From the moment they are picked, cherries only stay fresh for a few days. If you want to be able to eat Yantai big cherries for a long time, you must find a way to store Yantai big cherries. So how should you store them? Let me briefly introduce to you 1. Preparation of preservative liquid
Preservative liquid is an acidic sugar solution with an appropriate amount of preservatives added. Sugar can be sucrose, glucose or fructose, and its concentration is suitable when the osmotic pressure of the solution and the osmotic pressure inside the cherry are balanced. This will prevent the cherries from swelling, cracking, or shrinking and deforming, and maintain their original texture. The acid can be citric acid or edible phosphoric acid, which not only inhibits the growth of microorganisms, but also prevents the cherries from producing an undesirable sour taste. Use sodium benzoate as a preservative, or use sodium benzoate and sodium sorbate at the same time, and the dosage should not exceed. If you want to increase the hardness of cherries, add a small amount of calcium phosphate or propionic acid solution.
2. Soaking
Rinse the cherries with clean water, drain and put them into the pre-preserved liquid. The amount of cherries added is about the weight of the liquid.
3. Sweetening Processing
Remove the cherries from the preservative liquid and drain. Heat and concentrate the preservative liquid until the sugar concentration is reached, put the cherries in it and soak it for a few days and then take it out. Repeat until the sugar concentration of the preservative solution reaches about 10%. The aroma and taste of cherries processed by this method are very good.
How to preserve Yantai large cherries