The fruit known as the king of vitamin c is the prickly pear.
Prickly pear Rosaceae reeling flower fruit, also known as wood pear, Wenxian fruit, the shape of the more oblate spherical, cross-sectional diameter is generally 2-4 cm, August, September fruit maturity, color yellow, sometimes with reddish halo, the taste of the more crispy, has a strong aromatic flavor. Fruit skin with dense small spines, commonly known as "prickly pear". Every 100 grams of edible part of the fresh fruit contains vitamin C 3000 - 4500 mg, so the prickly pear has "king of vitamin C".
The prickly pear is produced from the endemic wild resources in western Guizhou, grows in the altitude of 500~2500m sunny mountain slopes, ravines, roadsides and scrub in the natural wild fruit. Currently widely distributed in China's subtropical region of shaanxi, gansu, jiangxi, anhui, zhejiang, fujian, hunan, hubei, sichuan, yunnan, guizhou, xizang and other places.
Prickly pear preservation method
Low-temperature refrigeration can ensure that the food is not easy to be bad, so to preserve prickly pear, in the refrigerator is a good choice. Put the fresh prickly pear fruit in the refrigerator to save, you can set the temperature of the cold storage to about 5 to 10 ℃, such temperature environment, prickly pear fruit can be better preserved, and not to lose the nutrients. Remember not to put it in the freezer of the refrigerator, because quick-freezing will make the prickly pear fruit in the loss of vitamin C, but also make its flesh cells rupture, affecting the taste.
The prickly pear with plastic wrap sealed package, or in an airtight container, can also be slightly stored for a few days, but to eat as soon as possible, in order to ensure that the prickly pear nutrients are not lost, but also does not affect the taste. Fresh prickly pear can be air-dried and dehydrated and made into dried products, the nutrients will not be lost, air-dried prickly pear can be directly brewed with boiling water to eat. You can also break the dried fruit into small pieces and put it into the wine to soak, put rock sugar to flavor, sealed and placed for about 10 days to make fruit wine, rich in flavor.