Impeccable technique of cooking candies from fresh strawberries, the result is amazing

On the eve of summer, it's time to cook. strawberry confectionery Strawberries. A sweet and juicy berry has already appeared on the shelves of stores. And very soon it will appear in all suburban areas and gardens. We hope that strawberries will be a lot, because recipes of natural strawberry sweets are also more than enough.



Let you not be bothered by the overseas word “confiture”, because from French it means simple “to cook in sugar”. Such a confit is ideal for cooking pastries with strawberry filling. Nothing gets lost and the taste is divine.

The ingredients

• 1kg strawberries
• 800g sugar
• 20g gelatin
• 1 tsp citric acid

Preparation

1. Strawberries thoroughly washed under running water, remove all damaged berries, remove tails or branches of greens. Let some time the berries stay in a dullhouse or strainer, so that the glass has excess liquid.
2. Grind the strawberries in a blender to puree. Once you do this, pour it into a pot with a thick bottom and add sugar. Carefully mix both components and put the pan on the stove.
3. You need to prepare confections at medium capacity. It is necessary to constantly stir strawberry sugar syrup, but not let it boil. As soon as the mixture reaches a boil, you can turn off the stove and wait for the product to cool.
4. Pour some water and wait until it swells. Then add it to the cooled strawberry syrup and again on the stove. Stir it well. future confitSo the gelatin dissolves completely. Add the citric acid. It is best to store confiscations in sterilized banks.

Bright candied ingredients

• 1kg strawberries
• 900g sugar
• 200 ml of water
• 0.5 tsp citric acid

Preparation

1. For candy you need to select only the most ripe and elastic strawberries. Wash all the berries and clean them of the peduncles. Prepare a wide metal container for candied fruit (a large pan or bowl).
2. Put the pot on the stove and put all the sugar in it. Then pour water and stir the mixture until the grains dissolve completely. Once the sugar syrup is formed, add the citric acid.
3. In the hot syrup, pour all the strawberries and mix the components. Each strawberry should be covered with sweet syrup on all sides. Wait for the syrup to boil and cook the berries for about 2 minutes.
4. Then turn off the stove and leave the strawberries to cool. Syrup, which remained at the bottom of the pan, must be poured into a separate pan and include the stove. Pour the boiling syrup into a pan of berries and bring it to a boil. Leave the berries to cool for a few hours.
5. Repeat this manipulation a third time. But keep in mind that sugar syrup should be boiled to the state of jam. Exactly. brighten the berries and brilliant. After strawberries are boiled in syrup for the third time, it must be laid out on a bowl and dried. You can do it on the windowsill.

Strawberry confectionery and shiny berries And how often have you met on the Internet beautiful "glass fruit"? It's pretty easy to make them, too. Make some sweet strawberries. It is better to choose a special variety, which in itself will be sweet. It must be washed, dried and pierced with long swords. Pour 200 ml of sugar 80 ml of water and add a pinch of citric acid. Melt sugar in a pot with a thick bottom so that it does not burn.



By the way, immediately prepare a glass of ice water. Once the sugar melts, you need to dip it in. strawberry. Then, after a few seconds, dip the berry in cold water. To make the caramel look transparent and shiny. Moreover, such sweets crunch perfectly. The kids will definitely like it.