Sun-dried lemons, homemade

[Immediately I emphasize that lemons for the preparation of dried candied fruits in syrup, it is better to use biologically pure, thin-crust, and new harvest in the fall.]

Sun-dried lemons, homemade

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Ingredients
thin lemons	1 kg.
white sugar	800 grams (500 + 300)
clean water	350-400 ml.

Cooking method

• Immediately I emphasize that lemons for the preparation of dried candied fruits in syrup, it is better to use biologically pure, thin-crust, and new harvest in the fall.
• Knowing this, I was waiting for the month of October-November, when Abkhazian lemons of the new harvest, so beautiful, transparent in appearance, fragrant and delicious with tea, will appear on sale!
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• Preparation:
• Wash whole lemons well with water.
• Pour water into a saucepan (it is advisable to take a large, but narrow and high pan) so that the lemons float freely in the water. Boil water and dip whole lemons into it, boil them for a short time, stirring and constantly checking the condition of the lemon peel - it should become soft and wrinkle under your fingers. But don't cook lemons !!! Keep the water hot for about 85-90 * С !!! This way the lemons will become soft (the crust will not thicken during drying!), And retain their bulk!
• Remove the lemons in a colander, let the water drain, cool slightly until warm.
• Cut the lemons into 4 parts, do not remove the seeds!
• Do not peel the peel from lemons!
• And do not cut the white membranes in the center of the lobules, they will help keep the shape of the lobules!
• Make 350-400 ml water syrup. and sugar 500 grams (or to taste), boil the syrup, and put lemon slices in it, boil again, let the slices boil (warm up) over very low heat (syrup temperature 85-90 * C) for 10-15 minutes and set aside the pan with syrup aside until it cools.
• The next day, put the pan with slices on the fire again, and repeat the procedure for heating the lemon slices, again leave the pan aside until it cools.
• You need to carry out 2-3 such procedures for heating the slices and bring the slices to the state of transparency of the fruit, the transparency of the rind, so that the crust becomes soft (you can taste it), so that you are satisfied with the taste of the lemon itself (sweet slices, sweet and sour). In the process of heating the slices, you can add additional sugar, vanilla and other additives to taste.
• Put the finished slices in a colander, drain the syrup.
• Put the slices on the trays of the dryer, dry first at a high temperature, then after a few hours (when the slices are dry) set to a lower temperature.
• The drying method with intermittent drying works well - when the slices dry overnight, and for the day you can turn off the dryer, and then continue drying.
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Note

The result is such interesting candied lemon fruits - not dry and not completely wet!

My taste turned out to be sweet and sour, which suits me. There is also a citrus flavor, but there is no bitterness at all, since it was removed with hot water at the very beginning.
The crust of the lobules is very soft, chews well, tastes good.

The use of such candied fruits is very diverse: thin slicing into salads, dough, biscuits, bread, muffins!
And sometimes I like to chew!

I made a small batch, for testing, and only 5 lemons, and for control, I rolled the remaining slices in sugar - I'll see what happens ...
But, for myself, I have already decided that I will make another batch of lemon slices, already from about 1-1.5 kg. fresh lemons!

Liked the candied lemon wedges!

Cook with pleasure and bon appetit!

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Oh, Romochka, this is a real present for the New Year!
For a long time I have been trying to invent such lemon masterpieces so that I can use them multifunctionally, but since I tried by typing, the samples were unsuccessful.
And this is just a bomb! At last!!! Admin, you are the super-super-hostess! I can do this now ...

[Inusya]

Well, about super ... it's probably said loudly ...

I also do a lot by typing, and I stand idle by the pots with the analysis of what it could have turned out

Inusya, I will be happy if you get slices too! and will like it!

And I want to add one more thing, from my own experience: a lot depends on the raw materials themselves, the fruits from which we are going to cook something ...

The other day I made dried kumquats. So 50/50 turned out to be edible and not edible! Although they were made in one pan, in one syrup!

Some of the kumquats turned out to be very tasty and looked like lemon slices ... and I cracked them in one sitting with tea, and on the way to the kitchen and back ... and some frankly threw them away, because the skins were dry! Here ...

Why I waited for lemons not treated with wax and a new harvest

Cut the lemons into 4 parts, do not remove the seeds!

Do not peel the peel from lemons!

And do not cut the white membranes in the center of the lobules, they will help keep the shape of the lobules!

Well, in all recipes it would be like this - the cooking technology excludes any load and increase in labor costs. Admin, thank you very much for these lemons!

Recently I bought a box of assorted fruits in chocolate. So there were just pieces of lemons with the peel, so sweet-soft-chewy, drenched in chocolate icing. It seemed so delicious to me. The tangerine slices were also delicious.

[Romchka]

Romchka, and nothing "said loudly", for example, I'm sorry, even for the first time in my life I hear such a word!
And what is it I don’t know - kumquats? Chessword Admin, you will not laugh at anyone, otherwise you will laugh ...

And what is it I don’t know - kumquats? Chessword Admin, you will not laugh at anyone, otherwise you will laugh ...

This is why they laugh. These kumquats are available in the supermarket for sale And you can buy dried kumquats in the market, where the dried fruits are so small and pretty, delicious! And there are such different babies - lemons, tangerines, oranges and so on ... I buy them, I like them!

Recently I bought a box of assorted fruits in chocolate. So there were just pieces of lemons with the peel, so sweet-soft-chewy, drenched in chocolate icing. It seemed so delicious to me. The tangerine slices were also delicious.

Here are lemon slices just such chewable and it turns out ... I did not come up with a word myself, but on the tongue it was perfectly possible to roll it in sugar and dip it in chocolate - it will be super tasty!
And put it as a gift, and hang it on the tree, and ................ come up with go further

Here are lemon slices just such chewable and it turns out ... I did not come up with a word myself, but on the tongue it was perfectly possible to roll it in sugar and dip it in chocolate - it will be super tasty!
And put it as a gift, and hang it on the tree, and ................ come up with go further

I got a lot of saliva from the number of ideas. I will definitely try

I got a lot of saliva from the number of ideas. I will definitely try

This is why they laugh. These kumquats are available in the supermarket for sale And you can buy dried kumquats in the market, where the dried fruits are so small and pretty, delicious! And there are such different babies - lemons, tangerines, oranges and so on ... I buy them, I like them!

Ah, so I know, but I didn’t know that they are called kumquats! Even once from these oranges, I even sprinkled it ... so I tried it.
Well then, another control question in essence: and if I do not have any dryer, will it be possible to somehow knock them down in a different way? Or only with a unit? And then I already tuned in to look for suitable lemons tomorrow, read it, and here, in an ambush ...

You can try to do it in the airfryer or in the oven with the door open, set the temperature to about 60 * C, and then according to the circumstances)) By time - how will it work

Thanks, I will try in the oven if this is an alternative ...

[Admin]

Sun-dried lemons, homemade

Admin, and in this photo lemons after whole scalding? Now I was busy with lemons and after a short scalding I got them still relatively elastic, but with a softish peel when pressed. After cooling, they became completely soft, it turned out to be not so easy to cut - the juice and pulp just fell out onto the cutting board. And such beautiful quarters did not work out. Left in halves and dipped in syrup. Now I'm cooling ...

In the photo, fresh sliced ​​lemons - just shown inside

It is better to cut the lemons completely cold so that they are soaked in sugar syrup. Of course, they will not keep their shape as fresh at all, but the membrane in the center will help them not to go limp and fall off. And you should not digest lemons, just slightly so that they become soft, with light pressure with your fingers!

In the photo, fresh sliced ​​lemons - just shown inside

Clear

It is better to cut the lemons completely cold so that they are soaked in sugar syrup.

And here it is unclear. Whole lemons should be boiled in sugar syrup?

[scald]

And here it is unclear. Whole lemons should be boiled in sugar syrup?

Do not cook - but lightly scald whole lemons at a temperature of 85-90 * C, keep in hot syrup, so that the peel becomes soft and crumpled under light pressure with your fingers!

I meant the second stage - in sugar syrup - are the lemons already cut?

I meant the second stage - in sugar syrup - are the lemons already cut?

Yes, then the lemons are already cut into 4 slices!

3 kg of lemons are soaked in syrup for the second day in Su Vidnica. And why is she idle in vain?





I put it on 60 * for 3 hours, then they cooled down, and again at 60 * ... I'll go to the syrup with salt, let it drain, and into the dryer. I brought almost 30 kg of lemons from Adler. Limoncelles delivered 20 liters. They will be cured, I want to pickle ... What else can I do with them?

[Lena]

Lena, I also ordered Abkhazian lemons ... So I think, too, to put them in a suvidnitsa

Oh, sages girls, experimenters - whatever they can think of to achieve the goal

Admin! Can grapefruit be dried and dried? If YES, how? Thank you.

Admin! Can grapefruit be dried and dried? If YES, how? Thank you.

Here is a grapefruit never dried. His peel is bitter, it's not for everybody. Although, I make an orange with grapefruit jam, I like it, there is a bitterness, but it is clogged with sugar syrup.
You need to try at least 1-2 pieces. to make and then evaluate - is it necessary for us?

And if you try to make marshmallow - banana + grapefruit? ... But I can't imagine the taste ...

And if you try to make marshmallow - banana + grapefruit? ... But I can't imagine the taste ...

Yes, you can try all the options, only in small quantities. A banana will give only thickness with its pulp, and the taste of grapefruit, if peeled

[Admin]

Admin, now it remains to wait for a new one to try this recipe.
Tatyana, why is it so important in this recipe to take lemons from a new one, but not in sweet and sour?

[Admin]

Admin, now it remains to wait for a new one to try this recipe.
Tatyana, why is it so important in this recipe to take lemons from a new one, but not in sweet and sour?

Because these lemons do not need to be boiled, and their crust is very thin and fragrant - and then they simply wither. Lemons are eaten right with a fragrant peel
In sweet and sour lemons, they are poured with hot marinade, the peel remains firm (not all), which of them chew well, which is not. But here it is important that the lemon pulp itself does not creep from heat treatment, it retains its appearance and taste.

In general, lemons are such a fruit with pulp, which must be handled very carefully in order to preserve both taste and appearance, so that only one hard crust remains after processing.

Admin, why not take out the bones? From them the bitterness is so specific

Anya, there is no bitterness from the bones. If the bones are removed, the integrity of the pulp is violated, and so the white membrane holds.

Well I do not know. As for the integrity of the pulp, it's understandable, but because of the bitterness I always remove the seeds from lemons when I make pies with lemon filling. You see through her
Or just spit them out later?

Anya, well, I don’t chew them later. I temporarily need them to preserve their appearance

I've only salted salmon with a ridge and bones, this way the frame and height of the fish is preserved, it does not become a flat layer after salting. And only then I cut out the ridge and cut into strips, and they turn out to be high and not dense, the view is beautiful

Got it. And I'm cutting the ridge. And the size of the sliced ​​pieces depends on the angle of the knife. The view is also niche so.

[Tanyush]

I also ordered Abkhaz lemons

Tanyush, but please teach me how to distinguish Abkhazian lemons from all the others ...

In our market, on almost every second price tag, lemons are issued for Abkhazian ...

Only I do not believe them, the sellers, more in appearance, those Abkhaz ones, are no different from the rest, well, perhaps at a price ...

How should it look present Abkhaz lemon?

[Inna]

Inna, this is how an Abkhaz lemon should look like - I don't know
I stick my nose into a lemon - and it smells like fresh lemon, new harvest, and the crust is so thin, you rub it a little and it smells like a thin lemon And in appearance lemons can be seen, of a new crop, not rough, without obvious pimples, the skin is thin, straight transparent and smooth

Now is the time for new lemons. The most expensive Uzbek lemons, the price of 1 lemon is 50-60 rubles!
If everything goes well, tomorrow I'm going for lemons, then I'll take a photo, I need to pickle them, my beloved son-in-law asked for lemons - in return I will get a can of branded canned green tomatoes

Tatyana, she supported everything for the first time in syrup.
Sent the pot, see you tomorrow.
True, she steamed in parts, the first part was slightly overexposed, so the second contained very little.
Ararat is amazing !!!

We look forward to continuing ...

Tanya lemons are still in the pan, but deliciousness is impossible ........
Please tell me, what are you doing with the syrup?

Tanya lemons are still in the pan, but deliciousness is impossible ........
Please tell me, what are you doing with the syrup?

Syrup - wherever you go. In tea, in cream, for impregnation, curd cakes or cottage cheese, pour dumplings ... and so on ... as the head handles

And exactly !!! It is also very tasty, we must go for lemons again

[Admin]

Admin, in your opinion, can Uzbek be used in this recipe?

You can also use Uzbek lemons. But they are very expensive actually

but here they are just the opposite, they have an acceptable price. Tomorrow I'll start the experiment. Thank you

Already in syrup! Yesterday!
I'm kind of high-speed today!

Zhdemsssss ... with impatience

[Admin]

Admin, I did it and ate everything ....: girl_red: this is impossible, the hand stretched itself ...

How did she eat ?! HOW Ate it? !!! And the picture?

[Admin]

Admin, I did and ate everything ....: girl_red: this is impossible,hand stretched itself......

So I mean it, but you do not hear me - a completely unprofitable occupation
What pictures are there ... just leave the table ... and there is already empty

Only vegetable mix for soups can be stored well and for a long time

: girl_red: I also ate everything quickly and did not report. Thanks for the delicious recipe

Another poison ... of my life!
Do you have a button that you click on ?! For the gifted, I explain - this is such a "pimp" on the fotik! Normal people click on it before eating lemons!

Oh how delicious it was ... I remember, mouth full of saliva ...
And the pictures ....... did not shmogla ....

normal people click before they gobble lemons!

see the lemon monac woke up inside ...