"As soon as the concubine laughs, no one knows that it is lychee."
Lychee is a good fruit in Lingnan, my country. It has a delicious taste and is known as the "King of Fruits".
However, lychees with local characteristics are not only not cheap in the north, but also have a short storage time. If you want to eat them, you can only transport them refrigerated. Eating it after the season is difficult and expensive. So how can these problems be solved?
Let me teach you a few tricks so that you can still eat lychees after the lychee eating season. They may be more delicious than fresh lychees, and they will not go bad after being stored for a year. From now on, you can achieve lychee freedom.
- Lychee wine
Liquor has low alcohol content and beer doesn’t taste good? You might as well try this lychee wine made with lychees. It’s very suitable for entertaining guests at home or having a drink when you have nothing to do. You must learn the following simple method of making lychee wine at home.
Prepare a clean jar, peel the lychees (do not throw away the peeled shells, set aside for later use) , peel off the core, wash it, spread it in a layer at the bottom of the jar and sprinkle a layer of rock sugar, follow this step to fill it 5 minutes full , and finally pour white wine until the jar is 80% full. Just wait for the next three months.
As soon as the lid of the prepared lychee wine is opened, the aroma of lychees and white wine will fill the entire nasal cavity. Take a sip and the sweetness of lychees and the mellow aroma of white wine will dissipate from the tip of the tongue to the mouth, making you want to stop. Lychee wine is not only delicious, but the lychees inside are also delicious. Personally, I think it tastes better than fresh lychees.
- Lychee spices
Lychees are full of treasures. I just made lychee wine with the fruit pulp, and the lychee shells I asked you not to throw away can now be put to use. Lychee shells were a valuable Chinese medicinal material in ancient times as well as spices and incense. Let’s take a look at how to make this lychee incense!
Wash and dry the lychee shells, soak them in rice wine below 20°C for one day and one night. The next day, put the lychees into a wok to stir-fry out the water, then put them on the windowsill to dry. If possible, put them in the oven to dry. After drying, grind it into fine powder and filter, leaving the finest powder for canning.
The aroma of lychees after being lit fills the room with fresh and sweet aroma, and the aroma of lychees soaked in rice wine adds an extra sweetness and makes you feel intoxicated, as if you had just eaten lychees in this room. Same.
- Dried lychees
Above we separated the lychee pulp and shell and taught you how to make and preserve lychees. Next, we will preserve the lychees as a whole. That is the dried lychee that everyone often buys in supermarkets.
Compared with the previous two methods, the method is simpler but takes a longer time. Put the purchased lychees into bubbling hot water (do not use boiling water), boil for one minute, take them out and expose them to the sun, and take them back at night. After about ten days of drying, the dried lychees are basically ready.
The dried lychees have plump pulp and can be eaten directly or soaked in water to drink. After drinking the water, eat the dried lychees as well. The most recommended thing is to add a few lychees when making soup to make the soup dry, moist and clear. Sweet and good for your health.
- Frozen lychee
The last one is closest to the original flavor of lychee compared to the previous ones. It is my favorite method, but it also has the shortest storage time. It is best not to freeze it for more than one and a half months, otherwise it will affect the taste. .
Freeze with the shell on when freezing, and use towels and paper to dry the water on the surface of the lychee, and put it in a fresh-keeping bag to refrigerate. If there are children at home, you can also peel the shells and cores, inject yogurt into the lychees, and add , blueberries, and other fruits as decorations. It is best to keep this refrigerated for no more than a month.
When eating shelled lychees, you can eat them directly. You can also wash them in water to defrost them. After all, they are too cold. You can eat the lychees directly after peeling them, just like an extra serving of ice cream in the refrigerator without any additives.
Okay, the above are some storage methods for lychees. Are you eager to try them after reading them? If you also have some other good ways to store lychees, welcome to leave a message in the comment area and share it with us. If you like this article, please remember to bookmark and forward . See you next time.
