Sour and sweet lemon ointment

Buy fresh yellow lemon with high maturity. Pick a heavier fruit when choosing, buy it and wash it with a soft brush.
Wipe the moisture on the surface of the lemon with a clean cloth.

Prepare a pot, put water and ice sugar, and boil it over a small heat. The ratio of rock sugar to lemon is 1:1, and sweet friends can increase the proportion of rock candy properly.

Lemon slice

Get rid of the first and end and go to the fruit core.

Ice sugar and water are completely fused into sugar water
Then put the cut lemon slices into the sugar water

When the fire is boiling, do not stir the lemon in the pot.
Don't rush to get smaller when boiling. Keep the fire boiling for a while, so that all the slices of lemon in the pan are heated evenly.

When all the lemon slices are heated evenly, the lemon slices will soften, fully integrate with the sugar water, and then become smaller.
Observe the syrup and the syrup gradually thickens over time.

The sugar water will be converted to fructose pectin under the action of citric acid.

Pay attention to the consistency of syrup. As the syrup temperature is high, it is recommended to turn off the fire ahead of time and use the remaining temperature to dry.

When the syrup is cooled, find a clean bottle and keep it at room temperature. The lemon paste can be put away for a long time without deterioration. If you are not sure, you can keep it in the fridge.

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