Instead of store-bought sweets, you can offer children a healthier homemade dish - sweet slices of vegetables or fruits called candied fruits.
It is necessary
- - pumpkin - 1 kg
- - orange or lemon - 1 pc.
- - water - 200 ml
- - sugar - 400 g
- - ground cinnamon (to taste)
- - vanilla (to taste)
- - icing sugar
Instructions
Step 1
Prepare "raw materials" for work. Peel the oranges and peel them. Cut the soft part of the pumpkin into pieces, small cubes, plates. Disassemble the oranges into wedges. If you use lemon instead of an orange, you also need to cut it into several pieces, or you can replace it with citric acid, which will need 3 g for a given amount of ingredients.
Step 2
Pour water into a saucepan, add granulated sugar, bring to a boil while stirring. The syrup must be boiled until the sugar is completely dissolved. Dip oranges, pumpkin in syrup, boil for about 5-7 minutes more. Remove the resulting mixture from the stove, cool. Experienced housewives try to cook candied fruits in the evening so that they can be left overnight to cool completely.
Step 3
Repeat the entire cooking process two more times with an interval of 8-12 hours. Discard the syrup-soaked pumpkin pieces in a strainer or colander to remove the syrup. Remove orange peels. When the syrup has drained, place the translucent pieces of pumpkin on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and place in the oven for about 4.5-5 hours.
Step 4
Mix the powder, cinnamon, vanilla and starch in a separate container, in this mixture roll the candied fruits dried in the oven. For the mixture, you can use any other ingredients, depending on the tastes.
Step 5
Store ready-made candied fruits in a dry and clean container, which is covered with parchment. They can be consumed either as a separate dish or added in crushed form to the filling for pies, pancakes, and dumplings. You can roll up ready-made candied fruits in jars of syrup, it turns out to be very thick. Or dry the sweet pieces in the air, and use the syrup as a base for compote, gravy for pancakes, pancakes.
