Lychee season is here, and it’s a pity if you don’t have jars of crunchy white pickled lychee stored in the fridge. Let’s go to the kitchen to check out some extremely simple and attractive ways to make sweet pickled lychees. This beverage will surely make your whole family love it.
1. Sweet pickled lychee
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Preparation
10 minutes
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Processing
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Sweet Pickled Lychee For 4 people
Fresh lychee 1 kg Sugar 400 gr Salt 1/4 teaspoon
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How to make Sweet Pickled Lychee
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Cook the syrup
Pour 500 ml of water into a pot, turn on the stove, and bring to a boil. Then add 400 gr of sugar and 1/4 teaspoon of salt, stir until dissolved, then turn off the heat and let the syrup cool completely.
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Blanch the lychee
After purchasing the lychee, cut off the stem, then wash it clean, boil a pot of water, and blanch the lychee for 2 minutes.
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Soak the blanched lychee in ice water
Remove the lychee and immediately place it in a bowl of cold ice water, soak the lychee for 10 minutes before removing it.
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Peel and pit
You peel each lychee one by one, then use a straw to poke into the lychee seed or a sharp knife to carefully slide around the lychee stem and gently remove the seed while keeping the lychee intact.
If you don’t need to be too meticulous, you can simply cut the lychee flesh in half and remove the seed, just do this for the remaining lychees.
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Put in the jar
After removing the seeds, put the lychees into a bowl of ice water, soak the lychees for 10 minutes, then remove and let them drain.
Take a clean jar and arrange the prepared lychees in the jar, pour the cooled sugar water into the jar, cover it, and store it in the fridge refrigerator for 2 days.
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Final product
Lychees soaked in sugar are extremely delicious and sweet. When serving, you can use a clean spoon to take the lychee syrup and put it into a glass along with a few ice cubes. Finally, place each lychee on top. A gentle stir and you have a refreshing lychee drink ready to enjoy!
2. Lychees soaked in sugar (recipe shared by a user)
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Preparation
40 minutes
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Processing
10 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Lychees soaked in sugar (recipe shared by a user) Serves 4
Lychee 1.5 kg Brown sugar 600 gr
Preparation Tools
Information about Black Sugar and How to Choose It
- Black sugar is a type of sugar that has not been refined, which allows it to retain its natural sweetness and the characteristic aroma of sugarcane.
- This type of sugar contains quite a lot of nutrients, especially calcium, and is used to make many delicious types of cakes and refreshing drinks.
- To choose high-quality black sugar, you should prioritize buying dry pieces of black sugar that are dark brown in color, and you will be able to smell the fragrance of sugarcane.
How to Make Lychee in Sugar (recipe shared by users)
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Blanch the Lychee
Wash the lychee thoroughly, remove any damaged fruits, and leave the skin on.
Next, place a pot on the stove, pour in about 1 liter of water, and bring it to a boil. When the water is boiling, add the lychee and blanch for about 1 – 2 minutes.
After 2 minutes, quickly remove them and bowl them in cold ice water for an additional 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, take the lychee out and place it in a basket to drain.
Tip: Soaking lychee in ice water helps the lychee be crunchy and not become mushy.
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Remove the seed skin
Next, peel the lychee and use a large straw, a spoon, or the tip of a knife to remove the lychee seed.
Tip:
- To avoid bruising the lychee flesh, you can remove part of the lychee stem, then take out the seed and discard the remaining lychee skin.
- During the process of removing the skin and seed from the lychee, be very careful to minimize bruising the lychee flesh, as this will cause the lychee to become mushy when soaked and not preserve well.
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Make sugar syrup
Pour 1.2 liters of water into a pot along with 600 grams of brown sugar and cook until the sugar dissolves. Adjust the sweetness according to your family’s taste, then turn off the heat and let it cool completely.
Tip: You can substitute with white sugar or rock sugar if you prefer.
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Soak lychee
Blanch the container for the lychee with boiling water, then dry it thoroughly with a clean cloth before carefully adding the lychee. Once the sugar syrup has cooled completely, pour it into the container to fully submerge the lychee.
Finally, close the lid and place it in the refrigerator to preserve.
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Final Product
The lychee soaked in syrup can be enjoyed after being kept in the refrigerator for about 3 – 4 hours.
When eaten, the sweetness of the fresh lychee blends with the black syrup, creating an incredibly appealing taste that brings a rich sweetness and a delightful chill.
You can use the lychee soaked in syrup to make many attractive drinks such as lychee tea, lychee milk tea or lychee dessert, which is very effective for cooling down in summer.
How to Choose Fresh Lychee
- You should choose lychees with a pinkish-red skin, round and even shape, smooth spines; avoid choosing those with sharp spines as they are signs of unripe lychee, which will taste sour.
- Prioritize selecting fresh bunches of lychee that have stems attached and the leaves are still green.
- You can also check by gently squeezing; if the fruit feels slightly soft and has good elasticity, then it is fresh lychee, and you should buy it.
- Especially, fresh lychees usually have a light, distinctive fragrance. If you smell fermentation, it indicates that the lychee is old or bruised inside, so it should not be chosen.
Tips for preserving lychee for a long time and usage notes
- To preserve them for a long time, after processing, you should place them in a glass jar, seal it tightly, and put it in the cool refrigerator. With this method, lychee can be stored for about 1 month.
- In particular, before putting the lychee in the jar, you should briefly rinse the jar with boiling water or use a specialized sterilizer.
- When eating, open the jar and use a clean spoon to scoop some out, then immediately seal it and put it back in the refrigerator.
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A few simple steps, the jar of lychee soaked in sugar is ready! Let’s make it for the family to enjoy refreshing drinks this summer! Wishing you success!
*Source of the recipe and images shared from Facebook: Bùi Huyền
