Learn How to Cook Chinese Hawthorn Sugar Snowball

Chinese Hawthorn Sugar Snowball

Hawthorn sugar snowball, as a northern autumn and winter snack, is loved by many friends, but at the same time, there are also many failures. The main reason if the problem is sugar.

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Chinese

Keyword: hawthorn sugar snowball

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 15

Servings: 1

Calories: 386kcal

Ingredients

200 g hawthorn
100 g Crystal sugar
100 g water
1 tsp vinegar

Instructions

wash and dry the hawthorn, remove the stems and seeds
Mix sugar and water in proportion
Hawthorn, crystal sugar, water, white vinegar
The ratio of hawthorn to sugar is 1:0.5, and the ratio of crystal sugar to water is 1g:1ml
Example: 200g hawthorn with 100g crystal sugar, 100ml water. and a spoonful of white vinegar
pour into the pot and simmer over low to medium heat, stirring while cooking
continuously stirring during the peried
The state where sugar is completely dissolved. remember to stir while boiling.
water slowly evaporates
Large bubbles begin to form in the center, followed by fine bubbles around, and then continue to simmer
continuously stirring, the fine bubbles become finer and more uniform
This is a very important step. Be patient and do not turn off the heat as soon as it bubbles. wait until the water evaporates and the sugar begins to thicken and even small bubbles appear.
Add white vinegar, stir well and turn off the heat. remove the pot from the heat and then stir for a while.
After strring evenly, pour in hawthorn and start stirring(emphasis: keep the pot off heat)
Add hawthorn and start stirring, gently stirring to avoid crushing the hawthorn.
Because the sugar water is thick, it is a bit difficult to stir. change the steel spoon and keep stirring during the stirring process until the hawthorn is covered with sugar and no longer sticky
Start sanding and endure continue stiring
Stir to frosting
The sweet and sour hawthorn sugar snowball is ready, remember to freeze the rest in the refrigerator, it will still taste delicious when take out