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Today I want to share a recipe for candied carrots. They taste very unusual and go well with tea, who tried them at my place and asked what kind of fruit it was. They remind me of toffee. And most importantly, this recipe helps me in the fall to process small carrots, which are a lot after harvesting.
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Recipe:
Candied carrots:
Carrots - 2kg.
Sugar -1kg.
Citric acid -1-2 tsp.
Water -400 ml.
COOKING METHOD
We take the carrots, peel, the weight of the peeled carrots is 2 kg., Now we can cut the carrots into bars, circles, cubes. As you like best. I like the sticks.
Pour water into a saucepan, put on fire and bring to a boil. Now we put the carrots in boiling water and cook for 10 minutes. Now we take out the carrots from hot water and put them directly into cold water.
This is necessary so that in the future the carrots keep their shape and do not boil.
Let's measure out 400 ml of water in which the carrots were cooked, we don't need the rest. We pour it into a saucepan, put sugar. I add sugar at the rate of 0.5 kg per 1 kg of sugar. Because, I have 2 kg of carrots I put 1 kg of sugar. We put on fire and bring to a boil. From the moment of boiling, cook for another 3-4 minutes, now add citric acid.
Add to taste, I add 1 tsp. for 2 kg of carrots. We lower the carrots and cook from the moment of boiling for 15 minutes. During this time, the carrots will give their juice. Close the lid and remove until it cools. Once the carrots have cooled to room temperature, set to cook again, cook for another 15 minutes, remove and let cool. And now we put on the third time, cook for 15 minutes, remove, cool. When we cook the lid, do not close it. It takes me a break of 4-5 hours. The carrots should become translucent. Now put the cooled carrots on fire and heat up to about 30 degrees. And put it in a colander. Let's drain the carrots. About 10 minutes. The syrup is also delicious, you can use it to soak a biscuit, for example.
We lay out the carrots on a wire rack or on a baking sheet if you will dry in the oven. I dry in a dehydrator. We install the grilles. Now we set the temperature and time. I dry at 70 degrees for 5-6 hours. You can dry in the oven, set the temperature to 70 degrees and dry until cooked by turning on the convection.
If there is no convection, you need to open the door. Or you can dry it in the sun, it will take a couple of days. Ready candied fruits will be ready when they stop practically sticking to your hands. Now we take out the candied fruits and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Store in a tightly closed jar or container.
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You can see the details and cooking details in my short video below: