Honey grapefruit tea

Overview

The raw materials for making homemade honey grapefruit tea are very simple. The key is to remove the bitter taste. I have a trick - first, choose the appropriate raw materials and pay attention to the proportion of various raw materials. About 1,000 grams of grapefruit, paired with 100g of rock sugar and 500g of honey, taste just right. The grapefruit should be round and tender in texture; the rock sugar should be yellow rock sugar, as the recipe is made from sucrose rather than white sugar; the honey should be lighter in taste to avoid overpowering the aroma of the grapefruit, and it is best to use honey with a thicker texture. Second, handle the grapefruit peel well. The effects of honey grapefruit tea on clearing fire, smoothing the qi, beautifying and removing freckles mainly come from the grapefruit peel, and its color, flavor and taste are also closely related to the grapefruit peel. However, grapefruit peel tastes extremely bitter, and if not handled properly, it will affect the flavor of the finished product and make it unpalatable. To this end, I searched a lot of information and read a lot of recipes for cheesecakes, and finally found a better method. After doing it a few times, I thought the effect was very good. Please read below for details - Find suitable raw materials, pay a little patience, and a cup of fragrant and moisturizing, warming and nourishing health drinks that are beneficial to the body and mind will be born in your own hands -

Tags

• dessert
• drinks
• home cooking
• children
• afternoon tea
• moisturizing and hydrating
• sober up
• heavy snow
• nourish the stomach
• hangover
• clear water
• honey
• pomelo
• yellow rock sugar
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Wash the grapefruit thoroughly: first wash it after eating and soak it, then rub it with fine salt, and finally rinse it with hot water of about 60 degrees;

   

2. 2 Use a spatula to scrape off the grapefruit skin. The thinner the skin, the better. Try to bring out as little white part as possible;

   

3. 3 Cut the scraped grapefruit peel into thin strips, the thinner the better;

   

4. 4 Add a little salt to the cut grapefruit peel;

   

5. 5 Start by rubbing the grapefruit peel with medium force until it becomes sticky. Rinse with clean water; repeat three times;

   

6. 6 After rinsing for the last time, soak the pomelo peel shreds in light salt water for 3 or 4 hours, or even put it in the refrigerator overnight;

   

7. 7 Rinse the soaked pomelo peel shreds again, put them into a small pot, add water and a little salt, and boil for about 10 minutes;

   

8. 8 Take out, rinse and squeeze dry, set aside. The grapefruit peel that has been treated in this way has basically no bitter taste.

   

9. 9 Peel out the grapefruit flesh;

   

10. 10 Use a food processor to smash the grapefruit meat. It doesn’t have to be too fine. It doesn’t matter if it’s a little coarse. (You can also crush it with a spoon without a food processor. It doesn’t take much effort.)

    

11. 11 Put the chopped fruit pulp, grapefruit peel and rock sugar into a pot (stainless steel pot, glass pot, or casserole will work, just don’t use an iron pot), add a small half bowl of water (I added about 150ml);

    

12. 12 Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer slowly, stirring properly to avoid burning the bottom of the pot;

    

13. 13 Simmer until the water is almost dry and the texture is thick, turn off the heat and let cool to room temperature;

    

14. 14 Add honey;

    

15. 15 Stir evenly, making sure to stir in the same direction and not to scatter;

    

16. 16 Put it into a sterilized sealed container and keep it refrigerated. It can be eaten after three days. The longer the time, the less bitter it will be. Mine has a slightly bitter taste after three days, and the bitterness disappears after five days.