How to make osmanthus sauce

The main ingredient of osmanthus jam is osmanthus, which is also a condiment. Many people like to make osmanthus jam. The method of making osmanthus jam is relatively simple, but the production process is more particular. For example, you have to pay attention to picking and processing osmanthus. You can pick some fresher osmanthus.

1. Picking fresh osmanthus

You can use fresh or dried osmanthus to make homemade osmanthus jam, but of course the fresher the better.

2. Processing Osmanthus

Remove the flower stalks, leaves and other debris from the fresh osmanthus flowers you picked and throw away the wilted and decayed ones. Then sift out the fine dust particles and thin flower stalks. Finally, rinse the fresh osmanthus flowers, spread them in a cool and ventilated place to dry the water, and use an electric fan to dry them faster.

3. Pickled Osmanthus

Put the processed osmanthus flowers into a clean large bowl, sprinkle in a little fine salt, mix well and marinate for about 10 minutes. The purpose of pickling with salt is to sterilize and disinfect and promote the dehydration of osmanthus flowers. Another function is to increase the sweetness. But the amount of salt must not be too much. Usually, add a pinch of fine salt to one bowl of osmanthus, so that the taste is slightly salty.

4. Container disinfection

Homemade osmanthus jam is usually placed in a sealable glass bottle. After cleaning, put it in boiling water for about 10 minutes, take it out and stand it upside down to drain the water before use. The bottle cap also needs to be boiled and disinfected.

5. Bottle and seal

After the pickling is finished, you can start making your own osmanthus sauce. Sugar Osmanthus Sauce: The operation method and steps are the same as above, just replace the honey with white sugar. You can also cook the white sugar into thick syrup instead of honey.

6. Refrigerated Fermentation

Place the sealed glass bottle in the refrigerator and ferment it under refrigeration for more than 7 days before eating. During the fermentation process, the osmanthus flowers will float up, so the bottle needs to be turned over frequently.