Persimmon is not only delicious, but also incredibly healthy fruit. Its fruits contain a large amount of water, proteins, carbohydrates. Persimmon is rich in magnesium, iron, calcium, phosphorus and potassium. Both children and adults are not averse to feasting on persimmons. But how to store it? Let's figure out how to do it right, and then you will provide yourself with a natural and healthy product for the whole winter.
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You will need
- To freeze:
- - ripe persimmon fruits,
- - a knife
- - cutting board,
- - plastic bags,
- - glass jars,
- - sugar syrup,
- - freezer.
- For drying:
- - ripe persimmon fruits,
- - a knife
- - cutting board,
- - a baking sheet
- - oven
- - twine rope
- - gauze.
Instruction manual
1
Freeze whole persimmons. To do this, take the desired number of fruits, wash, dry. Put them in the freezer.
2
Freeze persimmons in pieces. Take the fruits of persimmons. Wash them, remove the stem and seeds (if any). Cut persimmon into slices. Pack in bags and put in the freezer.
3
Try one more way. Wash the persimmons, put them in jars (you can use whole fruits, but it is better to cut them into slices) and pour sugar syrup. After that, close the jars and freeze.
4
Dry the persimmons. Choose hard fruits, it is better if they do not have seeds. Wash the persimmons, peel and peel them (if any) and cut into pieces.
5
Preheat the oven to 40 degrees. Put the sliced fruits on a baking sheet and place in the oven. Determine the readiness by eye, the most important thing is to ensure that the fruits do not darken.
6
Dry persimmons by hanging on a strong twine. Do not wash persimmons. Carefully remove the peel in a spiral (try not to damage the stem, it will be necessary to hang it).
7
Take the rope, make a loop, fasten the loop on the stalk, tighten and knot. Tie the next persimmon below. Fruits should not touch each other. The length of the rope should not exceed 1.5 meters.
8
Protect fruits from insect gauze.
9
The first 3 days, keep the persimmons in a draft, avoiding the sun's rays so that it is weathered from all sides. To finish persimmon, you need to put in the darkest place in the house. The rows of fruits should not touch each other.
10
Store persimmons in the refrigerator or on the balcony. Persimmon fruits should be laid out so that they do not touch each other.
note
In dried form, from the abundance of sugar, persimmon can become covered with white coating. There is nothing to worry about.
Persimmon is stored in the refrigerator and on the balcony for several days, in frozen form the fruits are stored for up to six months, and the dried ones are much longer.
Useful advice
To store such a fruit as persimmon is very careful. The most common ways to store persimmons are to freeze and dry. If you decide to store persimmons in the refrigerator, you can put it in a bag with apples or tomatoes. Thus, unripe fruits ripen, and ripe ones stay fresh and tasty longer. Persimmon should be thawed at room temperature, you can still put it in a cup of water. Water should be cold.