To the middle of July watermelons begin to keep up. Juicy pulp is eaten during an instant, and from water-melon crusts it is possible to prepare unusual candied fruits.
It is required to you
- - watermelon - 1 piece
- - sugar - 4 glasses
- - water - 2 glasses
- - sugar (for sprinkling) - 0.5 glasses
Instruction
1. Watermelon cut and peel pulp from crusts. It is possible to leave a small pink layer, so candied fruits will look brighter and more beautiful. To serve pulp of watermelon to a table as got used, or it is possible to prepare something, for example, sorbet (or ice cream).
2. Clean water-melon crusts from a thin green skin. Process is difficult so it is necessary to stock up with patience and the peeler which considerably will facilitate preparation of crusts for further preparation.
3. Further to slice the water-melon crusts prepared thus half-centimeter thickness. Put them in the enameled pan and fill in with water so that all crushed water-melon crusts were only covered with water.
4. Put a pan on strong fire and bring water to the boil. Boil within 10 minutes, regulating fire at discretion, watching that water didn't pour out from a pan. Remove from fire. Drain water.
5. Further to fill in with two glasses of water four glasses of sugar, to cook on silent fire to sugar remelting and 5 more minutes. Fill in with the received syrup water-melon crusts, cook on silent fire within 15 minutes. Then to remove a pan from fire and to leave crusts for 12 hours to become impregnated with syrup.
6. And cooling within the next 12 hours to repeat the procedure of a provarivaniye in syrup 5 - 6 times until all syrup completely isn't absorbed in water-melon crusts.
7. After syrup doesn't remain, each crust to roll in in granulated sugar at all then to lay out them in one layer on one slice on the leaf better punched, but it is possible to take and integral, laid by parchment.
8. Dry candied fruits on air of 3 - 5 days. After candied fruits enough dry out, to shift them in a glass jar and to close a cover.
9. Candied fruits from water-melon crusts can be given to tea as a dessert, it is possible to add the crushed candied fruits to cottage cheese, to dough for cakes, etc.