Dried hawthorn is the dried fruit of hawthorn, which is a food obtained after de-core, slicing and drying. Hawthorn, also known as mountain red, red fruit, etc., is a fruit with rich nutritional value and unique flavor. Fresh hawthorn is dried and dried to remove its internal moisture, retain its unique sweet and sour taste and nutrients, and we get what we often call dried hawthorn.
Raw material preparation: Select hawthorn with smooth surface and put it in a basin
Cleaning: Add an appropriate amount of clean water, clean the surface of hawthorn with a used toothbrush, and finally rinse it with clean water and put it in a basin.
Remove the core: Hawthorn is delicious, but the core is difficult to remove. The easiest way is to find a pen cap, and you can easily remove the core. First insert the pen cap into the top of the hawthorn, then pull out the pen cap, and then insert the pen cap into the root of the hawthorn, poke it up hard, and you can take out the core. This method is used to remove all the cores of hawthorn.
Slice: Cut the processed hawthorn into thin slices, put them on white paper and dry them in the sun.
Packaging and storage: Under the sun, the hawthorn slices will gradually change color. When the hawthorn slices gradually shrink and become harder and harder, the hawthorn slices are ready. You can put the prepared hawthorn slices in a sealed jar and throw a few slices when making tea. It is absolutely refreshing and nutritious!
Dried hawthorn is a common ingredient that can be used as a cooking seasoning or to make various delicacies.
Cook porridge: Dried hawthorn can be cooked with millet and rice to make porridge. It can strengthen the spleen and appetite and promote digestion. It is suitable for people with poor appetite and weak spleen and stomach.
Cooking soup: Dried hawthorn slices can be cooked with ingredients such as oriental water chestnuts, vegetable leaves, herba prunellae, radish seeds, and raw Polygonum multiflorum to promote the body's metabolism, eliminate excess body fat, and have a certain weight loss effect.
Stewing meat: When dried hawthorn slices are stewed with beef, the fibrous tissue of the beef will be destroyed by the trace elements in the hawthorn, and the beef will be easier to stew and taste better. It will also eliminate the greasy smell of the beef and promote digestion and absorption.
Soak in water: When soaking dried hawthorn in water, you can generally put in an appropriate amount of dried hawthorn according to your own preferences, and then add an appropriate amount of warm boiled water to soak. The water temperature is about 60℃, and you can drink it after waiting for 20-30 minutes. It can be brewed repeatedly. In addition, dried hawthorn can also be soaked in water with other foods, such as roses, honey, chrysanthemums, etc.
5. Making hawthorn jelly or hawthorn sauce:
After soaking the dried hawthorn in water to soften it, you can add sugar and other ingredients to make hawthorn jelly or hawthorn sauce, which can be eaten as a dessert or condiment.
6. Direct consumption:
Dried hawthorn slices can also be eaten directly as a snack, but be careful to eat in moderation, because dried hawthorn tastes sour, and excessive consumption may irritate the mouth or stomach.
7. Hawthorn candied fruit:
Soak the dried hawthorn in water to soften it, and then add enough sugar to marinate it.
After marinating for a few days, the hawthorn will absorb sugar and become sweet and delicious.
8. Hawthorn cakes:
Put 850g of dried hawthorn, 250g of rock sugar, 25g of gelatin powder, and 300ml of water into the pot.After simmering for 10 minutes and stirring evenly, put the hawthorn paste in a fresh-keeping box. The hawthorn cake after cooling has both the sour taste of hawthorn and the sweet taste of cake.
9. Hawthorn wine:
Wash the hawthorn, remove the core, mash it, put it in a large-mouthed bottle, add sugar and mix well, cover it, and place it in a warm place. Stir frequently, and after 1-2 months, ferment it into hawthorn wine. Squeeze it with gauze, remove the residue and filter it, and you can taste the homemade hawthorn wine.
Cure diarrhea: The pectin content in dried hawthorn ranks first among all fruits, reaching 6.4%. According to the latest research, pectin has the function of anti-radiation substance, taking away half of the radioactive elements (strontium, cobalt, palladium, etc.) from the body. Pectin also has adsorption and antibacterial properties, which can remove bacteria and toxins from the intestines and bind water.
Reduce blood lipids and blood pressure: flavonoids and other compounds in hawthorn can lower blood pressure and blood lipids, and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Long-term and moderate consumption of dried hawthorn can help lower blood lipids and reduce weight, which is beneficial for obese and hyperlipidemic people.
Antioxidant and anti-aging: flavonoids and vitamin C in hawthorn have strong antioxidant capacity, which can remove free radicals in the body, delay the aging process, and prevent the occurrence of chronic diseases.
Antibacterial effect: Hawthorn contains some antibacterial ingredients that can inhibit certain bacteria, thereby maintaining good health.
Promote blood circulation: The nutrients in hawthorn help protect cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, promote blood circulation, and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
