Super Easy Air-Dried Hawthorn Slices
超简单风干山楂干 · pan chinese cuisine
Autumn is the season for drying foods, and when hawthorns ripen they can be dried and steeped in hot water all winter long. Hawthorn is traditionally valued for helping cut through grease and supporting digestion, so drinking hawthorn water regularly is considered good for the body.
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Per serving (4 servings)
- Energy (kcal)
- Unknown
- Protein (g)
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- Fat (g)
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- Carbs (g)
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- Sodium (mg)
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Steps
- 1
Step 1
Rinse the fresh hawthorns clean and remove the stem and blossom ends from both ends of each fruit.
✅ Done when: Each hawthorn is clean with both stem ends trimmed off.
- 2
Step 2
Cut each hawthorn into 3 pieces; the middle piece contains the seeds.
✅ Done when: Each hawthorn is split into three slices, with the seeds visible in the middle slice.
- 3
Step 3
The slices at this point: the middle slice is on the left and the two end slices are on the right.
✅ Done when: All hawthorns are cut into three slices each, with the seedy middle slices separated from the end slices.
- 4
Step 4
Remove the seeds from the middle slices, using your fingers or a chopstick.
✅ Done when: No seeds remain in any of the middle slices.
- 5
Step 5
Thread the slices onto bamboo skewers, skewering through the stem end of each slice so they are held firmly in place. String works too, but skewers hold the slices apart better — with string, the slices tend to stick together and dry poorly.
✅ Done when: All slices are threaded on skewers and held securely by their stem ends.
- 6
Step 610080 min
Off heat
Rest the skewers on a cooling rack so the hawthorn slices sit in the grid openings and cannot slide around or stick together. Tie the skewers to the rack with string and hang it on a balcony or in a shaded spot. Let them air-dry for about one week until completely dry.
✅ Done when: After about a week, the slices are fully dried through.
- 7
Step 7
Pick the dried slices off the skewers and store them; if fully dried, they keep for a long time.
✅ Done when: The slices are fully dry and removed from the skewers, ready for storage.