How to solidify hawthorn cake

Hawthorn cake is a relatively traditional folk food in the northern region. It is mainly made of hawthorn juice, some white sugar and other raw materials to make a snack. It tastes sweet, cool and delicious, with a delicate and smooth taste. It also has good medicinal value. It plays a certain role in preventing indigestion and gastrointestinal diseases. In addition, it has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and is a relatively good health food.

Nutritional Information

Every 100 grams of hawthorn fruit contains 85 mg of calcium, 89 mg of vitamin C. It is also rich in iron, phosphorus, protein, fat, hematin, pectin, etc.

Main Benefits:

Hawthorn is sweet, slightly warm and sour in nature, and enters the spleen, stomach, and liver meridians;

It has the effects of helping digestion, strengthening the stomach, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and expelling parasites;

It is mainly used to treat meat stagnation, milk and food stagnation in children, epigastric abdominal pain, blood stasis amenorrhea, postpartum blood stasis, heart and abdominal pain, hernia pain, hyperlipidemia, etc.

1. Hawthorn can prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases, dilate blood vessels, increase coronary blood flow, improve heart vitality, excite the central nervous system, lower blood pressure and cholesterol, soften blood vessels, and have diuretic and sedative effects;

2. Hawthorn acid also has a cardiotonic effect and is also beneficial for senile heart disease;

3. It can stimulate appetite and help digestion, especially for eliminating meat stagnation. Hawthorn is used in many digestive medicines.

4. Hawthorn has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, which helps to relieve local blood stasis and has an auxiliary effect on traumatic injuries;

5. Hawthorn has a contraction effect on the uterus, which can help pregnant women to give birth and promote the recovery of the uterus after childbirth.

6. The flavonoids, vitamin C, carotene and other substances contained in hawthorn can block and reduce the generation of free radicals, enhance the body's immunity, and have anti-aging and anti-cancer effects;

7. Hawthorn contains ingredients that can relieve asthma, reduce phlegm, inhibit bacteria, and treat abdominal pain and diarrhea.

8. Digestion and relieving stagnation: used for food stagnation, abdominal distension and pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. It is especially effective for meat stagnation;

9. Dispersing blood stasis and resolving stagnation: This product can enter the blood and disperse blood stasis. It can be used for symptoms such as abdominal pain caused by blood stasis after childbirth, swelling and pain caused by blood stasis, and blood stasis blocking the meridians.

Preparation method

Main raw materials: hawthorn, white sugar, alum, water, preservatives, etc.

Hawthorn Cake

Hawthorn Cake

Equipment and tools: beater, enamel plate, flat wooden plate, cooking pot, cellophane, knife, etc.

Preparation method: Choose fresh, pest-free hawthorn fruits, or use the leftovers from canned hawthorns, remove impurities and rotten fruits, wash with water and dry in the shade. Mix 17.5 kg of water, 25 kg of sugar, 40 kg of hawthorn, pectin, etc. in proportion and boil in a pot for 5 minutes. When the flesh is soft, remove the fruit and mash it. Pour in water and stir evenly. Filter out the puree with a wire sieve and put the filtrate back into the pot and boil, stirring while cooking. After about half an hour, divide the pots and pour the pulp into enamel basins with a thickness of 5 to 7 cm. After cooling and solidifying, it is the finished product. Cut into strips or blocks as needed, then wrap in cellophane for sale.