to 3 days must be collected. After collecting the osmanthus, you must go home and carefully select it, remove the remaining flowers and then remove the flower stalks.

2. Prepare an appropriate amount of table salt, add an appropriate amount of clean water to make light salt water, and then soak the processed fresh osmanthus directly in the light salt water for about 15 to 20 minutes. After soaking, take out all the floating osmanthus petals, and discard the remaining impurities underneath. Then dry the surface moisture of the washed osmanthus.

3. After the fresh osmanthus flowers are dried, add appropriate amount of table salt and mix well and marinate for half an hour. This will shrink the moisture in the osmanthus flowers, remove its color and smell, and kill the bacteria on its surface. Prepare a large roll of fresh-keeping box and disinfect it, then spread the pickled osmanthus flowers on the bottom, then put a layer of white sugar, then a layer of fresh osmanthus flowers, and then another layer of white sugar.

4. After all the sugar and osmanthus are put into the fresh-keeping box, seal the box and store it in a warm environment. After about 20 days, the osmanthus inside will be fermented and you can get the cured sugar osmanthus. Every time you eat sugar osmanthus, use a clean, water-free and oil-free spoon or chopsticks. This will allow the pickled osmanthus to be preserved for a longer time without deteriorating.

The above introduces the pickling method of fresh osmanthus, which can let everyone know how to pickle fresh osmanthus to make it delicious. In the future, when you want to eat candied osmanthus, just collect fresh osmanthus when it blooms, and pickle it at home according to the method introduced above. I believe everyone can pickle delicious osmanthus with color, fragrance and taste.