After picking, you need to carefully remove withered flowers, hard branches and impurities, and wash them with clean water.
Then place the washed osmanthus flowers in a cool, ventilated place to dry, avoiding direct sunlight to prevent them from losing their natural fragrance.
During the drying process, gently turn the flowers over to ensure they dry evenly.
Afterwards, a small amount of salt is added to the dried osmanthus flowers for pickling to remove their astringency and improve their taste.
However, the pickling time should not be too long, so as not to affect the aroma of the osmanthus.
The syrup for osmanthus sugar is made with rock sugar.
Mix the dried and marinated osmanthus flowers with sugar evenly, and layer them one layer of osmanthus flowers and one layer of sugar to ensure that the osmanthus flowers fully absorb the sugar.
Then, put the mixed osmanthus sugar into a clean, dry, oil-free, and water-free sealed ceramic jar.
After sealing, store in a cool, ventilated place, as the production of osmanthus sugar takes time and usually requires storage for several weeks to several months.
Looking at the jar in front of her, Xinyi thought that maybe Gege would be able to eat delicious osmanthus sugar this winter.
Next, we'll make osmanthus-flavored glutinous rice balls.
Although it's not the fifteenth, making some occasionally to try still has a unique flavor.
First, the outer skin of the glutinous rice balls needs to be made of high-quality glutinous rice flour to ensure the texture and stickiness of the glutinous rice balls.
Secondly, freshly picked osmanthus flowers are selected, washed, and dried to remove impurities and excess moisture while retaining their natural fragrance.
Next, prepare the black sesame filling, add an appropriate amount of sugar and osmanthus, mix well, form the filling into balls, and then divide them into small pieces for later use.
Next, take a piece of glutinous rice ball skin, put in an appropriate amount of filling, then seal it and roll it into a ball, ensuring that the surface of the glutinous rice ball is smooth and without cracks.
Place the wrapped glutinous rice balls on a damp cloth to prevent them from drying out and cracking.
When cooking glutinous rice balls, gently push them with a spoon to prevent them from sticking together or to the bottom of the pot.
Cook until the glutinous rice balls float to the surface, increase in size, and become translucent; then remove them from the water.
Xinyi ladled the cooked glutinous rice balls into a bowl and added a suitable amount of fresh osmanthus flowers as a garnish.
Xinyi placed a jar of osmanthus sugar and a serving of osmanthus glutinous rice balls into a pre-prepared food box and had a young eunuch deliver it to Madam Li.
Afterwards, he took the rest back to Geng Youran's courtyard.
Just as the master and servant were about to begin their meal, they heard a voice coming from the doorway:
"The Fourth Prince has arrived!"
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