How to make dried osmanthus from fresh osmanthus How to make dried osmanthus from fresh osmanthus

Every August in autumn is the time when sweet osmanthus flowers bloom. At this time, you can often smell the rich fragrance of sweet osmanthus in the air. People also like to collect fresh sweet osmanthus flowers for consumption, but the shelf life of fresh sweet osmanthus flowers is very short. If you want to eat delicious sweet osmanthus flowers all year round, you must make fresh sweet osmanthus flowers into dried sweet osmanthus flowers. What should you do at this time? Fresh sweet osmanthus flowers can be placed in the sun to dry or put in the oven to dry. The following is the specific method of making dried sweet osmanthus flowers from fresh sweet osmanthus flowers. You can take a closer look.

How to make dried osmanthus from fresh osmanthus

Method 1

Fresh osmanthus flowers can be placed in the sun to dry, and can be preserved for a long time after drying. However, fresh osmanthus flowers must not be washed or exposed to water after picking. They need to be placed directly in the sun to dry. When drying, they must be spread out and spread as thinly as possible. In sufficient sunlight, fresh osmanthus flowers can be made into dried osmanthus flowers in three or four days.

Method 2

When making dried osmanthus from fresh osmanthus, you can also use white sugar. The specific method is to prepare an appropriate amount of fresh osmanthus, select it, remove the remaining leaves and old stems, wash the fresh osmanthus with clean water, and then dry the surface moisture. After processing the osmanthus, put it in a clean basin, add appropriate amount of white sugar and mix well. After mixing, put it into a clean glass bottle and seal it for storage. After a long time, the osmanthus inside will become dried osmanthus. When you want to eat it, you can take it out and soak it in water directly.

Method 3

1. When making dried osmanthus from fresh osmanthus, you can also use the oven at home. When making it, you can prepare an appropriate amount of fresh osmanthus, put it in a sieve with a smaller mesh and shake it gently to let all the impurities inside leak out. Wash the remaining osmanthus with clean water and dry the surface moisture.

2. Prepare a clean baking tray, spread a layer of grease on it, and then spread the dried osmanthus directly on the baking tray. Put the baking tray into the oven and set the oven temperature between 40 and 50 degrees. After four or five hours, the osmanthus inside will be dried. Then take out the osmanthus and put it in a fresh-keeping bag and store it in a dry environment. You can take it out and eat it anytime you want in the future.