Golden autumn is the season of osmanthus blooming, osmanthus is pungent and warm, returns to the lungs, spleen, kidney meridians, has the effect of warming the lungs and dissolving phlegm, dissipating cold and relieving pain, today I will share with you a very simple osmanthus sauce method, if you need it, collect it!
【Ingredients】400 grams of osmanthus, 3 tablespoons of honey, 5 tablespoons of sugar, a little lemon juice
【Ingredients】
1. Prepare osmanthus flowers, honey, sugar and other ingredients. Osmanthus is picked as much as possible, the color is more beautiful, the fragrance is rich, and it is easy to pick.
2. Remove the impurities from the osmanthus first and wash it with water.
3. Put the osmanthus on the bamboo basket and spread it out to dry to remove moisture, without drying it.
4. Mix the osmanthus into the sugar and marinate for a few hours, and the day is basically the same, and the pickled osmanthus will have a lot of soup coming out.
5. At this time, it can be directly put into a sterilized air-dried sealed bottle.
6. Don't overfill, then pour a few spoonfuls of honey on top of the bottle to seal it.
Another way to be more appetizing is to put the sweetened osmanthus and sugar water in a pot, then add 1 bowl of water, a few drops of lemon juice and 4 tablespoons of honey, and boil for about 10 minutes. After turning off the heat and letting it cool, it is ready to be put into a sealed bottle.
Prepared honey osmanthus sauce, refrigerated. As the weather gets colder, the elderly and children at home will inevitably have coughs. When you usually drink boiled water, scoop a spoonful and put it in boiling water to drink, which can refresh the cough and remove bloating and cool air! If you make glutinous rice lotus, if you pour 2 spoons of osmanthus sauce, it will be more floral and fragrant. The osmanthus bloom period is about to pass, don't miss it, if you miss it, you will have to wait for another year!
Tips:
1. Osmanthus will be more fragrant when choosing flowers that have just bloomed, and osmanthus flowers that are about to bloom and fail should not be used again.
2. If the osmanthus is boiled in a pot, the taste will be better.
3. The bottle of osmanthus sauce must be oil-free and water-free and sterilized. It is better to put the osmanthus sauce in the refrigerator as well, because the homemade osmanthus sauce does not add any preservatives, so try to drink it within a month.