Hawthorn is mild in nature. It tastes sour and sweet. It enters the spleen, stomach and liver channels. It has the functions of eliminating food, strengthening stomach, promoting blood circulation and removing stasis, astringent and dysentery. The total flavonoids in Hawthorn can dilate blood vessels and reduce blood pressure for a long time. Therefore, patients with hyperlipidemia, hypertension and coronary heart disease can drink Hawthorn Decoction. Diabetes patients can eat hawthorn fruit properly. But it is not suitable to eat some hawthorn products such as hawthorn cake, hawthorn tablet and so on. It contains a lot of sugar.
Step1:Put Hawthorn into water. Clean the surface with steel wire ball. Wash and remove. Take a clean hawthorn and put it on the cutting board. Cut off one end with a knife. Cut off the other end, too. Use a penholder or chopsticks to pass through with one end. The Hawthorn core was removed. Remove all Hawthorn in turn.
Step2:Put Hawthorn in clear water. Put a spoon of salt. Soak for 30 minutes (soak Hawthorn in salt water for fixation. The boiled Hawthorn can keep its beautiful color). Put some cold water in the pot. Put the pickled Hawthorn into the pot. Start cooking on medium heat. After boiling, put half of the white sugar in. Leave half for later use. Cook until the hawthorn is a little fat. The cooking time should not be too long. It will be rotten after a long time. Take out the cooked Hawthor
Step3:Sprinkle the remaining half of the white sugar on it. Then the white sugar will permeate. It will be sweet and sour from inside to outside. Stir the sugar and hawthorn well. Put it in the microwave for 10 minutes. It's OK.
Cooking tips:1. Remove the core with chopsticks or penholder. The preserved hawthorn fruit can keep a complete and beautiful appearance. 2. Remove the core of hawthorn. Soak in salt water for 30 minutes. It can play a role in fixing the color. The boiled Hawthorn will keep a beautiful color. 3. Put sugar twice. Put it in half when cooking. Put it in half after cooking, so that the preserved hawthorn fruit is sour and sweet from inside to outside. 4. The cooked Hawthorn can form preserved fruit only after sugar water replacement. We use microwave oven to dehydrate the Hawthorn and immerse the sugar. The preserved hawthorn fruit is made. There are skills in making delicious dishes.